- The Outbursts of Everett True
"The Outbursts of Everett True" (originally named "A Chapter from the Career of Everett True") was a two-panel
newspaper comic strip created by A.D. Condo and J.W. Raper that ran from 1905 until 1927, when Condo was obliged to abandon it for health reasons. Two contemporary collections appeared in 1907 and 1921 and the strip languished forgotten until 1983 when one of the collections was reprinted and comic book writerTony Isabella in collaboration with various artists employed him in a new strip which ran in theComics Buyer's Guide and theComics Journal in which Everett directed his renowned outbursts at comic book artists, writers, publishers and distributors.Comic strip
The original strip revolved around a portly, ill-tempered man named Everett True who was invariably dressed in a suit and
bowler hat of antiquated and comical appearance for the time. The first panel of each strip generally had someone inconveniencing or annoying True; in the second panel, True exacted 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.Adaptations
The
American Bioscope Company made a series of silent short movies featuring Everett True, the first of which, "Everett True Breaks Into The Movies" was released in 1916, starringRobert Bolder as Everett andPaula Reinbold as Mrs True. [cite web
title = Scan of June 06, 1916 article
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publisher = Barnacle Press
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title = Everett True breaks into the movies [motion picture]
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publisher = School of the Art Institute Flaxman Library
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accessdate = 2007-07-28 ]Trivia
*Everett True's name was borrowed by the music critic Everett True.
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External links
* [http://www.barnaclepress.com/list.php?directory=OutburstsOfEverettTrue Barnacle Press: Outbursts of Everett True]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/true.htm Toonopedia entry on Everett True]
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