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Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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Prohibition makes criminals of us all.Report
Oh, ya think he got subpoenaed over illicit hooch?Report
Here’s my thought process:
It’s 1929.
Getting a subpoena is something that happens to you for reasons that are generally unpleasant. Certainly one out of the blue.
He’s probably getting it over being a material witness to something.
What is he a material witness to?
Murder? B&E? General Mayhem?
It’d be really creepy for it to be any of those.
HOWEVER. We’ve seen a half-dozen comics about booze, glorious booze.
(It being 1929 *MIGHT* mean that he’s a witness to something crash-related (like corruption or something), but he has a job and his co-workers are complaining about his mood which means that they have bandwidth to complain about his mood which tells me that this is *BEFORE* the crash.)Report
The “Boss” who loudly tells his servant ( or waiter?) he isnt’ hungry but will have a giant mound of food just for a starter and who is up feeling great at sunrise. Well he isn’t drinking much himself and is being drawn as a rich guy. One of his workers wants to quit and he can “go chase himself” so he may not be a well loved boss.
But District is spelled with a K which is a sign of the Kanon movement.Report
I don’t think it’s unreasonable. I just wasn’t sure if a wealthy businessman in the 20’s might not just have summons for business related nonsense as well. But I agree with you that illicit hooch is a pretty likely culprit too.Report
Actually, we have lawyers. Hey guys! Any insight into what someone would get called into the District Court the next day in the late 20’s?Report
not a lawyer, but Briggs’ characters do seem to get involved in a lot of questionable financial transactions, that, even though not technically illegal* (and generally not entirely immoral**), did tend to blow up and thus precipitate lawsuits.
*because nothing was illegal
**because no one was doing enough due diligence at this level of business.Report
That makes sense, I guess. I’m just thinking that Briggs’ sensibilities are such that he wouldn’t want his characters going to a trial for the Lawson family murders or something.Report