Bogiephil1:
Told ya! Thanks Goodgulf!
You're welcome. It's telling that the cartoon in question was not included with the republished ones and a republished one had spanking turned into sitting in the corner.
That said, that site has every FBofW cartoon on it.
Redskinluver:
It really did happen, as amazing as that may seem. How did it ever get past the censors. Guess because comic strips were not subject to the Comics Code Authority like comic books were.
The comic book code was dying if not dead in the early 80s. The explosion of non code comics (mostly underground) in the 60s and the more mature ones in the 70s (I'm thinking the near nudes of Conan here, along with the nudes in Heavy Metal) slowly spelled the end of that.
But I'm sure that the code would have allowed the comic above. It wasn't licentious or titillating, it was just a kid getting a spanking. Now if the subject had been a teenaged girl then it would have crossed the line, but fewer people cared about a kid's butt showing then. Pretty Baby came out in 1978 and the Blue Lagoon in 1980 and that comic was nowhere near what they showed.
Back then you still saw the Coopertone Girl getting her swimsuit pulled down far enough to be cheeky and a kid getting his bottom spanked was just a kid getting his bottom spanked - nothing to get mad over.
Goodgulf