December 11, 2004
Dr. Seuss v. the Japanese
I noted over at Blog that Mr. Blog, although he's made a bit of a hobby out of WWII propaganda cartoons, has yet to discover the contributions of Dr. Seuss to this fantastic genre. So it falls to me. Click on the links below to check out a couple.
The sneering rat! Gimme some war bonds!
And the biggy:
Hey, yeah . . . we should lock those yellow rats up! (Fortunately it looks like they're mostly coming from Washington, and just passing through Oregon.)
Also: this one isn't racist, but it is damned funny.
These cartoons were found here and here, and there's more where that came from. I wonder if anyone at the Lorax is aware of them?
Posted by FLOG at December 11, 2004 11:37 PMI did a quick look through Suess' propaganda catalog. Some of them are pretty esoteric. For example, what the bloody 'ell is going on in this one?
http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/10529.html
I think I get it but what the bloody 'ell is a "ham fish"?
Posted by: Brandon at December 13, 2004 11:12 AMI wish I could find some Superman cartoons from the time when he just really didn't like Japanese people and there were trucks filled with explosives sitting around.
Posted by: Sho at December 13, 2004 10:23 PMBrandon:
Whot the bluddy 'ell ahh you doing toiping in an Inglish accent?
Posted by: FLOG™ at December 15, 2004 2:10 AM