Life — May 14, 1925 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous comic strip titled "Skippy" showing a small boy in various stages of dodging flying objects—likely stones or projectiles. The sequence progresses from the boy standing confidently in the first panels to increasingly chaotic scenes where he's surrounded by incoming missiles. The caption—"JUST WAIT'LL ONE O' THEM HITS ME!"—expresses mock bravado. The joke is the ironic contrast between his confident threat and the visual reality: he's already being pelted from all directions, yet he's threatening what will happen when he *actually* gets hit. This appears to be gentle slapstick humor typical of early-to-mid 20th century children's comics, using exaggeration and visual comedy rather than political satire.