Posted by the Web-Ed on 07/02/2010
Next in our Bill Ward blowout, we have a very serious-looking spanking! The spanker has rolled up his sleeves and is concentrating on delivering some good hard smacks to the satin-encased spankee, and Ward's OTK positioning is better than usual. In fact, he may have originally drawn a hairbrush in the picture, for there is an editorial note in the right margin that says, "take out hairbrush".
This is an unusually large and high-quality scan of the original art - save it to your computer or click here to see it at full-size. Ward's original caption read "The seat of learning" (we think). Like most of the other Humorama artists (except Bill Wenzel), Ward knew the editor would rewrite whatever he suggested, so he probably didn't spend a lot of time thinking this one up. The editor in this case rewrote it three times (twice on one occasion and the third in blue pencil, probably later):
- Determined to put a finishing touch to the end!
- A smart finish for a smarting end.
- "You're right, honey, when it comes to knowing what's on a guy's mind, I gotta hand it to you"
This is definitely one of Ward's better spanking cartoons.
