Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #3 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains no cartoons or illustrations—it's purely text content from the magazine's editorial section. The author describes social conditions in Vera Cruz, Mexico, critiquing local male culture. He observes men gathering in plazas from afternoon into early morning, primarily discussing women rather than serious topics. The piece satirizes this preoccupation as "guilty love." The author further criticizes Vera Cruz's literature market, which stocks imported "smut" alongside "questionable classics" and "filthy novels." He notes the prevalence of sexually suggestive bread and pastry designs from local bakeries, which he views as reflecting the town's moral corruption. The overall tone is disapproving moralism mixed with satirical observation of what the author sees as a sexually obsessed culture.