Everett True Comics

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! !

I was looking around for some specific comics, when I ran across an archived version of the 1907 book titled The Outbursts of Everett True. I was going to link directly to the PDF, but thought some people might like the source page better.

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:

1. This place is only for the posting of Everett True comics by Condo,
2. Please try posting the most high quality image of a comic excerpt,
3. 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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From the Seattle Star September 9, 1914 -- 110 years ago today.

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_lacamas_ver01/data/sn87093407/0020029063A/1914090901/0292.pdf

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!

i love you all my evereyters

hope youre all dojnf well. much love to thr transcribers and everubody else.

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

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:

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That war would eventually be called World War I. People killed or wounded: around 40 million.

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.

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:

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/arhi/batch_arhi_littlefeat_ver01/data/sn89051168/00393343552/1920090201/0725.pdf

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

You can't tell me this wouldn't be a Curb bit.

miss girl really threw a potato at him then told him to brinf it back im crying

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.

jusy fojnd out about the ladies of langallon. i love lesbians

super sad to see people especially women shitting on feminism when feminism is the reason they have a voice. childish

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!!!!"

I know this much is True: https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/?qs=outbursts+of+everett+true&ops=%7E5&searchType=advanced&dl=page&start_date=1905-01-01&end_date=1963-10-31&sb=date

Seek what is True here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

just spent 2 hours looking for scientific sources for my niche hs finals project. i am done (for tonight). i am getting ice cream

took me 500 fucking years to be able to post this one

lmao is true wearing a fez

wait im so confused.

so everett is sayinf the former cop always bullied him when he was a cop. then he beat him up and then the dude returned to become a cop again.

initially i thoight this was intended by true like he wanted to be bullied again LMAOAOAO then i realised the dude probably wants to extract revenge for getting beat

that means we have true's first (????) worthy opponent ??? oooouuu not somebody standing up to everett. everett haters tgis is your time to SHINE

i love you all my everetters tell me how yojr weeks been. tell it to me

Find True Here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

Hey, want to read several thousand Everett True comics? Look here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

Pick one and post!

almost had a heart attack bc i thought i lost access to all my passwords stored online. i need to write them all down before the final blow strikes me