Photo, Print, Drawing [Snoopy, as a World War I flying ace, on top of his Sopwith Camel doghouse] / Herblock old Charles Schulz fan.
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Title
- [Snoopy, as a World War I flying ace, on top of his Sopwith Camel doghouse] / Herblock old Charles Schulz fan.
Summary
- Editorial cartoon drawing shows Snoopy labeled "Bomb-Happy Generals" standing on his doghouse labeled "Curse You, Red Civilians!" He is wearing his WWI flight helmet and scarf. He is thinking to himself "Here goes the fearless World War III pilot all over North Vietnam, and possibly China and Russia -- If only those stupid civilians would unleash me ...."
Names
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist
Created / Published
- 10/27/1967.
Headings
- - Schulz, Charles M.--(Charles Monroe),--1922-2000.--Peanuts
- - Military policy--United States--1960-1970
- - Aerial bombings--United States--1960-1970
- - Generals--American--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--1960-1970
- - Kennels--1960-1970
- - Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Headings
- Drawings--American--1960-1970.
- Editorial cartoons--American--1960-1970.
Genre
- Editorial cartoons--American--1960-1970
- Drawings--American--1960-1970
Notes
- - Caption label from exhibit "Herblock Looks at 1967": Reacting to military testimony before the Senate Preparedness Investigation Committee about pilot loss in Vietnam, Herblock invokes the popular comic strip character from Peanuts, Snoopy. In an allusion to Charles Schulz's frequent use of his character as a World War I flying ace, Herblock uses irony to attack the military's argument that pilots would be safer if only the military were permitted to attack targets in North Vietnam. Navy jets had already begun to target Haiphong in North Vietnam, a major port city.
- - Title devised by cataloger.
- - Signed "Herblock" lower right.
- - Inscribed in pencil at top left: 10-27-67.
- - Published in the Washington Post, October 27, 1967.
- - Forms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress).
- - Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1967 : Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 2017 - March 2018.
Medium
- 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 56.1 x 38.1 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- BLOCK, no. 6918 (BB size)
Source Collection
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- hlb 06918 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.06918
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012637242
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-hlb-06918 (digital file from original drawing)
Rights Advisory
- Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/271_herb.html
Online Format
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