I’ll admit that I usually like the way slug renders females, especially in the racier columns!
But the illustration for thecolumn on spintriae has me flummoxed. I guess the whip has some obvious kinky overtones, but what the hell is up with the porcine footwear? Was porker skiing considered a sex act in the Roman Empire?
And what’s she eating?
…maybe she’s brushing her teeth?
What can one say? The mind of genius… incomprehensible.
The Universe would collapse upon itself dare it look into the mind of Slug.
Although he probably paints tomatos on tin cans in his day gig, at night he turns into SLUGGO! The artist with a pornographic flair!
OK, I’m done now.
But what does strapping pigs to one’s feet and riding them around have to do with pornography? or with prostitution? or anything else mentioned in the column?
Well it turns me on.
So, you’re saying it’s another one of those British things?
It’s all supposed to hint at carnal delights that you never dreamed possible.
Who can honestly say they haven’t paid a whore with tokens to careen around their room with their feet strapped to two pigs? I know I can’t, and I think any man who claims otherwise is lying.
Well… sure… but while she’s brushing her teeth? (or possibly eating a small piece of fruit) That’s just sick and wrong.
Good Christ, you’re right. I am a pervert.
::birches self::
It’s those Public Schools…<shakes head sadly>…
She’s biting a token (in the traditional cartoon gesture of biting a coin to see if it’s genuine).
Thanks, Biffy! Now that you mention it, I can even see the X on the token she’s biting. I think there may be a joke in there somewhere regarding “real” men, but I just can’t seem to tease it out.
Oh, I don’t think she’s a tease.
I like it when she teases.
Here’s the answer, or part of it. In the world of trick horse riding, the act of riding two horses at once while standing with one foot on each horse is called “Roman style” horse riding. That brings up a number of possible puns, and that fits Slug’s style.
She’s a Roman whore.
The whore’s riding is Roman style.
Roman style sex, IIRC, involves multiple partners.
As for the whip, well, the customer’s been a very bad boy. Note his studded collar.
Why’s she riding pigs? Hard to say. However, riding and getting porked are what a whore does for a living.
Knowing Signorino, there are sight gags I haven’t spotted.
Thank You. That makes sense.
Maybe the play on words is Roman “Whore Pigs.”
Now the Whore Pigs need to shower
Ten asses only buys an hour
Oh, Lord, Yeah
The best guess that I could come up with, prior to reading this thread, was that it had something to do with the greek shoes, thought to have been used by ladies of a certain profession as a form of advertising, which left messages in the footprints (eg, “follow me” )… The erotic value of pigprints, however, I haven’t figured out.
JRB
New meaning to the phrase 'squeals of pleasure", perhaps?