The Wasp — 1878 — page 203: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a sequential comic strip satirizing an apparent political or social conflict. The narrative follows a hunter who encounters a bear in the wilderness. The bear proves unexpectedly formidable, first causing the hunter to flee up a tree, then breaking the tree itself. The hunter subsequently attempts to shoot the bear, but the animal overwhelms him. The strip concludes with the bear and hunter "slumber together," suggesting a forced reconciliation or defeat. The title's final statement—"The hunter was seen on the hills no more"—implies the hunter's elimination or removal from power. Without additional context about The Wasp's publication date and political climate, the specific identities of these figures remain unclear, though the strip likely allegorizes a political struggle between two rival figures or factions.