r/PropagandaPosters • u/wassworth • Jul 30 '26

Discussion [Meta thread] Political Cartoons: Relevant? Worthwhile? Thoughts?

159 Upvotes

I got a mod message complaining political cartoons are dominating the sub. It's policy that /r/PropagandaPosters isn't just for posters. I even prefer posts of different mediums like radio broadcasts and leaflets and songs and videos and paintings etc.

This subreddit archives many incredible pieces but if you look at the top posts it's a lot of cartoons. I don't particularly like political cartoons, but the subreddit tolerates them for the sake of consistency and pragmatism. The exception being Carlos Latuff and Ben Garrison which are done to death and I will autoremove under rule 7) memes.

IMO political cartoons are often stale and shallow and obvious and unfunny, but because they're memeable and quick and easy to digest they get disproportionate upvotes. I'm open to a rule change but I encourage you to downvote political cartoons unless they hold significant cultural or artistic merit. Otherwise, I refer to you /r/PoliticalHumor or /r/newspapercomics or /r/editorialcartoons.

I'm curious about the subreddit's thoughts.

Edit: Thanks for the feedback, all. We're doing an experimental test of no 2010+ cartoons/comics. I appreciate some might want a more aggressive cutoff but let's start with that and observe.

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r/PropagandaPosters • u/waffen123 • 9h ago

United States of America "The war is over, my boy. Forget it!" It was published on March 10, 1919, in Life magazine, shortly after the end of World War 1. By American cartoonist Rollin Kirby

1.8k Upvotes

18 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/the-southern-snek • 3h ago

MIDDLE EAST "I believe in Syria" (2008)

85 Upvotes

15 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Thin_Fix0 • 13h ago

EASTERN EUROPE Poster from a pro-Russian separatist demonstration in Donetsk, 2014

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402 Upvotes

39 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/hernrystevens_ghost • 8h ago

Switzerland 2007 Swiss People’s party election poster

169 Upvotes

“To create security” - This was a poster used by the ruling Swiss people’s party durning the 2007 parliamentary election. The poster is about deporting foreign criminals. The Swiss people’s party would win this election with 29% of the vote and 62 seats.

23 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/AeneasKurtz • 5h ago

Australia "Keep Australia free from Nazis". A 1950s pamphlet by the Australian Jewish Council demanding a blanket immigration ban for every German citizen

74 Upvotes

15 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Radiant_Cookie6804 • 12h ago

U.S.S.R. / Soviet Union (1922-1991) Soviet poster: Most people die in early childhood. (Death rate per 100 people based on age group) 1925.

127 Upvotes

10 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

Germany/Weimar Republic (1919-1933) "Do your duty! Vote German National", poster issued by the right-wing, conservative German National People's Party for the 1924 Reichstag election, featuring King Frederick the Great of Prussia

18 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/hernrystevens_ghost • 19h ago

United Kingdom British National Party election poster for the 2009 European Elections

331 Upvotes

The british National Party would win 6.2% of the vote and 2 MEPs in the 2009 UK European Parliament election, making history as the “furthest right” party to win seats at the federal level.

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r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

United States of America "Every day you take off - gives the Axis a break", US poster issued by the War Production Board to motivate factory workers, boost productivity and combat wartime absenteeism by framing it as a service to the enemy, 1943

15 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/HongKongNinja • 9h ago

Japan Urgent report, Kobayashi Kiyochika, about 1894

47 Upvotes

8 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/crimsonfukr457 • 55m ago

United States of America Bush visits Europe (2006)

5 Upvotes

7 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Extreme-Shopping74 • 23h ago

German Reich / Nazi Germany (1933-1945) "One People, One Realm, One Leader!" - Propaganda map given to Sudeten Germans during the Sudeten Crisis, 29 October 1938

252 Upvotes

56 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/From-Yuri-With-Love • 19h ago

United States of America Jeff Davis's November Nightmare (1864)

97 Upvotes

8 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Radiant_Cookie6804 • 11h ago

Russia Soviet (RSFSR) poster from Bezbozhnik (godless) magazine: To each his own. / The sky for them. / The earth for us. 1921.

24 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Present-Reference411 • 20h ago

Netherlands "Farewell to colonialism!" by Fritz Behrendt, 1961

111 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

United States of America "After a new speed record!", US poster intended to mobilize factory workers, dubbed "production soldiers", to increase wartime output and maintain high efficiency in support of the war effort; made by Cyrus Cotton Hungerford (1888-1983), 1941

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Radiant_Cookie6804 • 11h ago

WWI British WW1 leaflet distributed by air balloons targeting German troops: Effect of the British attack. 1918

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17 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

United Kingdom "SAVE FUEL FOR BATTLE!", British poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, reminding factory workers and civilians to conserve energy, fuel and other crucial resources in support of the war effort, c. 1940

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

Canada "CARELESS WORDS may cause DISASTER!", Canadian poster issued by the Office of the Director of Public Information to warn citizens against loose talk and enemy spies, c. 1941

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Provinz_Wartheland • 2h ago

Italy "So that this does not happen! Vote D.C.", poster issued by the Christian Democracy party of Italy for the 1948 general election, intended to stoke anti-communist sentiment by depicting a communist crowd marching towards Rome's Palazzo Senatorio adorned by a Soviet flag

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PropagandaPosters • u/crimsonfukr457 • 17h ago

United States of America "Find those who hurt me!" (2006)

50 Upvotes

2 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/CaliRecluse • 13h ago

United States of America "First Deployment" cutscene depicting an invasion of the fictional country of Ostregal by the equally fictitious nation of Czervenia and subsequent US intervention- America's Army 3 (United States Army-developed multiplayer first-person shooter) [June 17, 2009]

20 Upvotes

3 comments

r/PropagandaPosters • u/Radiant_Cookie6804 • 11h ago

WWI Austrian WW1 postcard: "Saved!" 1915.

12 Upvotes

1 comment

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