Chicago Spanking Review

Smilin' Jack Spanking #7


Very similar to Smilin' Jack #6 which we saw last time is this one: another of Jack's friends spanks another bad girl! Although we're calling it #7 in our series here, it was actually the eighth that became generally known in the spanking art community, to which it was introduced by Dan Rivera. [And to see some of Dan's own art, try Sam Swatt and Spanky Sal along with further adventures of these two characters he has kindly posted right here on the CSR Comic-Book and Superhero Spanking Forum, or Spanky Sal and Capt. Woodshed here in this gallery].

We know the sin this time (attempted homewrecking, tsk tsk!) but we don't know the original publication date or other details. We see most of Zack Mosley's virtues as a spanking artist on display once again: good cause and vigorous smacks, and we'd be willing to bet he gave us a good follow-up with plenty of bottom-rubbing. We also see again his one shortcoming - an awkward variant of the OTK position with no real bending at the waist, and the spanker taking hold of the spankee's hair instead of placing his non-spanking hand around her waist or using it to pin her arm. These difficulties result because he isn't firmly seated on a chair (or even a rock or a crate), so he can't really turn her over.

One big plus is the spankee's outfit. Instead of a dress or slacks, she's wearing a sort of leopard-skin patterned two piece bathing suit. This is the best of two worlds: part swim suit, part Jungle Girl and the absolute next best thing to a completely bare bottom!

smilin jack's buddy spanks a bad girl

From Dan Rivera, original publication date unknown [Later determined by Sweetspot - see below]. © News Syndicate Co. Inc. Posted by the Web-Ed on 12/24/2010.

With so many spankings in the strip, the question naturally arises as to whether Mosley was into spanking. Dan raised this question himself when he posted the panel: "Nobody has said it yet, but I do believe our late friend Zack was, indeed, a spanking enthusiast... or, as we say nowadays, a spanko." This does appear to be the consensus view, based on the replies to his post on that board [the old Spanking Panels forum, sadly no longer available].

Let's examine the evidence. Normally, the depiction of ten spankings(!) in a comic strip would certainly indicate that somebody connected with the strip was into spanking (as for example was certainly the case with Wonder Woman). On the other hand, it could be that Mosley simply believed that spanking a woman was just something you did when necessary to assert your authority and bring her under control. This was, after all, an earlier era, and we don't believe that either Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) or Al Capp (Li'l Abner) were spankos despite the many spankings that took place in their respective strips (although we wonder if any of the Li'l Abner spankings were suggested by Capp's sometime assistant Walter Johnson, whom we're convinced was a spanko based on Frontier Romances #1).

Also, it seems to us that a capable spanko artist could not help but eroticize his spanking scenes somewhat, which means that there would have to be some emphasis placed on correct positioning and presentation of the spankee's buttocks (note that Dan is very careful about this in his own artwork). Mosley tended to use a strange "levitating" position in which the spanker is somehow holding the spankee up in the air with one hand while simultaneously bending his knees, which would develop (and require) incredibly strong leg muscles if done regularly! True, the positioning stunk in Wonder Woman also, but that was because the artist, Harry Peter, was not the spanko (and writer Charles Moulton was). Because we're so deeply into spanking ourselves, it's easy to forget that some purely disciplinary spankings do take place in real life, even among young men and women where an erotic context could of course always be present. In fact, we know of one young man who has infrequently used a wooden paddle to discipline his woman even though neither of them derives any erotic stimulation from the experience!

So it's not so easy to determine whether a cartoonist is into spanking. And yet, when we remember that not all artists can manage to inject eroticism into their work even when they want to, and that proper OTK positioning is a difficult thing, Mosley's drawing style and perhaps lack of personal spanking experience might well explain the negatives, leaving us with the positive facts of (1) the number of spankings he did; (2) the admirable vigor with which they are administered; (3) the accompanying dialogue, which tells us the spanker finds great satisfaction in giving it to the spankee. It does seem that Mosley must have been a spanko, but perhaps one who did not have the opportunity to give many spankings in real life.

[Note: the paragraphs above were somewhat revised in 2018 at the same time the new material below was added - Web-Ed]


08/03/2018 Update: We posted the above eight years ago with no idea what the original publication date was. Once again, it's CSR Chief Strip Researcher Sweetspot to the rescue with the missing information: the spanking scene took place on Thursday, September 11, 1952 and then was recapped on Sunday Sept. 14 - luckily for us spankos, as we get to see the scene twice - and it is this replay that we see in Dan's original version (the color is a definite clue that we're looking at a Sunday page). In fact, on the 14th we also get a second panel showing the spanking

A second delight that Sweetspot has turned up is the preliminary dialogue: "Pandora, you're going to get what you've needed for a long, long time!" These words are highly suggestive and erotic for true spankos, and indicate that female is about to have her bottom tanned for her misdeeds and possibly be taken down a peg for her arrogance.

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"Pandora, you're going to get what you've needed for a long, long time" - yes! Smilin' Jack, Sept. 10, 1952. Scan by Sweetspot (click to double-size). © News Syndicate Co. Inc.

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Nidney gives Pandora a very well-deserved spanking in Smilin' Jack, Sept. 11, 1952. Scan by Sweetspot (click to double-size). © News Syndicate Co. Inc.

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Smilin' Jack, Sept. 14, 1952. Nice recap of the spanking with two spanking panels and then a reference to being spanked by Pandora! Nidney seems to have changed his shirt by the way. Scan by Sweetspot (click to double-size). © News Syndicate Co. Inc.

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Smilin' Jack, Sept. 15, 1952. Another reference to the spanking! Scan by Sweetspot (click to double-size). © News Syndicate Co. Inc.

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Smilin' Jack, Sept. 16, 1952. Further explanation of the scheme that earned Pandora her spanking. Scan by Sweetspot (click to double-size). © News Syndicate Co. Inc.

Now that we know the full story and have seen an extra spanking panel, let's take a look at what appears to be the original art. This scan was obtained by Richard Windsor, whom we mentioned in connection with Smilin' Jack Spanking #6. This has a somewhat cleaner look than the copies do, as would be expected. Thanks, Richard!

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Original art for Smilin' Jack, Sept. 11, 1952. Scan by Richard Windsor. © News Syndicate Co. Inc. Posted by the Web-Ed on 08/03/2018.


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