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Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring. Year: 1938. Publisher: Ken. Artist: Derso & Kelen. Additional information: The illustration depicts Spain personified as a bull, symbolizing the nation, being slain by weapons representing various factions of the Spanish Civil War. The bull is impaled with a sickle, a swastika-handled sword, a star-and-crescent sword, a…
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Who goes there? (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Who goes there? Year: 1938. Publisher: World Peaceways. Artist: Herbert Morton Stoops. Additional information: The illustration depicts a sentry visited by the ghosts of soldiers killed during the First World War. It was published as an advertisement in Ken magazine, urging readers to support ‘World Peaceways’, an anti-war organization. Ken magazine, a short-lived publication…
