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Posted by the Web-Ed on 07/23/2010.
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Here's the first of two spankings from Captain Easy. We have almost no information on this one; we found it on
Yahoo with the second part bearing the name "captaineasy1980" but can't confirm it came from 1980. [Later
the 1980 date was confirmed by Sweetspot]. The camerman's hairstyle and compact, hand-held
camera are definitely from the modern era, however - this scene certainly did not come from the strip's
early days (it ran from 1929 - 1988).
As to the story, it seems to be a classic case of a wealthy, spoiled brat getting her deserved comeuppance
at the hands of a strong man. Our spanker, Captain Easy, says something like, "-- or wherever
rich and spoiled-rotten brats like you go instead of kindergarten!" Then he turns her over his knee,
in full view of spectators and (maybe) a television camera - think of her embarrassment!
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"Believe me, Miss Ritzingham, this hurts me more than you." Ah yes, the old lie - if true, he's not doing the spanking
correctly! This is a very fine spanking in all respects - emotion, OTK positioning, and good hard smacks.
Because we're unsure of the year, we can't determine the artist either - it may be Les Turner or Bill Crooks.
(Roy Crane had left the strip by 1943 so he could do
Buz Sawyer). We'll have more to
say about the strip next time. [We now know (2018) the art is by Bill Crooks assisted by Jim Lawrence].
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01/19/2018 Update: Once again we have the diligent researches of
Sweetspot
to thank for clarifying the events surrounding this spanking and for some better scans. He informs us:
"So the spanking happens early in the story. Miss. Ritzingham is a socialite, rich business woman and
a pilot who can 'fly anything, anywhere'. Without his knowledge she hires Cap to model her line of
Jeans through a contract with his current employers. Meeting up at JFK she arranges an
impromptu fist fight between Easy and a hired thug - to generate publicity for her new line of Jeans.
In the bargain, and ultimately to her delight and STIMULATION Easy gives her a spanking because,
after all, he could have seriously injured the guy."
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Captain Easy, July 21, 1980. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 22, 1980. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 23, 1980. Notice that the chair's arms suddenly disappear when the artist
realized they'd get in the way of the spanking. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 24, 1980. Fine OTK positioning by artist Bill Crooks (possibly assisted
by Jim Lawrence). From their vantage point, both the spectators and the camaraman get a nice view of
Sandra's ass (the latter on film!), further increasing her humiliation - excellent composition in these panels!
© Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 25, 1980. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
"Easy goes to her apartment where the next day they watch the spanking on TV (At least twice).
(Continuity issue - Cap's tie is neatly in place on the TV screen). Further in to the story
several references are made to the spanking - the stills are never shown in the strip, by the way. The
story eventually takes us to the Sahara Desert (prison, harems, a mock "escape") with more scamming and
more trickery in order to get Easy to model the jeans. She is actually successful at this. So at the end
of the story, the last time we see Ritzingham Cap is going for her throat. Back home she keeps trying
to call him but he blows her off. He is seen in poster all over town wearing the jeans while making
his heroic escape and saving Sheila Ritzingham. In the end he thinks he's talking to her on the phone
and curses her out but it's actually an old flame - which leads to the next story."
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Captain Easy, July 26, 1980. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 28, 1980. Easy seems embarrassed by his past actions, but there was no need
to be. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 29, 1980. Sweetspot notes the continuity issue: Easy's tie looks straight
on the TV screen, yet it was displaced during the fight and he didn't straighten it out until after
the spanking. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, July 30, 1980. Sandra Ritzingham admits she found the spanking to be "stimulating" -
this is hot! © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, August 2, 1980. Sandra's friend admits to the powerful fantasy many women
secretly have: "How thrilling! Being publicly spanked on national television, and by such a
handsome brute!" This is perhaps the most frank acknowledgment of the female desire to be spanked and to
have the humiliation enhanced by having the spanking administed by a sexy man in front of witnesses(!)
in a comic strip we can think of. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Captain Easy, August 5, 1980. Easy threatens another spanking, which leaves Sandra's friend
feeling weak in the knees judging by her expression. Scans by Sweetspot. Posted by the
Web-Ed on 1/19/2018. © Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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