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Anti-War Cartoon


Type: Gallery Image | Not Vetted



This image, published towards the end of the First World War, depicts a cloaked figure (a physical representation of Death) being given a body by a man wearing a shirt that reads, "War". War stands at the counter, a wall of bodies behind him. Windsor McCay's, the illustrator of this cartoon, is personifying the constant fall of Man as a result of war. Although Death is the one receiving bodies from War--implying that He is the customer--War is also Death's greatest customer, as the act of war produces a significant amount of casualties, on and off the battlefield.

Sources:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:His_Best_Customer.jpeg  

 

 

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The Shell-Shocking Reality of World War One--Khaalilah Muhammad

Date


1917

Artist


Windsor McCay


Copyright
©Public Domain

Vetted?
No
Submitted by Khaalilah Muhammard on Tue, 11/23/2021 - 21:29

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