Dr. Suess started off as an editorial cartoonist, y’know?
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Dr. Suess started off as an editorial cartoonist, y’know?
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He also wrote all the Private Snafu training cartoons for the Army training films during World War 2.
was just about to mention that. the fellow had a very warped mind under that supposedly kid-friendly authorship.
i wish i had seen more of his original stuff. i also think he and i might have gotten on well. we’re both of the Addams’ Family mind set. XD
Years ago, I found a very adult Dr. Zuess book. It was illustrated just like the kid’s books but very adult. I so wsh I had bought it. I’ve never seen it since.
Try Alibris, you can probably find it there.
“The Seven Sisters Godiva”. I have a copy, pretty silly and fun.
Brilliant comic and a great salute to Dr. Seuss. A clever punch to the gut. Well done.
Dr.Suess also wrote cartoon-ads for “FLIT” — a DDT-based insecticide that predated the invention of aerosol cans, so you sprayed by working a pump-action ‘gun’. Even into the 1960’s, long after DDT was banned, the phrase, “Quick, Henry, the FLIT!” was still getting occasional use as a humor-meme:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLIT]