WORLD WAR 2 IN CARTOONS (H/C)

THE OLD ADAGE THAT A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS HAS NEVER BEEN MORE TRUE THAN WHEN APPLIED TO THE CARTOON. ACTING AS A FORM OF PICTORIAL SHORTHAND, A FEW STROKES OF THE PEN HAVE MANAGED TO ENCAPSULATE THE GREAT DRAMAS OF THE WAR IN A WAY IMPOSSIBLE IN PROSE. WHETHER PRODUCING STRIPS, SOCIAL COMMENT IN MAGAZINES LIKE PUNCH OR LILLIPUT, SAVAGE CARICATURE OF ALLIES AND ENEMIES, OR A DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS AT HOME OR ABROAD, LITTLE HAS ESCAPED THE CARTOONIST'S PEN. THE CARTOON HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II. DURING THE LONDON BLITZ THE BRITISH UPPER LIP WAS KEPT RESOLUTELY STIFF BY THE ANTICS OF STRUBE'S LITTLE MAN GROWING MARROWS AND THE REDFACED INDIGNITY OF LOW'S COLONEL BLIMP. FOUGASSE'S UNDERGROUND POSTERS, LANCASTER'S POCKET CARTOONS, PONT'S UNIQUE DRAWINGS AND THE WORK OF VICKY HAVE AN IMMEDIACY THAT HAS BEEN UNAFFECTED BY THE PASSAGE OF TIME. GILES, SEARLE, ILLINGWORTH, ZEC AND MANY MORE PORTRAYED THE GRIM REALITIES AND HUMOROUS ASIDES OF THE CONFLICT FO