Judge — April 13, 1929 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a meta-comic about Christmas card design ideas. The top panel shows a judge figure being physically jostled by a woman while he's working, with the caption explaining that when "a pretty girl drops by our studio" to discuss Christmas card concepts, they're expected to produce "laughs from shows." The larger panel below depicts brainstorming sessions where multiple people suggest increasingly clichéd holiday imagery: Santa coming from a fireplace, cute Santa with a pack, people making "whoopee" on a sleigh, and old-fashioned drinking scenes. The word "KERRAZY!" dominates the center, emphasizing the absurdity of these tired, repetitive ideas. The satire targets the commercialization of Christmas and the creative exhaustion of producing seasonal content—mocking how publishers recycle the same hackneyed visual tropes year after year. The exasperated tone suggests frustration with both the banality of holiday imagery and the pressure to manufacture novelty from inherently stale material.