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Everett True Comics

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Originally published 1905-08-06

This concludes the horse track arc. When I find another good theme I'll share with you all. It's been fun!

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I read this differently than others in the comments:

This just shows Everett walking away. He doesn't need tons of money, let alone ill gotten gains from money that he had borrowed or stolen to use.

This is Everett saying "fuck off."

[–] Sewer_King@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I saw it this way too. Money is important for stability which is why he looks so glum, instead of taking the payout of a lifetime he did the right thing in his eyes and walked away. I know I would have a lot of conflicted feelings if I were in his shoes.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I read it as Everett made a killing, then had to leave town real quick.

Although suppose another read might be he took the bet, was scammed/misinformed, then couldn't even afford a train ticket home.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that a chunk of ginger taped to his back???

[–] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's like we keep finding ways to not understand animals.

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Today I continued to learn that humans are cruel. Gonna go cry now

[–] odium@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago

You've ruined my day

[–] classic@fedia.io -1 points 1 month ago

wtf. Humans, man.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I think this is the most serious one I’ve seen.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The cow looks so sad for him.

What happened? Was he scammed? I kinda thought Everett would somehow make the fixing stop by hitting someone on the head, not be taken in by a dishonest bet...

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

And now he's walking back along the train tracks, hoping to be splattered by a locomotive.

Quite sad.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe walking along the tracks is Everetts' standard trick to hide his prints after he's disposed of another body

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He definitely looked like a come-on or a rube.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Rare slip up from Ev

[–] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a bit different from his typical "hit people who bug him" style, but I enjoyed this arc. Thanks!

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe this is his origin story.