The Outbursts of Everett True (1905-27)

The original angry man

The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) January 22, 1914.

The Outbursts of Everett True was an American two-panel newspaper comic strip created by A.D. Condo and J. W. Raper that ran from July 22, 1905 to January 13, 1927.

It followed this setup:
Panel 1: Someone annoys Everett True.
Panel 2: He yells at and/or physically punishes whoever annoyed him.

The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) January 08, 1914 (L) March 25, 1914 (R)

The original strip revolved around an ill-tempered man in late middle-age who was typically dressed in a suit and bowler hat of antiquated and comical appearance for the time. Without his hat he was completely bald. In the early cartoons he was moderately stout, but in the later ones he became increasingly portly. He often smoked a short cigar.

The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) September 07, 1915 (L) June 24, 1914 (R)

The first panel of each strip generally had someone inconveniencing or annoying True, an innocent bystander or an animal. In the second panel he would then make an ill-tempered outburst. Everett only beats up men, and mostly just yells at women. True would exact his revenge by either berating or (if confronting a man) pummelling the offender.

The only character who occasionally turned the tables on True was his wife, who appeared occasionally to berate or beat him for some unacceptable behavior. ~ Wikipedia

The day book (Chicago, Ill.) March 28, 1914 (L) March 21, 1914 (R)

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