Edit: i found a clearer image someone took from the copy of the November 15th, 1941 New Yorker where this strip was published originally.

    • nocturne@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      1 hour ago

      The Moose is driving the car and the human, probably a hunter, is tied to the fender.

      • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 hour ago

        if it was a horse driving the car, it may have worked as we still talk about “horsepower” for cars.

        But with a moose, which were—if i’m not mistaken—never used to draft, there is no reversal. Moose never had that role. Engines replaced horses, not moose.

        • nocturne@slrpnk.netOP
          2·
          52 minutes ago

          Hunters tie their kills to their vehicles for transport, as shown in this strip, including moose. Here the moose is driving the car with a human tied to it, implying the moose reversed the roles, and hunted the human.