Life, 1925-03-19 · page 15 of 36
Life — March 19, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous comic strip about a mischievous dog named Pep who gets into various scrapes. The strip depicts Pep: - Trailing through a market, causing chaos among other dogs - Chasing a bird and annoying a dog who cares about his nose - Pursuing fleas and encountering an ice cream vendor - Spilling ice cream and then deciding vanilla is his favorite flavor - Finally being cornered by his owner with a hose The humor is straightforward slapstick involving a dog's antics and misadventures. There's no apparent political satire—it's simply entertainment featuring animal characters in comedic situations, reflecting early 20th-century comic strip conventions. The dialect in speech bubbles ("fer the lova Mike," "gumshoes' stuff") reflects period-appropriate casual speech patterns.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“ON YER WAY, ROLLO! ROLL YER HOOP! NOTHIN’ DOIN’ IN FLEAS TO-DAY. THE MARKET'S GLUTTED, “SAY, FELLAH! IF YA DON’T LAY OFF THIS GUMSHOEIN® GREAT SNAKES! THIS BIRD DON'T SEEM TO GET 1T THAT I DIDN'T HANKER FOR HIM NONE WHATEVER, “wow! 1 DON’T WISH YA ANY HARD LUCK, BUT I HOPE YA DROWN. “UM GONNA MAKE YA HARD TO FIND, i! Tn sa setnery “OOH! IF IT AIN’T VANILLA! MP. FAVORITE FLAVOR! “foLD THE POSE, BO! VE CHANGED ME MIND, STICK AROUND! IF YA RUN TO FORM YA MAY PROVE USFFUL.” The Adventures of Pep the Pooch He Nearly Overlooks a Bet comicbooks.com