Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1922 · page 2 of 67
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This is a title/contents page from *Whiz-Bang*, a 1920s satirical magazine. It's not a cartoon itself, but a catalog listing humorous stories and sketches for the winter issue. The titles reveal the magazine's irreverent humor targeting post-WWI American life: references to Prohibition-era drinking ("Hooch Cure Blues," "Booze Fighter's Dream"), sexual innuendo ("How to Kiss Deliciously," "Naughty But Nice"), scandalous social issues ("Diary of a Divorcee," "Tarnished Goods," "The Suicide"), and rural/working-class life ("Tired Hired Man," "Tool House on the Farm"). Some titles parody famous poems ("The Shooting of Dan McGrew," "Face on the Barroom Floor"). The overall tone mocks middle-class morality and embraces irreverent humor about sex, alcohol, and social hypocrisy—typical of *Whiz-Bang*'s reputation as a bawdy, iconoclastic publication of the era.
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The Winter Annual (See inside back cover) CONTENTS DRIPPINGS FROM THE FAWCETT GIRL IN BLUE VELVET BAND FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE BLUES SHOOTING OF DAN MCGREW WEDDING OF THE PERSIAN CAT ACE IN THE HOLE BOOZE FIGHTER'S DREAM DIARY OF A DIVORCEE FABLE OF THE BULL HIGHTY TIGHTY APHRODITE GOLIGHTLY HIGHBALLS HOW TO KISS DELICIOUSLY HUNTING THE WILY POLE CAT MOHAMMEDAN BULL OUR OWN FAIRY QUEEN TOOL HOUSE ON THE FARM THE OLD SMOKEHOUSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GILA MONSTER ROUTE PASTURE POT POURRI HOOCH CURE BLUES DYING HOBO LASCA SAM'S GIRL TOLEDO SLIM EVOLUTION POPPIES AFTER THE RAID THE HARPY THE SUICIDE TARNISHED GOODS SEPARATION LITTLE RED GOD THE LADIES LIMBER KICKS NAUGHTY BUT NICE TO THE GIRL RURAL MAIL BOX TIRED HIRED MAN LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL