Comments on: Patriotic Racism on Comic Book Covers

By: Historyman68

Historyman68 — Tue, 31 May 2011 04:25:42 +0000

Yeah, there’s a whole book of political cartoons by Dr Seuss- it’s really great, incisive political commentary- Yertle the Turtle IS Hitler- marred only by ridiculous Asian caricatures. Gotta take it in context.

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By: Chloe

Chloe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:05:20 +0000

Dr. Seuss drew that?
*sigh*

By: Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:13:40 +0000

Racism? Comic books do caricatures. In time of war, US comic books do caricatures of those the US is at war against. In World War II, those enemies were the Germans and the Japanese. If the caricatures of Japanese are racist, are the comic books with caricatures of Germans also racist? Do they reveal a nasty strain of anti-Teutonism in the US?

By: David

David — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:41:48 +0000

The Superman one is interesting as he is not the “slapper” but just operating the presses that people what they should do for their country. Also, even though the black characters are on “our” side they are still presented as a stereotype.
Here is an example of anti-Japanese propaganda with Bugs Bunny http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ee_1184532129