"What do I care about a few broken ribs?!"
"I wanna be wrecked!"
Possible source: Thimble Theater printed 12/19/1937 (thanks FoxyFerengi and UnspecifiedGravity!)
Uhhhh…what’s the context!?
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Context is actually pretty much what we see here. She wants to get wrecked by a big strong man:
It actually gets pretty weird from there:
Wow, you were right.
That was pretty fucking weird.
vibe
nsfw
Origins of hentai...? 🧐
Well, it was part of the origins to the pornography censorship in Japan.
So, the beginning of a tentacle cuck journey. Popeye the Tentacuck. I'd say it aged well.
Popeye, would it kill you too get some spinach in you and make that Olive Oyl extra non-virgin? Don't complain if she dumps you for Brutus.
It's even worse with context.
Disgustipating
It's a pretty weird Tool song
Had an ex like that with a SA fantasy. She broke up with me because I wouldn't pretend to rape her.
why not, did that not sit right with you ?
Nope, I have no interest in raping anyone, even if it's role-play.
Blindfolding AND tentacles?? This is pure fucking gold
Do you happen to know the source? I'd like to add it to the post but I couldn't find it.
It is the 12/19/1937 Sunday Edition Thimble Theater comic. Not sure how widely syndicated it was but here is an auction listing for the page with a header from the Cleveland Plane Dealer:
Comic syndication is pretty damned weird and complicated, so I am not certain exactly who the official publisher is, but these were pretty widely distributed at the time so I expect that most papers that ran full color Sunday comics probably ran this one. Here is more reading about this piece of history:
https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2019/10/preserving-lost-era-of-popeyes-thimble.html
By the time this comic was published (12/19/1937), it was being distributed in thousands of newspapers. The original artist died the next year. It's possible this is from a book with a collection of Thimble Theater comics, the company that holds the copyright has made a few since then
https://comicskingdom.com/vintage/thimble-theater/
Fwiw I don't see this comic on there but I find something else while looking:
Thanks! I saw the Thimble Theater, but the newspaper one was new to me. Added it to my post.
This is amazing
Olive Oil wants to be wrecked.
Bluto is coming
Not yet, but he'll be arriving shortly.
She want big sex
Naah, just ten tickles.
Friday night
And the mood is right!
popeye is there
Popeye lays mad pipe, B
So even in context, it's what we think it is.
I learned from looking up the source for this that Popeye made his animated debut in this Betty Boop cartoon. Interesting!
Fucking sissy....
I knew a girl like that.
I wrecked her. 😎