Krokodil
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Polite Yanks (Soviet cartoon, 1952)
Text: Polite Yanks. Top right text: ‘In the French town of Le Mans the supply of milk was reduced 50% because the American occupation troops are the first to get dairy products’ Bottom text: ‘ — This is to the health of your children, Madame!’ Bottles: ‘Milk’ and ‘cream’. Year: 1952. Publisher: Krokodil. Artist: Leonid…
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Soviet anti-Mao cartoon, 1969
Text: NA. Year: 1969. Publisher: Krokodil magazine. Artist: Boris Efimov. Additional Information: Shows a gunman firing off rounds from Mao’s Little Red Book. Published at the height of the Sino-Soviet split, the cover is presumably attacking Chinese propaganda activities abroad. The issue seems to include a short article mocking Chinese propaganda.
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Hours of daily tele-propaganda (Soviet cartoon, 1978)
Text: Hours of daily tele-propaganda showing violence, cruelty and debauchery poisons the souls of Western youth and contributes to the growth of crime in the capitalist countries. Year: 1978. Publisher: Krokodil magazine. Artist: Naum Moiseyevich Lisogorsky. Additional Information: Condemns the alleged poisoning of western youth with ‘tele-propaganda’, violence and pornography.
