Spanking in comics
Comics in the first half of the 20th century featured a lot of humorous spanking scenes as these were extremely popular both among children and adult readers. The 1920s to 1970s can be called the "golden age of spanking in comics".
Some comics had hardly any stories that did not contain, (or often, end with) a panel that showed a spanking. Amongst the best known and longest running examples were The Katzenjammer Kids. Usually the spankees in these comics were actually the heroes of the comic, the respective child protagonists who got more or less regularly spanked for their pranks by their parents or guardians (Buster Brown, Little Iodine). Other comics featured no spankings of the protagonists but occasionally of minor characters (Nemo in Slumberland, Popeye (example)).
The Formative Years: 1896-1918
Main article: Spanking in comics 1896-1918
Introduction - Rudolph Dirk's The Katzenjammer Kids - Richard F. Outault's Buster Brown - Gender Stereotypes - Cinematic Influences - Female Protagonists.
"The first important newspaper strip to feature regular spanking imagery was Rudolph Dirks' The Katzenjammer Kids (King Features, 1897). Dirks' storylines set the title characters, Hans and Fritz, against various beleaguered adults incapable of curbing their wilful misconduct..."
Interwar Years: 1919-1938
- Main article: Spanking in comics 1919-1938
Introduction - The New Woman - Angels and Orphans - Brats and Moppets - Daring Exploits! - Overview.
It may be argued that the interwar decades marked the evolution of modern comic spanking imagery. It was during this period that the distinction between generational spanking (adult vs child) and gendered spanking (Man vs Woman) became more clearly defined.
The Golden Age: 1938-1970
- Main article: Spanking in comics 1938-1970
Introduction - Dell Publications - Superheroes - Social Barometers - Spanking By Proxy - Buy Bonds - Young Romance - The Harvey Girls - The Comics Code (1) - Superheroes Return! - The Sixties - Overview.
The so-called "golden age of spanking" coincides closely with the rise of comics as a mass industry, signaled by the debut of Action Comics number one in June, 1938. By the end of the thirties, spanking was a well established tradition within the comics milleau...
The Decline: 1970-1990
Sexual Revolution – The Comics Code (2) – Feminism – Political Corrections – Adult Themes – Mass Extinctions.
In a similar way to what happened to the spanking cartoon, spanking imagery began to vanish from mainstream comics during the 1970s and 1980s. This apparent decline may be attributed to a number of far reaching social and cultural changes which took place at the beginning of the seventies ...
The Renaissance: 1990-2007
The Internet - Egroups - Literary Influences - Artists' Collectives - Fetishism - Nostalgia - Ebay - Youtube - Overview.
Following the digital revolution of the 1990s, modern contemporary artists have begun to create a new genre of spanking comics, i.e. comics that are as tightly focused on the spanking theme as spanking stories are...
See also
- Spanking in manga
- Buster Brown
- Little Audrey
- Little Dot
- Little Iodine
- Li'l Jinx
- Little Lulu
- Nancy
- Dennis the Menace
- Beano
- Glory Bee
- Suske en Wiske (english title: Spike and Suzy)
Web groups
- BritishComicPunishment - This Yahoo! group has been set up for the distribution and possibly the discussion of corporal punishment scenes as depicted in the classic British comics of the past - comics such as Beano, Buster, Dandy, and Whizzer and Chips.
- SpankingComics - This Yahoo! group includes images and promotes general discussion of of comics and cartoons from mainstream sources with a spanking theme (Male/Female no children please).
- Miho Chan Egroup: An MSN group dedicated to an imaginary 60s magic girl character, Kagaya Hime Miho Chan.
- Red Hot Comics: An MSN group not exclusively spanking oriented, but features an album full of spanking imagery from American comics of the golden age. Worth a visit if only for nostagia purposes. Contributions always welcome.
External links
- Spanking Gallery - Comics - a huge collection of spanking scenes in comics
- Spanking Comics covers - spanking covers from old comic books
- A collection of spanking comics images by Handprince
- All in Color for a Dime - an informal history of spanking in comics by Black Mask, originally published on the Maraschino Fiction site.
- A spanking in a Mark Trail comic, hosted on Spankoz Australia (M/F)
- A Little Audrey spanking panel, hosted on Spankoz Australia (M/G)
- A humorous spanking comic, hosted on Spankoz Australia (F/M)
- Toongirls Imageboard anonymous posting board, features a small collection of spanking images from Audrey, Dot, Jinx and other sources.
- Art and Spanking, a collection of spanking scenes in comics
- Even more spanking scenes in comics on Imgsrc.ru
- More spanking scenes in comics on Imgsrc.ru
- 24 comic covers that show spanking scenes on Imgsrc.ru
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