Geisel 101

[ltmurnau]

It has been brought to my attention that I have missed the 101st birthday of Theodore Geisel, also known as "Dr. Seuss".

Not many people know of the work this gentle, kind man (who never actually had any children of his own and reportedly did not like having the actual article around him) did for the war effort. Here are some samples:





More to be found at http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/.

Happy fucking birthday, Dr. T.

Comments

[iberia.livejournal.com]

Don't be too harsh, now. He was a product of his times, just like we all are. If he hadn't wrote those cartoons, would it have made a difference? I say no...in fact, some other cartoonist would have come along and taken the fat government check and done it anyways.

bzzzt!

[tartarisaws.livejournal.com]

the difference would be, it wouldn't be his fucking name all over them! ...if that doesn't mean anything to you, then please never try to sell me anything! on the other hand, I do wonder whether the japs were star-bellied sneetches... or ones with none upon thars...