The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline is a BDSM-themed erotic comic strip created by American artist John Willie (John Alexander Scott Coutts). The comics, which were first published in the 1940s and 1950s, became iconic within the fetish subculture. The series follows the adventures of Sweet Gwendoline, a naï ve and innocent young woman who frequently finds herself in compromising and perilous situations. Gwendoline is for the most part portrayed as a damsel in distress, captured or restrained by various antagonists, only to be rescued or sometimes further entrapped by other characters. The stories delve into themes of bondage, fetishism, and power dynamics, with Gwendoline s innocence sharply contrasting against the more worldly and often sinister figures who surround her.
