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'''The Earth Organization''' is an independent, international [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]], conservation and environmental organization, with new solutions, committed to the creative, responsible rehabilitation of planet Earth and the plant and animal kingdoms.

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| caption = ''Wicked Wanda'' on cover of ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''<br> by Ron Embleton

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| publisher = [[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]

| date = [[1969]]-[[1979]]

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| main_char_team = Wanda Von Kreesus<BR>Candyfloss<BR>Homer Sapiens<BR> J. Hoover Grud<BR>German Grrrr (a parody of [[Germaine Greer]])

| writers = [[Frederic Mullally]]

| artists = [[Ron Embleton]], [[Brian Forbes]]

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The Earth Organization was founded in 2003 by veteran [[South African]] conservationist [[Lawrence Anthony]].

The multi-page, full-color, satirical, adult [[comic strip]] '''''Oh, Wicked Wanda''!''' by writer [[Frederic Mullally]] and artist [[Ron Embleton]] regularly appeared in ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' magazine from 1973 to 1980. Embleton painstakingly painted the comic strip's panels in oils. Prior to the illustrated strip format, ''Wanda'' appeared as an illustrated story (September 1969 through October 1979) written by Mullally and illustrated by [[Brian Forbes]].

The Earth Organization works in association with corporations and other environmental groups around the world in projects of mutual interest.

The strip's characters appeared naked or partially clothed, and great care was given to the female form, especially the breasts and buttocks. Like the photographs of models in ''Penthouse'' itself, the comic strip’s female characters’ pubic hair, neatly trimmed, was shown.

Although male characters occasionally appeared nude, their genitals were not often shown and they were shown mostly in the background, with none of the sometimes gratuitous appearances that often was true with regard to female characters.

==Purpose==

A running gag in several of the early comic strips features a [[pastiche]] of [[Little Annie Fanny]] (published by ''[[Playboy]]'', ''Penthouse'''s main competitor) in which the character is found out to have fake breasts or buttocks which deflate when popped.

The stated purpose of The Earth Organization is:

#''To create a fundamental change in mankind’s awareness of, and relationship to, his environment and the plant and animal kingdoms, by example and education, thereby reversing the downward spiral of life on Earth.''

== Main character ==

#''To bridge the gap between mankind, industry, commerce and the environment through applicable environmentalism, workable tools, accurate data and a business and scientific approach to the field of the environment.''

#''To raise ethical standards within the conservation movement.''

The Earth Organization has a strong scientific orientation and a reputation for bold conservation initiatives, including the rescue of the [[Baghdad zoo]] during the coalition [[invasion of Iraq]] in April 2003, negotiations with the infamous Ugandan [[Lords Resistance Army]], to protect game rangers and raise awareness of endangered species, including the [[Northern White Rhinoceros]], and work with remote rural African communities to rebuild cultural and traditional ties to nature.

[[Image:Forbes' illustration of Wanda.jpg|thumb|right|Wanda Von Kreesus, as she was drawn by Brian Forbes]]

Through the activities of its scientific advisory board, The Earth Organization forwards and supports environmental education, targeting different age and culture groups, with the intention of firmly entrenching environmental education as a part of the syllabus of educational institutions.

A beautiful brunette heiress to a multi-million-dollar fortune, 19-year-old Wanda Von Kreesus was a “man-hating” [[lesbian]] whose adventurous travels took her to such exotic locales as:

The Earth Organization is registered as an independent non-profit organization in South Africa, with branches in the USA, France, Canada, Hungary and Slovakia.

* [[Arabia]]

* [[Tibet]]

* [[Europe]]

* [[India]]

* [[New York]]

* [[Hollywood]]

* [[Las Vegas]]

* [[Disneyland]].

==External links==

She also traveled through time, courtesy of a [[time machine]], visiting [[France]] during the [[French Revolution]], [[England]] during the signing of the [[Magna Carta]], and [[Germany]] during [[World War II]], before briefly visiting the future and returning to the present. While in later parts of the series, she would have a handful of male 'toys' whom she would use and abuse until they died of exhaustion, her sexual preference was almost exclusively for women.

*[http://www.earthorganization.org Official Website]

*[http://www.earthorganization.org/WhoWeAre.aspx?CatID=1 The Earth Organization Scientific Advisory Board]

*[http://www.lawrenceanthony.co.za Founder of The Earth Organization]

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== Candyfloss ==

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Wanda lived in a schloss on Lake Zurich, presumably in Switzerland. Throughout the series, she was accompanied by her admiring lover and apprentice sidekick, the blonde Candyfloss, whom Wanda often called “Pusscake.” Candyfloss’ nickname for Wanda was “Boo’ful.” The term "candyfloss" is a synonym for "[[cotton candy]]."

== Automobiles ==

Wanda drove a Supo Delecto Peniso Flagrante sports car, which, as its name implies, resembled a phallus and was capable of attaining a top speed of 160 miles per hour. The license plate bore the alphanumeric designation “FKU2.” Sometimes, her auxiliary automobile, a [[Rolls-Royce car|Rolls Royce]] [[station wagon]], followed.

== Puss International Force ==

Throughout her adventures, Wanda was also assisted by her elite army of “butch-dikes,” the Puss International Force, or PIF, the commander of which was General German Grrrr. (a play on renown feminist [[Germaine Greer]]; "German" being her forename, not her nationality; the precise number of R's in her last name tended to vary from one month to the next.)

== Homer Sapiens and J. Hoover Grud ==

A “resident egghead,” Homer Sapiens, and the Neanderthal-like “chief jailer” and master torturer J. Hoover Grud (a reference to [[FBI]] founder [[J. Edgar Hoover]]) provided the brains and muscle needed to support Wanda's many adventures. Although Grud looked like a caveman, he was a sensitive intellectual who expressed his aspirations only to himself, never to others.

== Walter Von Kreesus ==

The preserved cadaver of her degenerate father was seated upon a throne under a green glass dome. On occasion, Wanda sought advice from him after establishing a psychic or spiritual link with the corpse. During his lifetime, Candyfloss, Wanda's paramour, was one of the many women whom Walter kept as a mistress.

[[Image:Wickedwanda.jpg|thumb|right|Wicked Wanda and her group on ''Oh, Wicked Wanda'' Penthouse's magazine cover]]

== Cultural and political allusions ==

The strip was replete with inside jokes and references to popular and classical culture. For example, a member of Wanda’s entourage lay naked reading [[William S. Burroughs]]’ novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' while a second fornicated with a swan, recalling both [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]’s poem, "[[Leda and the Swan]]", and the myth that deals with [[Zeus]]’s fornication, in the guise of a swan, with [[Leda]].

Many politicians and artists were caricatured in the strip, including a drenched and apparently besotted [[Ted Kennedy]], who appeared in several panels throughout the strip’s ten-year run, wearing an ever-present ‘76 presidential campaign ribbon. His appearance was a not-so-subtle reference to the incident in which he drove off the [[Chappaquiddick Island|Chappaquiddick Bridge]], killing his companion, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]]. Rival politicians, including [[Richard Nixon]], were treated with the same degree of satirical ridicule. For example, Nixon was frequently shown as a sometimes machine-gun-toting [[gangster]].

== Caricatures ==

The strips frequently included [[caricatures]] of famous people, especially politicians. For example, in the debut strip, Wanda and Candyfloss visit [[Madame Tussaud]]’s “waxworks,” passing the likenesses of Richard Nixon, [[Spiro Agnew]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], [[Lyndon Johnson]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Henry Kissinger]], and [[Mao Tse-tung]], among others, as they make their way toward the museum’s “Chamber of Horrors.” These satirical portraits were usually given names similar to the names of the people they parodied--Marlon Blondo (a. k. a. Burpo), Henry Kissarun, Norman Mailman, and Howard Huge, for example.

Other famous figures that Wanda and Candyfloss encountered include [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], [[W. C. Fields]], [[Mae West]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Stan Laurel]], [[Oliver Hardy]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Salvador Dalí]], [[Dr. Benjamin Spock]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Lee Marvin]], [[Liberace]], and [[Howard Hughes]].

When an image was particularly effective at parodying a politician, an entertainment personality, or another public figure, it was repeated. For example, Marlon Brando (sometimes called “Burpo”), who was known for his love of good eating and his enormous weight gain, was often shown attired in a pin-striped suit, nonchalantly eating twirled spaghetti from a fork.

In addition, the names of caricatures were chosen with satirical effect in mind. Hence, Jane Fonda was christened “Jane Fondle” and Brando was named “Marlon Blando” during his ''Last Tango in Paris'' days but Marlon Burpo after his figure ballooned due to the rich foods he was fond of consuming in his later career.

The strip also included satirical sketches of well-known cartoon and comic strip characters, such as [[Mad Magazine]]’s [[Alfred E. Neuman]]; [[Playboy]]’s [[Little Annie Fanny]]; [[Walt Disney]]’s [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs|Seven Dwarfs]], [[Mickey Mouse]], and [[Donald Duck]]; [[Walt Kelly]]’s [[Pogo]], [[George Herriman]]’s [[Krazy Kat]], and [[Bud Fisher]]'s [[Mutt and Jeff]].

== First series ==

[[Image:Sample page from Wanda.jpg|thumb|right|A sample page from a typical ''Oh, Wicked Wanda!'' strip]]

; Episode One

On their first adventure, Wanda and Candyfloss decided to buy Madame Tussaud’s “waxworks” as a way to acquire figures of famous men and women with whom to equip the “[[museum]] of living apes” that she planned to establish at the mansion that she has inherited from her father, Walter, the late King Gnome of [[Zurich]]. However, they were disappointed at the exhibits, which were not sufficiently carnal for Wanda’s tastes; as she told Candyfloss, “Tussaud’s was a real drag.” Instead of “wax dummies,” Wanda preferred deep-frozen “authentic, living flesh” for her “living [[tableaux]] of top personalities.” Before leaving on their quest, Wanda inspected her PIF. She meted out [[punishment]] by [[flogging]] the backside of one of her troops, who afterward walked away with a smile on her face as a fellow soldier observed, “This is your second time around!”

; Episode Two

On their second adventure, Wanda and Candyfloss undertook a quest to acquire “tableaux vivants” for Wanda’s Museum of Misfits. Arriving at a villa in St. Trollop on the French [[Rivera]], they visit the “pornophobe” adult film critic, Lord Cyril Bluestocking and Brigitte Bidet (Brigitte Bardot), their intended first acquisitions. After Candyfloss knocks Bluestocking unconscious, Wanda and she transport him and Brigitte to Wanda's museum, where Homer Sapiens mounts the couple (literally) as the museum’s first exhibit.

; Episode Three

In the third installment of the first adventure, Wanda and Candyfloss decided to add some politicians to their Museum of Misfits, and they went after [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]].

; Other episodes of the first series

Other chapters in their first adventure followed this same plot, with Wanda and Candyfloss obtaining such additional famous men and women for their Museum of Misfits as chess champion Bernie Fishfinger ([[Bobby Fisher]]), Martin Bormann, Willy Grabham ([[Billy Graham]]) and Jane Fondle ([[Jane Fonda]]).

== ''Oh, Wicked Wanda!'' (the book) ==

[[Image:Wanda paperback.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of the ''Wanda'' book]]

Penthouse published a compilation of the strip in a book in 1975.

== Replacement strip ==

''Oh, Wicked Wanda!'' was replaced by ''[[Sweet Chastity]]'', another comic illustrated by Ron Embleton and scripted by ''Penthouse'''s publisher, [[Bob Guccione]].

== The creators ==

; Mullally

Born in 1918, Frederic Mullally's adulthood has straddled three distinct professions, all rooted in the written word. His journalism, from 1937 to 1949, began in India as as sub-editor on The Statesman of Calcutta, then as editor of the Sunday Standard of Bombay. Back in his birthplace, London, he worked as a sub-editor of The Financial News, as co-editor of the weekly Tribune, and finally as political editor and columnist of the Sunday Pictorial.

From 1950 to 1955, he headed the public relations firm of Mullally & Warner, with clients ranging from [[Audrey Hepburn]] and Frank Sinatra to Douglas Fairbanks jnr., Paul Getty, Frankie Laine, the Festival Ballet and Picture Post.

His first novel, the 1958 world best-seller Danse Macabre, has been followed by eleven more titles, one of which - Clancy - was dramatised by BBCTV in five one-hour episodes. Non-fiction titles have included Death Pays a Dividend (1945) with Fenner Brockway, Fascism Inside England (1946), The Silver Salver (1981) and Primo:the Story of Man-Mountain Carnera (1991) . Between books, Mullally compiled and wrote with the collaboration of the BBC, a record album, The Sounds of Time (a dramatised history of Britain 1933-45) and the long-running Penthouse Magazine's strip cartoon "Oh, Wicked Wanda!". In 1949 he abandoned a prospective candidature of the Labour Party for the constituency of Finchley and Friern Barnet. Apart from occasional freelance journalism he is now retired and living in West London.

;. .. Emberton

Also born in London, Emberton (1930-1988) became a member of [[The Royal Institute of Oil Painters]] in 1960, and his works w. exhibited in [[Europe]], [[Australia]], and the [[United States]], winning many prizes. Beginning his career as a [[graphic artist]] and [[illustrator]], he has illustrated many books and magazines, including the comic strip Wulf the Briton, which appeared in the Express Weekly. He began to illustrate Oh, Wicked Wanda! in 1970.

==External links==

*[http://www.subtextopedia.com/Wanda/index.html Oh, Wicked Wanda! site, with Wanda's full adventures between 1969 and 1980]

*[http://www.toonopedia.com/wanda.htm Toonopedia entry]

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