Synopses & Reviews
A complete facsimile edition of the February, 1922 issue of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. This collection of humorous prose, poetry, and essays on the carefree life was the racy mag for libertines in its day. From its opening description of Cuba as the land of liberty through the jokes littered with the situations, slang, and bigotries of the day, this book serves as a fascinating time capsule of what great great grampa's world was like. Edited by Captain Billy Fawcett, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I, this magazine was the foundation of Fawcett publishing empire. Fawcett publications would later include the Gold Medal book line that popularized the paperback original, a line of magazines that sold 10 million copies per month, and the comic book line which introduced Captain Marvel. All of that grew out of this little magazine filled with bawdy gags and protests against blue laws and prohibition. Entertaining and educational, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is a lively piece of pop culture history. It lives up to both its masthead description as America's Magazine of Wit, Humor, and Filosophy and its cover motto, Explosion of Pedigreed Bunk. Note: This facsimile edition includes all of the racial, religious, and sexual bigotry from the original. This reproduction is an historical artifact, and not intended for sensitive audiences.
Synopsis
Edited by Captain Billy Fawcett, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I, this complete facsimile edition of the February, 1922 issue of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang featuring a collection of humorous prose, poetry, and essays on the carefree life was the racy magazine for libertines in its day. From its opening description of Cuba as "the land of liberty" through the jokes littered with the situations, slang, and bigotries of the day, this book serves as a fascinating time capsule of what great great grampa's world was like. Entertaining and educational, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is a lively piece of pop culture history, living up to both its masthead description as "America's Magazine of Wit, Humor, and Filosophy" and its cover motto, "Explosion of Pedigreed Bunk."