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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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Printed 108 years ago today in the Tacoma Times. Edited out a bit of noise; see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's probably a beautiful slag-glass lampshade she just smashed.

Slag glass is thick. I guess Mr. True's skull is thicker.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's what these are called!! Thank you, my family had one when I was a kid and I had no idea what to refer to it as.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In case you're curious, the one in the picture I posted is in the art nouveau style but the one in the comic looks more like arts-and-crafts.

Note the floral decorations versus the simple geometric shapes.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

That was a nice shade, Condo makes it look substantial in the first frame. Love his style. I think Mrs. True may be his avatar, occasionally.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The author was far ahead of his time with these.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Love Mrs True putting Everett in his place just the same as him.