The War in Cartoons A History of the War in 100 Cartoons by 27 of the Most Prominent American Cartoonists Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The War in Cartoons: A History of the War in 100 Cartoons by 27 of the Most Prominent American CartoonistsAt first cartoons dealt largely with politics but within re cent years the tendency has been to' broaden their scope. Since 1914, cartoonists everywhere have been drawing very largely on the war subjects. Every phase Of the struggle has been covered in the millions of war cartoons.Never in history has there been presented so splendid an opportunity for cartoonists to demonstrate their power. One can not do credit to a powerful Springfield rifle if one has noth ing but squirrels at which to shoot. Cartoonists, too, must have subjects worthy of their weapon in order to demonstrate their ability. The war furnished great subjects and great car toons resulted. A higher standard of ideas and execution was speedily developed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.