The paper bombs article talked about armies in war using leaflets to terrorize or demoralize the enemy troops. For example the United States would drop millions of leaflets on their enemies with images of the power that the United States had and would write on them "You are going against the most feared and most powerful weapons the world has ever known". Before I read this I thought of war with tanks, guns, airplanes, and stuff like that. I would have never thought of dropping millions of paper to demoralize an army and to strike fear into them. Then I thought about how a nation would use this type of propaganda on an army that had the big bad weapons and sure enough it was already thought of. How crazy it would be out at war in another nation, eating MRI's for weeks or months, always on alert for when an attack might happen, having nobody but other soldiers around you in a country that more than likely doesn't want you there, and then finding a piece of paper with an image of an American family at home in there backyard grilling hamburgers or hot dogs, just enjoying being alive. Then reading the top of it saying, "You could be at home enjoying your life.......but instead your here in this hole." To me that's just some crazy psychological shit.
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http://www.psywarrior.com/NKoreaH.htmlCreator: North Korea
This looks like a typical leaflet that the enemy would send to our troops. It has a picture of, I assume wife and daughter, and on the top of them the text reads, "Don't let your love ones mourn for you!" You can tell it is specifically made for Americans because the two girls in it look American.
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http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioLeaflet.htmlCreator: Germany
These two pictures are front and back and they are what they called "Complimentary Return Ticket." These were used typically during the world wars when America was involved in them. The front of the ticket has a picture of a luxury cruise and has writing that says, "Europe to America via Germany." Another leaflet made by Germans to guarantee a free pass back home on a luxury cruise.
Some Inspiration for icons.
I found this piece of writing very interesting. I've had quite a connection between cartoons and comics and I guess I always image myself as those characters. When first reading this article I never really thought about different types of comics, I just never really thought about it. But when I think back on it their are tons of different types of comics. Ranging from Garfield to Marvel to Manga. I really like the idea for a cartoony detail for the people or characters with a detail background was really awesome looking.
Source: Comic Cover
When I first started to read this I never read thought about the text they used in children books. I just always thought that they put something that looks good. I didn't realize that it could be difficult for children to read it if it's all stylized. But it was strict for children books to have very visible words for children to be able to read them. But there were still a lot of children books with illustrated titles.
Source: Charlotte's Web
Source: Dr. Seuss
Black letter, also known as Gothic script or Gothic minuscule, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to 1500. Carolingian minuscule was the direct ancestor of black letter. During this time their were new universities popping all over Europe and they needed copies of books. Unfortunately Carolinian minuscule took too long and took up too much space on the paper. So Black-letter was developed to solve these problems. During the 15th century many people described Black-letter as Gothic. Gothic was a synonym for barbaric.
The paper bombs article talked about armies in war using leaflets to terrorize or demoralize the enemy troops. For example the United States would drop millions of leaflets on their enemies with images of the power that the United States had and would write on them "You are going against the most feared and most powerful weapons the world has ever known". Before I read this I thought of war with tanks, guns, airplanes, and stuff like that. I would have never thought of dropping millions of paper to demoralize an army and to strike fear into them. Then I thought about how a nation would use this type of propaganda on an army that had the big bad weapons and sure enough it was already thought of. How crazy it would be out at war in another nation, eating MRI's for weeks or months, always on alert for when an attack might happen, having nobody but other soldiers around you in a country that more than likely doesn't want you there, and then finding a piece of paper with an image of an American family at home in there backyard grilling hamburgers or hot dogs, just enjoying being alive. Then reading the top of it saying, "You could be at home enjoying your life.......but instead your here in this hole." To me that's just some crazy psychological shit.
The Simplicissimus Bulldog was the mascot of the rebel rebellion to the government of Germany back in 1900's. At first when I saw the image I didn't really think anything off it because I saw it first in black and white. But when I saw the image in color, I stared at it and the white eyes of the bulldog and the red body with the black background, it had a lot more impact than it did in black and white. I thought it was just crazy how the Nazi Germany took this already impacted image that the German people saw and made it into their own mascot or "lap dog".
Source: http://sultanknish.blogspot.
Source: http://sultanknish.blogspot.