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Tag Archives: uncle sam
The Boondoggle of Borders
You may have heard of Matt Damon’s remarks about building a wall across the U.S.-Canada border. (Yes, I started a draft of this post in 2015 when this was maybe a hotter topic, but as we shall see, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged border, border crossing, borders, boundary, boundary line, canada, carto-caricature, Graeme mackay, mackay, matt damon, mexico, north america, pope, taft, trump, uncle sam, united states, wall
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Swipes File #56: “Another Blot”
In yet another example of the circuitous nature of research, I was looking for a citation for one image when I came across a second image of the same name — both are by Charles Bartholemew (“Bart”), both are titled … Continue reading
Babies everywhere (like the Nutrigrain commercial)
Baby Mexico. 31 May 1914. Charles Bartholomew (“Bart”). Image courtesy of the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Baby Cuba. “Can she go it alone?” The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, 1907. In Latin America in Caricature by John J. Johnson (page 133). … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, baby with a gun, britannia, canada, cartoon, cartoons, cuba, hats, mexico, national representation, paternalism, south america, uncle sam
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Part V: John Bull & Uncle Sam, Frenemies
Sometimes, with perhaps one of the more infamous occasions being the American Revolutionary War / United States War of Independence / That Time England Lost Some Colonies, Uncle Sam and John Bull don’t get along: See also: – Part I: Representations of the US & … Continue reading
Colossus (Part III)
Here are four more colossuses (colossi?) that I found in the Newberry Library collections in Chicago during the NEH summer program in 2014. First, we have Teddy Roosevelt posing (looming?) over the Panama Canal project: Next, we have Uncle Sam striking … Continue reading
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Part IV: John & Jonathan, BFFFL
See also: – Part I: Representations of the US & UK – Part II: Representations of UK & US Cooperation – Part III: John Bull & Uncle Sam, a friendship to the end – Part V: John Bull & Uncle Sam, Frenemies And, on the … Continue reading
Colossus (Part II)
Continuing with the theme of the colossus… See also: – Colossus: Part I – “Comic Empires–Cartoons, Caricature, and Imperialism: A Symposium” edited by Richard Scully, International Journal of Comic Art, Fall/Winter 2014, pages 57-65. – “Constructing the Colossus: the Origins of Linley … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, canada, carto-caricature, cartoon, colossus, italy, monroe doctrine, north america, south america, uncle sam, zapiro
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Part III: John Bull & Uncle Sam, a friendship to the end
As persistent readers may have gathered, I’m mildly fixated on national representations. We’ve already seen John Bull sharing his tandem bicycle with Uncle Sam, and we’ve seen the US tell John Bull to mind his own business. Here are three cartoons … Continue reading
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Tagged carto-caricature, cartoon, colonialism, imperialism, john bull, uncle sam
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Part II: Representations of UK & US Cooperation
The United Kingdom and the United States (or John Bull and Uncle Sam, respectively) get along (in)famously now: And they collaborate against Russia, their former go-between: For further reading (and images!), check out the US Library of Congress exhibit “John … Continue reading
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Carto-Caricatures: Cartographic Caricatures 