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.