Intl. Notebook | Jul 7 2010 |
Dr. Seuss used his fantastic creatures to support the U.S. war effort, and revealed that even he had an angry side.
Above is an interesting American war bonds poster designed during WWII by Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. Geisel worked as a political cartoonist between 1941 and 1943, and he showed a completely different side of his personality during those years, to say the least. In response to complaints about his gross caricatures of the Japanese, he wrote: “…right now, when the Japs are planting their hatchets in our skulls, it seems like a hell of a time for us to smile and warble “brothers!” It is a rather flabby battlecry. If we want to win, we’ve got to kill Japs... We can get palsy-walsy afterward with those that are left.” You can see more of the Doctor’s political cartoons here.