Comments on: Stars of Political Cartooning - Theodor Geisel

By: Jenae

Jenae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:03:59 +0000

I never knew Dr. Suess did political cartoons as well as children's books! I loved his books as a kid, and now learning this is helping me with my history class! haha

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:10:07 +0000

This really helps me with a school project about political cartoons. THANKS BUNCHES!!!!!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:58:42 +0000

Dr. Suess knew his stuff! Great artist!

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:01:25 +0000

He is awesome!

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:16:22 +0000

help cant go to sleep to booorrriiinngg

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:17:41 +0000

the were really meaning full

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ZEITGEIST / Quick hits — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:04:04 +0000

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By: sononsj

sononsj — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30:34 +0000

There were several volumes of this and other stuff from throughout his career on Wowio.com, which were really great.

By: News Briefs for October 6, 2008 » The Daily Cartoonist

News Briefs for October 6, 2008 » The Daily Cartoonist — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:38 +0000

[...] Comic Book Resources continues to look at historical editorial cartooning. Today’s featured cartoonist: Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. [...]

By: Melton

Melton — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:03:44 +0000

Geez, that's some gorgeous stuff.

I'm really loving this series. Thanks, Brian.

By: Billy F

Billy F — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:41:13 +0000

And of course Yurtle The Turtle was a huge allegory about Hitler.

By: R. J. Sterling

R. J. Sterling — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:08:09 +0000

Love, love, love the imimitable art style. No one doesn't recognize Dr. Seuss.

By: McK

McK — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:56 +0000

And a lot of Seussâ€™s later kidsâ€™ books have actual messages to them. Kids may not understand then beyond tales of cats and elephants, but parents who read it every day start wondering. Probably the best examples of this is The Butter-Battle Book, which is a commentary on the nuclear arms race, and the Lorax, which is way-ahead-of-its-time environmentalism. As a side note, for a long time many pro-lifers claimed "Horton Hears a Who" as anti-abortion ("A person's a person, no matter how small"), but Seuss apparently intended to promote racial equality. I'm not sure if Seuss himself took a public stance on abortion, but otherwise he clearly was a New Deal Democrat.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:13:15 +0000

I remember finding out about his War Manual work from a Ray Harryhausen interview... they worked together on a character called SNAFU... Yep.. "Situation Normal...etc."

Did they coin the term together, or had it been popularised beforehand?

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:46:30 +0000

And a lot of Seuss's later kids' books have actual messages to them. Kids may not understand then beyond tales of cats and elephants, but parents who read it every day start wondering.

By: David

David — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:52:09 +0000

I have a book of Dr. Seuss' political cartoons. they are excellent and I almost wished he had had a longer career, he was ahead of his time on a lot of things.