Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Everett gets psychiatric advice (April 7, 1908) (midwest.social)

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transcriptions always welcomed please guys plea

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[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thought bubbles weren't invented until 1978, when the first Garfield strip was published. Until then everything was spoken aloud. Dark times.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

This got me curious as to when thought bubbles were first used. This website claims they were invented by Dirks. The example they give of his use of a thought bubble is from 1909, a year after this Everett True comic. So while this certainly predates common usage of though bubbles, it potentially also predates the first instance of one!