• CountVon@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      If you’ve only ever seen his children’s books, it can come as a surprise just how political he was. Not all of his political cartoons have aged as well as this one, his depictions of minorities would be considered racist by modern standards.

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        His work definitely turned a corner in the 1950’s. Looking at his early ads and anti-Japanese political cartoons, and then reading later works like Horton Hears A Who or The Sneeches, the tone and message is totally flipped.