Searching through the Stripcreator archives I found the very first comic strip Spankling wrote. It features the first appearence of a character we all know and love and gives a clue to his origin. The strip is dated 19 April 1861. I had to do a little restoration since the strip was in such bad shape. Enjoy!
[Click to view comic: 'Johnny Reb Will Get His In the End']
Thankfully, Spankling's humor has improved over the decades.
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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."