Dr Seuss goes war!
Did you know that Dr Seuss published dozens of pro-war propaganda cartoons? Oh yes he did!
From 1941 to 1943, Theodor Seuss Giesel was the chief editorial cartoonist for a New York newspaper called PM. This was well before he became a publishing phenomenon with such children’s books as Cat in the Hat (1957) and Green Eggs and Ham (1960), but he was already established as a best-selling children’s author by To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1937) and Horton Hatches an Egg (1940). Theodor Giesel the editorial cartoonist saw no reason to distinguish his adult cartoons from his children’s work. His political cartoons are drawn in exactly the same style as his children’s books and he even signed them “Dr Seuss.”
Dr Seuss, as it turns out, was as good a political cartoonist as he was a children’s writer. This is my favourite:
What elevates this cartoon to greatness is Italy. Look closely now.
For more, see the Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr Seuss.
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I did know that! Apparently there was a traveling exhibition of his work though it came nowhere near my home. Nowhere near my home country, in fact.
well the u-boat cartoon doesnt seem very pro-war to me, quite the contrary infact.
coz he seems to be making fun of the people who support the war by way of finances and stuff..
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