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== Uncle Sam vs. Adolf Hitler == |
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[[Image:Unclesamwantyou.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Uncle Sam]] [[Image:Adolf Hitler.png|300px|thumb|right|Adolf Hitler]] |
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Look at the two pictures of these following people. What do you think? |
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[[User:The Anonymous One|The Anonymous One]] 08:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC) |
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Thomas Nast
A number of political cartoons of Uncle Sam predate the work of Thomas Nast. He should be given a token each year that commemarates this work. His first Published Uncle Sam image was November 20, 1869. Harper's carried a number of Uncle Sam political cartoons as early as 1861, not by Nast. While Nast's role in creating the popular image of Uncle Sam should not be minimized, it is not accurate to report him as the "first" to draw Uncle Sam Cartoons. I have adjusted article to reflect this.
Graphic-Issues
The graphics seem to be having issues
Right, as funny as the Jew Jokes are, probably should clean that up.
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Yeah, and perhaps write in with your signature (username) next time. The only "issue" I can see with those graphic jokes...are nothing except that they are totally bigotry.--OleMurder 23:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Walter Botts
The Information on Walter Botts comes from "They Did What!?" by Bob Fenster, 2003 Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN: 0-7407-3793-7. I did not know how to properly format a citation.
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Aha, so you say in retrospect, atleast, assuming we shall believe that..reason, for outletting a source. Very well, asuming that book is true and exists...why is not linked to at a book-sellin' place, f.eg., and, secondly, how can we be sure Bob Fenster's information is accurate? People get far too much away with falsity by writing a 'book' instead of just sayin' it, these days. Just referring to a book doesn't solve all problems...source or not.--OleMurder 23:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
--- Added reference at bottom of page to that book. 80.41.212.5 19:07, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
An "artistic trick"
From the page:
The poster uses an artistic trick known since antiquity: if the pupils are drawn exactly centered in the eyes of a portrait, this gives an impression that the portrait "looks back" at the viewer wherever the viewer stands.
Strange little myth, that is. Anything "pointing" at you in a two dimensional image will preserve its apparent orientation when you change your viewing angle. If you look at a top down image of a pyramid, it'll point at you from any angle. There is nothing unique about how the eyes in this, or any other portrait that would cause that effect. Indeed, a close look at this image will reveal that the pupils are not exactly centred in the eyes - neither vertically, nor horizontally.
Perhaps the dramatic nature of an image such as this one might help "sell" the appearance of a direct glare at wider angles, but beyond that, there's no reason to claim some optical illusion in this or any other such portrait.
'Parodies' of Uncle Sam Poster
I am fairly confident that the Kitchener poster is older than the Uncle Sam one, thus isn't really a parody. Kitchener died the year before the Uncle Sam poster was made.
- Yes, you are right. I added an explanation to the british poster. Randroide 13:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I want to know if I can add the Homestar Runner parody, "Do You Has?". It seems relavent to me, and if you don't know what I'm talking about, the "poster" is veiwable here --The4sword
- Speaking of parodies, would it be possible to post the "I Want Out" parody from the 1970's or Alex Ross's "I Need You" parody from his comic? 70.153.11.190 01:19, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Picture Weaknesses
- I DON'T like the picture Unclesamwantyou.jpg
--Abyab 15:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Uncle Sam vs. Adolf Hitler
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/J._M._Flagg%2C_I_Want_You_for_U.S._Army_poster_%281917%29.jpg/300px-J._M._Flagg%2C_I_Want_You_for_U.S._Army_poster_%281917%29.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Adolf_Hitler.png)
Look at the two pictures of these following people. What do you think?
The Anonymous One 08:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)