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Cover.
Self Portrait of the Artist.
SKETCH OF THE ARTIST
By Himself

WAR CARTOONS
BY · JOHN · F. · KNOTT
Cartoonist for the Dallas News

Grateful Acknowledgment is
made to A. H. Belo & Co.,
publishers of the Dallas News,
for permission to reprint in this
book the cartoons that first appeared
in the News.

Copyright 1918
by
John F. Knott


To
C. L. K.

Illustration.
THEY BELIEVED IN PREPAREDNESS

Illustration.
THE PIONEER
January 26, 1917

Illustration.
JOHN BULL: “A HARMLESS SUBMARINE? THERE AIN’T NO
SUCH ANIMAL!”
July 13, 1916

Illustration.
SHADE OF LINCOLN: “I, TOO, HAD A STORMY VOYAGE.”
Feb. 12, 1917

Illustration.
THE TEMPTATION
March 2, 1917

Illustration.
THE MAD KING OF PRUSSIA
March 9, 1917

Illustration.
DISSEMBLING THEIR LOVE.
March 31, 1917

Illustration.
PART OF OUR PLAN.
April 15, 1917

Illustration.
CONSPIRATORS
April 22, 1917

Illustration.
STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY.

Illustration.
“NO INDEMNITY? NO ANNEXATIONS? WHAT DO YOU THINK I
STARTED THIS WAR FOR, ANYWAY?”
May 8, 1917

Illustration.
PEACE CHESTNUTS
May 24, 1917

Illustration.
AMERICANS REALLY OUGHT TO SEE AMERICA FIRST, BUT——
(Many of our best people are going to Europe this summer.)

Illustration.
“NO MORE DOG MEAT, SONNY”
July 10, 1917

Illustration.
“NOW WATCH ME DRAW AN ARMY”
July 20, 1917

Illustration.
THE GERMAN PITFALL
July 27, 1917

Illustration.
BACK TO THE SCENE OF HIS CRIME
July 28, 1917

Illustration.
THANK GOODNESS, HE’S THROUGH THE WORST OF IT.
July 29, 1917

Illustration.
THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND
July 31, 1917

Illustration.
A LITTLE DIVERSION FOR THE PEOPLE
July —, 1917

Illustration.
ENTER OUR GENIAL TAX ASSESSOR
August 31, 1917

Illustration.
DROWNED OUT
September 5, 1917

Illustration.
BRE’R RABBIT AND THE TAR BABY
September 12, 1917

Illustration.
THEY WANT THE CASE DISMISSED
September 23, 1917

Illustration.
EMBARRASSING
September 25, 1917

Illustration.
CHANGING HIS SPOTS
September 28, 1917

Illustration.
WHO COULD BLAME HIM?
October 4, 1917

Illustration.
FIGHT IT WITH FIRE
October 24, 1917

Illustration.
THE SUBSTITUTE
October 30, 1917

Illustration.
MEATLESS; LIKE THE DOG IN AESOP’S FABLE
November 9, 1917

Illustration.
SOME DAY THEY’LL GET TOGETHER
November 16, 1917

Illustration.
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
November 22, 1917

Illustration.
“KAMERAD!”
November 23, 1917

Illustration.
IVAN THE TERRIBLY SIMPLE
November 24, 1917

Illustration.
ITALIAN GRAPES
November 30, 1917

Illustration.
ON TO BERLIN
December 1, 1917

Illustration.
SIGNS OF A RED CHRISTMAS ON THE WEST FRONT
December 12, 1917

Illustration.
OLIVER TWIST HOOVER
December 15, 1917

Illustration.
DRAFTED
December 28, 1917

Illustration.
THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER
December 29, 1917

Illustration.
HE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN GOOD TO HER
January 24, 1918

Illustration.
THE ORIGINAL GROUND HOG
February 2, 1918

Illustration.
UNSINKABLE
February 8, 1918

Illustration.
PRUNING TIME
February 17, 1918

Illustration.
ONE OF THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR
February 21, 1918

Illustration.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GERMAN THOROUGHNESS
February 22, 1918

Illustration.
THE BEAST WITH THE INSATIABLE HUNGER
February 26, 1918

Illustration.
THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN GET HIM
March 7, 1918

Illustration.
AFTER THE RAID
March 14, 1918

Illustration.
THE PROMISING PUPIL
March 17, 1918

Illustration.
IT SHOOTS FARTHER THAN HE DREAMS
March 26, 1918

Illustration.
“CELEBRATE!”
March 27, 1918

Illustration.
HINDENBURG: “THE RAIN STOPPED US”
April 5, 1918

Illustration.
THE TRAINS FROM FRANCE
April 10, 1918

Illustration.
THE NEW SALIENT
April 16, 1918

Illustration.
THE BRIGHT SIDE
April 17, 1918

Illustration.
DAILY REPORT: “HINDENBURG IS HURLING FRESH DIVISIONS”
April 20, 1918

Illustration.
THAT DRIVE OF HINDENBURG’S
May 1, 1918

Illustration.
THE BATTERING RAM
May 28, 1918

Illustration.
ECLIPSE OF THE HUN—VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
EXCEPT GERMANY
June 8, 1918

Illustration.
GERMAN FAIRY TALES
June 15, 1918

Illustration.
THE DESPERATE ICE MAN
June 16, 1918

Illustration.
HOLDING THE BAG
June 20, 1918

Illustration.
WAITING FOR THEIR EMANCIPATION DAY.
June 19, 1918

Illustration.
THE AUSTRIAN SHIP OF STATE
June 25, 1918

Illustration.
WHY RUSSIA MUST BE FREED
June 30, 1918

Illustration.
JUST BEFORE THE AWAKENING—JULY 4, 1918
July 4, 1918

Illustration.
THE SALVATION ARMY
July 12, 1918

Illustration.
“TO THE BASTILE!”
July 14, 1918

Illustration.
DROWNED IN THE MARNE
July 21, 1918

Illustration.
SOMEBODY IS IN FOR AN AWFUL CALL-DOWN
August 1, 1918

Illustration.
HIS PROTEST AGAINST A GERMAN PEACE
August 2, 1918

Illustration.
NOT A DROP!
August 8, 1918

Illustration.
THE SWORD OF FOCH AND THE HUNSTRICTOR
August 11, 1918

Illustration.
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER
September 12, 1918

Illustration.
OPEN SEASON AND NO LIMIT ON THE VARMINTS
September 15, 1918

Illustration.
THE PREREQUISITE OF PEACE
September 17, 1918

Illustration.
THE SINKING U-BOAT
September 25, 1918

Illustration.
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
September 27, 1918

Illustration.
THE BULGAR SHOWS THE WAY
October 1, 1918

Illustration.
WELL, LOOK WHO’S HERE!
October 4, 1918

Illustration.
“WE BURN WITH A DESIRE FOR PEACE”
October 8, 1918

Illustration.
PROSPECTIVE WIDOW?
October 20, 1918

Illustration.
THE REBIRTH OF A NATION
October 21, 1918

Illustration.
KEEPING UP WITH THE “THIRTY-SIXTH”
October 23, 1918

Illustration.
SPOIL THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILDREN
October 24, 1918

Illustration.
WHEN THE BAND BROKE UP
October 26, 1918

Illustration.
REFERRED TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DEPARTMENT
October 27, 1918

Illustration.
THE BREAD LINE
November 2, 1918

Illustration.
THE BOCHE STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK
November 5, 1918

Illustration.
“MY LORD, THE CARRIAGE WAITS”
November 6, 1918

Illustration.
THE SUPER-DIPLOMAT
November 7, 1918

Illustration.
WAR-TIME ECONOMICS.

Illustration.
THE NEIGHBORS’ GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOHENZOLLERN FAMILY.

Illustration.
BACK FROM EXILE
November 12, 1918

Illustration.
THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
November 14, 1918

Illustration.
ON THE LAST LINE.

Illustration.
WHO SAYS THE REVOLUTION DID NOT SUCCEED!
Nov. 19, 1918

Illustration.
RETRIBUTION

Illustration.
GERMAN “REPENTANCE”


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