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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Hello everetters,
For a while I've been thinking about transcribing the comics I post so more people can enjoy them, but I've never actually transcribed before so I could use some pointers.
I'm very bad at describing anything that isn't dialogue, and I'm unsure if transcribing solely the dialogue is sufficient to get the message across, so maybe with somebody with more experience could voluntarily transcribe the comics at their own convenience? In which case, I would post their transcription in the text body.
If anybody got any suggestions / advice on how to transcribe actions and environment, or if you want to voluntarily transcribe some comics posted here, feel free to let me know in the comments.
Cheers!
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Hi y'all,
Just wanted to sticky this to let y'all know that this community exists and I am the moderator (also of !madmax@midwest.social). I don't want to be the only one posting so I hope y'all post your favourite True strips in here as well. Also some simple rules:
- This place is only for the posting of Everett True comics by Condo,
- Please try posting the most high quality image of a comic excerpt,
- If you can, post the publication date of the comic strip, otherwise type either nothing or (date unknown).
Okay Everett lovers let's get this twentieth century party started
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Appeared in the Seattle Star on Sept 10, 1914, 110 years ago today.
I thought they had morphine back then, maybe they didn't give him enough.
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From the Seattle Star September 9, 1914 -- 110 years ago today.
On this day 110 years ago, the Imperial German forces began their general retreat from their major offensive into France which had led to the First Battle of the Marne. The Schlieffen Plan had failed. It's hard to get a sense of the amount of death that WWI brought, but here's a thought. The First Battle of the Marne had killed or seriously wounded well over half a million people. And in the US in 1910, only 5 cities had significantly more than half a million people. Just this one battle at the start of WWI was roughly equivalent to Cleveland, Baltimore, or Pittsburgh in that era being wiped out by a modern nuclear device.
Meanwhile in the US, Everett True was getting annoyed by a man jingling his change. Get some perspective, E!
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i love you all my evereyters
hope youre all dojnf well. much love to thr transcribers and everubody else.
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Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book of Chicago Illinois: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/iune/batch_iune_golf_ver01/data/sn83045487/00280761291/1914090701/0164.pdf
Besides the two posted so far, the Library of Congress has another two E. True cartoons printed September 7, 1914:
- in The Seattle Star, he smacks down a lawyer: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_lacamas_ver01/data/sn87093407/0020029063A/1914090701/0276.pdf
- in The Detroit Times, he outbursts against rich people stuck in Europe due to the war: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/mimtptc/batch_mimtptc_ingalls_ver01/data/sn83016689/00279552039/1914090701/0739.pdf
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This was printed 110 years ago today, in the Tacoma Times: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_fir_ver01/data/sn88085187/00211108381/1914090701/0687.pdf
It was a Monday, Labor Day for that year. Elsewhere on that page is a cartoon referencing the war in Europe that had just started:
That war would eventually be called World War I. People killed or wounded: around 40 million.
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This was printed in "The West Virginian" of Fairmont West Virginia 104 years ago today.
I don't know how cartoon syndication worked back then, but the Library of Congress has four E-Tru comics that came out on Sept 2 1920:
- Daily Graphic of Pine Bluff Arkansas https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/arhi/batch_arhi_littlefeat_ver01/data/sn89051168/00393343552/1920090201/0725.pdf posted here earlier today.
- The West Virginian of Fairmont West Virginia https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wvu/batch_wvu_rollins_ver01/data/sn86072054/00415660522/1920090201/0020.pdf this one here. The original as scanned in the LOC is kinda faded, so I messed with the Contrast and Brightness a bit.
- The Daily East Oregonian of Pendleton, Oregon https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/oru/batch_oru_cooper_ver01/data/sn88086023/00295868831/1920090201/0859.pdf took me a while to figure out what this one meant
- Imperial Valley Press of El Centro California https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/curiv/batch_curiv_noblefir_ver01/data/sn92070146/00414189635/1920090201/0447.pdf a nice initial illustration, and E-Tru's post-Outburst contemplation has a fascinating grammatical structure, but I think most people would not like it. The page has a bunch of classifieds, which are always interesting.
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I don't know how cartoon syndication worked back then, but this was printed in the Daily Graphic of Pine Bluff Arkansas on September 2, 1920, exactly 104 years ago today.
According to the rest of the newspaper page, there was a 49 cent sale on cloth for making kid's "back to school" clothing:
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i feel like there is a general consensus amongst the everetters that mr and mrs true are either in an abusive relationship or an s&m relationship. what are some more head canons for this couple. give it to me
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You can't tell me this wouldn't be a Curb bit.
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miss girl really threw a potato at him then told him to brinf it back im crying
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This cartoon was printed 110 years ago today on September 1, 1914.
World War 1 was in progress, though it wasn't called that yet. On the Western Front, Imperial Germany's invasion was underway and the French and British armies had been in retreat for almost a week. Among the engagements of this day was a skirmish near Néry, where a dismounted British cavalry division fought a dismounted German cavalry division. The outnumbered British forces prevailed, and three British soldiers were later awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. The French and British forces continued to retreat, but they were doing so in an orderly manner, and in a few days they would be ready to counterattack in one of the most significant battles of the century.
Meanwhile, in rapidly-urbanizing America, Everett True was beginning to wonder if cars were a good idea after all.
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jusy fojnd out about the ladies of langallon. i love lesbians
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super sad to see people especially women shitting on feminism when feminism is the reason they have a voice. childish
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We have this phenomenon where I live where people won't leave your house. Just as they're getting up to go they'll start telling another story. They'll put their shoes on and have another tale to tell. Then with one hand on the door they'll be reminded of something else.
Please get out of my house. I love you, but go.
Image Transcription:
Everett and Mrs True are entertaining two guests. One of the guests stands to leave: "Well, True, I guess we'd better be going home."
Everett rises out of his chair, knocking it over: "I'm glad to hear you say that! I'm tired and sleepy and I have to get up early in the morning! For heaven's sake, don't sit down. Good night, GOOD NIGHT!!!!"
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