Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #21 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains satirical prose commentary rather than cartoons. It describes Havana's underworld during what appears to be Prohibition-era Cuba (likely 1920s-30s): **Key targets of satire:** - A casino ten miles outside town modeled on Monte Carlo, where visitors face murder and robbery - Corrupt horse racing at the Havana Oriental track, where races were allegedly fixed for highest bribers - Diplomatic corruption: U.S. officials supposedly more easily found at the casino at night than their offices during the day **The satire's point:** Havana represented lawlessness, vice, and American complicity through diplomatic negligence. The tone is cynical about American involvement in Cuban corruption, portraying it as both dangerous and endemic to the system.