World War II History in Comics & Cartoons

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This is an archive page for materials & links related to the comics in the World War II era.

Relevant Comics & Online Archives:

wwii-Airboy War Comics: Comics with a Military Theme
A single-page lo-res cover archive from Australia.

exciting35 Propaganda Extravaganza!
A wartime cover archive on SuperDickery.com … You won’t BELIEVE what US publishers actually printed during the war!

samazingman22 Superhero & War Comics Cover Gallery
Since many Golden Age superhero comics dealt with the war, this gallery combines the two categories. (Also links to amazing Romance & Horror galleries.)

wwii-tagawa_norakuro2 “Norakuro” by by Suiho Tagawa (wartime manga about Japan’s fight with China):
“Norakuro” on Lambiek.net
“Norakuro” on Wikipedia
More Norakuro page samples

Barefoot Gen
One boy’s Hiroshima story

“U.S. Petroleum Administration for War”educational comics(1943):

comin-in-on-a-wing_cover “Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer”

wwii-undercover-war-comic Undercover War

wwii-flitsdeherder2 Dutch Comics During WWII

wwii-howto04 “How to Spot a Jap”
US Army/Navy “educational” comic (1943) employing some seriously racist propaganda techniques!

POLITICAL CARTOONS (Single-panels & Illustrations):

WWII Political Cartoon Archive

Nazi cartoons from Kladderadatsch

Cartoons from Brennessel (Nazi humor magazine)

Nazi cartoons about Winston Churchill

Nazi cartoons (1939)

Cartoons from Das Schwarze Korps (1943-1944) (Nazi SS weekly newspaper) (1943-1944)

Editorial cartoons from Das Reich (1940-1941) (Nazi weekly magazine)

Editorial cartoons from Das Reich (1944-1945)

For related Nazi images, see: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ww2era.htm

wwii-20116cs “Dr. Seuss Went to War”
A well-organized collection of Theodore Geisel’s wartime political cartoons.

wwii_maul04 Bill Mauldin: sample cartoons

Action Comics #1
(June, 1938 – The first episode of Superman.)

Maus cover Maus by Art Spiegelman

A Family Secret
A Dutch teenager learns about his grandmother’s experiences during World War II.

The Search
A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust tracks down the wartime stories of her family and friends.

SLIDESHOW: Art Spiegelman discusses his creative process in Maus

Check out this amazing 1944 cover of THE NEW YORKER –>

It depicts D-Day in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry (and for more on that, see CW’s Europe page) …
“MONTY ET IKE MARE NAVIGAVIT” indeed!
(Also, note the mice & other items scampering around in the marginal ornamentation…)

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