Theodor Geisel

Each day this month I will be profiling a notable political cartoonist. Since the choices are vast, I’ve decided to slim the numbers down a bit and eliminate living cartoonists. Perhaps I will do a current political cartoon stars in the future.

Here’s an archive of the artists mentioned already.

Today we look at a great editorial cartoonist best known for his other doctorate work.

Enjoy!

I’m being misleading, of course, as Theodor Geisel used the name Dr. Seuss not only for his children’s books (which began with the 1937 classic, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street), but also for the lesser-known, but just as striking, editorial cartoon work he did during World War II.

Geisel had been working in advertising since he left school in the 1920s, producing some very popular ad campaigns (he also did a short-lived comic strip in 1935). In 1937, as mentioned above, he began working on children’s books.

However, that went on hold in 1941, where he devoted his time to political cartoons, first as a cartoonist for the New York City daily newspaper, P.M., and later on doing work directly for the United States Army.

Geisel was a strictly against the United States’ isolationist position, and mocked that attitude frequently…

He also mocked those he felt were symbolic of the US’s attitude towards isolationism, particularly Charles Lindbergh…

He also took the time to make fun of the “alliance” between Germany, Russia and Japan at the time…

His response to Pearl Harbor was interesting, as it seemed to express more frustration than anger, like most other political cartoonists of the day….

He continued to express that frustration with the early days of the war…

But most of Geisel’s ire was directed at the homefront, particularly those who he felt hampered the US’s efforts – he was strictly a “you’re either with us or against us” type of guy…

Hehe…GOPstrich…as a huge Roosevelt fan, you can only imagine his stance on the Republicans at the time…

A fascinating piece of his work at the time was the way he stood up for the rights of Jews in America…

and Blacks in America…

And yet still portrayed Japanese-Americans like this…

While I suppose it is an understandable enough viewpoint to hold at the time, it is still a strange comparison between his super tolerant views on one end and his hatred for the “enemy” on the other.

Geisel drew about 400 cartoons in total before devoting his time fully to the Army (including producing films for the Army – one of which, Design for Death – a look at Japanese culture – won an Oscar!).

Thanks to the University of San Diego for their archive of Geisel cartoons from this time period. Be sure to check them out! Lots more great looking comics!!

Taken from http://antiquedress.blogspot.com/

Tylers' Haistyling Tips

As far as what i do to style it, for the old haircut (1st pic) I used to comb it all down and straighten it in front of my face, then comb it kind of over my right eye and with the other bang to he left side and re-straighten it in its new position (thick wavy hair doesn't like to cooperate) Then for spiking out the back when the mood struck me, i'd kind of run my fingers up the back of my head and pull out the water after a shower to sort of sudo-dry it in that position already, then when straightening came i'd straighten it straight up, and finally I'd add some texturizer and run my hands up through the back and pull out ward, we have a closet in my house where you can see behind you so i'd usually use that to check for missed spots, don't add too much or it'll fall down, then usually once i got it staying nice and up I'd use the left over Texturizer on my hair to smooth it out and kind of hold it in place, my hair is thick so i'd basically pancake my bang between my palms and smoothen it out. then add a bit of hairspray to the back to hold it in place.

For my new hair I'm still experimenting The back is cut so I can spike it out But I've decided to go with wax to spike it which i'm still experimenting with (hence why i have no pictures of that) If you have really long hair i'd suggest some type of wax, simply because it has structure and seems less like lethal spikes than gel, and texturizer would barely help and you'd be holding everything up with hairspray alone otherwise. However it would be a similar idea, running your waxed fingers through you're hair and pulling outwards to make all of the hair stand up, for the front and sides, i pretty much just straighten them and add a bit of texturizer to hold them in place or Depp anti-frizz depending how staticy my hair is. For the bangs I simply straighten everything out and comb it into place so it blends nicely. once it grows a bit further i'll be able to do a fore head showing part but at the moment it doesn't work out to well.

So there is what i did for my old hair and what i do for my new haircut... theres actually a story behind my old haircut and the transitions it underwent before i got it as i liked it..then lobed half of it off lol.


Thanks!
-Tyler

Taken from http://emohairstyle.blogspot.com/