Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #16 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts what appears to be a New Year's resolution announcement. A woman in a red coat holds a document labeled "1921 Resolved" while presenting it to onlookers, with the caption "explosion of pedigreed bull." The "joke" likely refers to making resolutions to expose or eliminate "pedigreed bull"—meaning pretentious nonsense or false claims from the wealthy or upper classes. The phrase suggests debunking high-status deceptions. The woman's fashionable attire and assertive posture suggest she's championing this satirical resolution. As this appeared in *Whiz Bang*, a humor magazine known for irreverent social commentary, the cartoon mocks society's pretensions and false sophistication through the metaphor of explosive revelation.