Puck, 1877-05 · page 6 of 16
Puck — May 1877 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous domestic scene rather than political satire. The comic strip depicts a parlor game of Blind Man's Buff—a Victorian-era children's game where one blindfolded player attempts to catch others. The narrative shows Papa reluctantly joining the game during rainy weather, then becoming increasingly chaotic as participants collide with furniture and each other. The humor escalates through physical comedy: Papa thinks he's caught someone but hasn't, furniture gets knocked over, and the scene ends with complete mayhem ("Got 'em!"). The social satire is gentle—poking fun at stuffy Victorian fathers forced into undignified play with younger family members. The exaggerated illustrations emphasize the disorder and loss of composure, suggesting upper-class discomfort with unstructured recreation.
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PUCK. BLIND MAN’S BUFF. 1. It is raining cats‘and ‘dogs, and Clemen- 2. Papa is satisfied. So is Cousin Jack, 3. Papa is let loose, and the game begins. tina proposes a game of Blind Man’s Buff with who is bound to improve his opportunities. A death-like silence prevails. Papa and Cousin Jack—just to pass the time, 4: The game continues. Papa takes care not 6. He stops. What was that sound? This to run against anything. The young people time he will have ’em. also take care he shan’t. Rhodes. That noise again! for Cousin Jack's little variation on the Colossus business, Papa would have had ’em then. 7. Cousin Jack does a little Colossus of 8. The chase gets warm. If it hadn’t been comicbooks.com