Wartime Advertising/Propaganda
by Adrian Hanft,
Recently I stumbled across a controversial wartime advertisement from Wheaties that was printed in comic books (I assume) in the 1940’s. It is shocking that an ad this racist would be printed at all, let alone in a comic book for kids. Continue reading to see this ad.
The ad below comes from seanbaby.com (enter at your own risk) where he has a collection of “The Best of the Worst in Comic Book Advertising.”
Politics is something this blog tries to avoid, and talking about this ad in the context of our current war on terrorism unavoidably takes the discussion down that path. For that reason, the comments on this post are closed. Hopefully we would all agree that this is a despicable ad, and can recognize the mistakes of a past generation.
Update: Nate seems to think there is some value in opening up a discussion on this ad. You can find his post here.
