Propaganda Posters

[MerriedxReldnahc]

I don't know what it is about them, but posters trying to brainwash you into patriotism and or xenophobia are always pretty fucking cool.
Like this one here, telling us that Hitler is going to give us all herpes

Spoiler: or something

Or Facist Italy's interpretation of American "liberators"

Spoiler: That first one is pretty metal

and then there's this thing

Spoiler: FDR Kaiju

 

[RanceSK]

Not sure if you're okay with movies, but Momotaro no Umiwashi is Japanese propaganda during WW2 and is the first ever feature-length anime, funny enough. The main character (Momotaro) is the human, with a variety of Japanese personified as animals. They fight against demons, which are really American and British forces.

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[Fat Cat Represent]

Propaganda posters are my fetish.

Spoiler: American Soldiers having a good time -- North Korea

Spoiler: Conga line!

Spoiler: Don't look straight into the Mao, you'll go blind.

Spoiler: Mao's Literature fetish in action

Honestly though, I love the style of Mao-era propaganda. There's so much enthusiasm and color thrown into the insanity.

 

[Another Fellow]

One thing people tend to learn about me is that I'm a pretty big WWI sperg, and that especially applies to the propaganda of the era. I could probably put up a book's worth of examples I like, but I'll just post five.

Spoiler: Warning: big images

https://sneed-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d5/20/df/d520dfa21666bfe2112590e3e965f704.jpg

Also, would political cartoons be eligible for this thread? Because I've got a few Gilded Age examples in a folder somewhere...

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

Aw shit guys Mr. Peanut is here, might as well surender right now!

Yes, political cartoons count too.

 

[millais]

One thing people tend to learn about me is that I'm a pretty big WWI sperg, and that especially applies to the propaganda of the era. I could probably put up a book's worth of examples I like, but I'll just post five.

Spoiler: Warning: big images

https://sneed-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d5/20/df/d520dfa21666bfe2112590e3e965f704.jpg

Also, would political cartoons be eligible for this thread? Because I've got a few Gilded Age examples in a folder somewhere...

I really like First World War posters from Germany. They often had graphic design heavily influenced by early German Expressionism, so some stylistic abstractism that seems very daring for the period. And like in this example below, they had very cool font/typeface. They didn't feel beholden to old Gothic Fraktur typefaces and that shit.

https://sneed-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3f/3e/d1/3f3ed1d1be9adcb59c90f7ca1308c664.jpg

 

[norrington]

It was one of my main goals while I was in Russia last summer to hunt down some prints of old propaganda posters, which was more difficult than you might've expected. Here's one of my absolute favorites, though I don't think I've found a jpeg of it anywhere online (at least not using English keywords, I've been too lazy to try and dig it up properly on the Russian side of the internet).

Spoiler: Apologies for the relatively low image quality

Translation is something along the lines of "In response to the invaders, we must strengthen the chemical defenses of the USSR's industrial base." WWII propaganda, of course. Having just finished a playthrough of Metro 2033 + Last Light, you can imagine I was pretty excited to find it.

 

[fuehrer_dessler]

It was one of my main goals while I was in Russia last summer to hunt down some prints of old propaganda posters, which was more difficult than you might've expected. Here's one of my absolute favorites, though I don't think I've found a jpeg of it anywhere online (at least not using English keywords, I've been too lazy to try and dig it up properly on the Russian side of the internet).

Spoiler: Apologies for the relatively low image quality

Translation is something along the lines of "In response to the invaders, we must strengthen the chemical defenses of the USSR's industrial base." WWII propaganda, of course. Having just finished a playthrough of Metro 2033 + Last Light, you can imagine I was pretty excited to find it.

I think this is about the intervention during the Russian Civil war.

 

[norrington]

I think this is about the intervention during the Russian Civil war.

Really? I'm not sure. It could be, during the later period of the Civil War. I can't remember exactly when they switched from being the RSFSR to the USSR, so I can't say for sure. I have some posters from that period about Kronstadt (as well as earlier WWI propaganda) and the art styles don't really match up, but then again, the Civil War posters I do have are by an artist with a pretty unique style, so again, not impossible. There's some info printed on the back of it but it's a pain in the ass to pull out of its frame. I might check later, though, or see if I have it written down somewhere.

 

[fuehrer_dessler]

Really? I'm not sure. It could be, during the later period of the Civil War. I can't remember exactly when they switched from being the RSFSR to the USSR, so I can't say for sure. I have some posters from that period about Kronstadt (as well as earlier WWI propaganda) and the art styles don't really match up, but then again, the Civil War posters I do have are by an artist with a pretty unique style, so again, not impossible. There's some info printed on the back of it but it's a pain in the ass to pull out of its frame. I might check later, though, or see if I have it written down somewhere.

IIRC the Soviets only called the interventionists during the Civil War "интервенты".

 

[norrington]

IIRC the Soviets only called the interventionists during the Civil War "интервенты".

Ah. I ran that word through google translate and it came up as a series of synonyms for invaders, so I took it to be referring to the WWII occupation, but I'm sure we both know what complete shit google translate's definitions can sometimes be. And I know nothing about the allied interventions apart from the fact that there were some from GB and maybe other places, so you'd know better than I would, I'm guessing.

 

[Derbydollar]

I love this one particular poster:

Spoiler: How to help kill Japs from home, with this one easy step!

Dehumanization at it's finest, and with a pretty nice coat of paint IMO

 

[fuehrer_dessler]

I love this one particular poster:

Spoiler: How to help kill Japs from home, with this one easy step!

Dehumanization at it's finest, and with a pretty nice coat of paint IMO

That's one from the WWI:

The the translation is something like "Every shot - a Russian, every thrust [with the bayonet] -a French, every kick - a Britt, every slap - a Jap".

 

[Linako 2.0]

Ah, back in the day where everybody had to ration shit so we could send it to our troops at the front lines.

 

[AnOminous]

Ah, back in the day where everybody had to ration shit so we could send it to our troops at the front lines.
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But that sounds pretty epic!

"Imma go out and get some milk and ciggies."

Just doesn't sound all that awesome.

But "With Hitler" adds some flair to the whole thing.

 

[fuehrer_dessler]

Ah, back in the day where everybody had to ration shit so we could send it to our troops at the front lines.
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So there was Godwin's Law even before Hitler was dead!!

 

[Guardian G.I.]

Soviet posters of the Brezhnev's era (1970s - early-mid 1980s).

In that time, the painterly style of posters dating back to the times of Stalin, which started to look a bit stale and overblown in Khruschev's times (IMHO), was gradually replaced with simpler, more abstract designs. I admire them quite a lot.

Spoiler: 'I'm a son of the Soviet country!'

Spoiler: '9 May 1945'

Spoiler: '1917'

Spoiler: 'Soyuz-Apollo'

Spoiler: 'Our policy is a policy of peace!'

Spoiler: 'There is no other home!'

Spoiler: 'Dream. Dare. Create!'

Spoiler: 'Space will serve the people'

 

[AnOminous]

These Tokio Kid things were so absurdly crude it's a wonder anyone could put out shit like this seriously.

Some A. Wyatt Mann-tier dude named Jack Campbell made all these for the Douglas Aircraft Company.

I also don't even know what this one was trying to say.

Quit waking up early and just sleep in?

Quit bathing? Probably that. Who knows? I guess you had to have been there.

 

[Innocuous]

http://chineseposters.net/gallery/index.php

Gallery of China stuff. There's history, translations, as well as notes for each one. Really great stuff

 

[norrington]

I also don't even know what this one was trying to say.

Quit waking up early and just sleep in?

Quit bathing? Probably that. Who knows? I guess you had to have been there.

Maybe it's supposed to be like running water, like you forgot to turn the spout off? Wastefulness, or... Something? I don't see what effect that could possibly have on the war effort, though.

Or, maybe 'wash up early' conveyed the end of the workday more clearly for a (presumably filthy) 1940s aircraft factory than it does for us today, so it's saying like, skip out early on your work shift and get the dirt and grime off you and go home. That... Maybe makes sense. Kind of. (Seems like it could've been portrayed better if that were the case, though, so I could be wrong).