Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #18 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two distinct sections of satirical text rather than visual cartoons. The first section critiques travel writing about the West Indies, mocking authors who describe obvious observations ("the sky is blue, the grass green") while ignoring the region's actual social practices—specifically, the transactional sexual encounters between sailors and local women at various ports. The author sarcastically notes this behavior is "old stuff" to experienced travelers but omitted by mainstream writers. The second section, "A Dog Story," is a humorous anecdote about two dogs encountering a skunk in Minnesota woods. "Little Dog" fights the skunk and reports being "gassed" in the second round—a crude joke about the skunk's defensive spray weapon, using contemporary slang ("son-of-a-gun-gassed"). Both pieces exemplify Whiz Bang's irreverent humor targeting hypocrisy and social taboos.