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Gail Adams VA/FL's avatar

Joe Dope is alive and well. Thanks for posting!

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Kathlyn's avatar

He certainly had a witty way of presenting reminders like these. No way folks would forget them!

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Jean in Florida's avatar

Interesting piece of history!

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Jean in Florida's avatar

I forwarded it to a friend of mine whose husband is interested in WW2 history & reads about it & watches documentaries. They forwarded it to their son!

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Peter Pappas's avatar

Thanks for sharing

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David A Pitock's avatar

Great post 📫 I think we need Joe now.

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Peter Pappas's avatar

Agreed. But let’s call him Pete

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E.R. Flynn's avatar

It's funny how Eisner reused Joe Dope as other characters in "The Spirit." Thanks for showing this collection. I've never seen the full scope of them before.

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Peter Pappas's avatar

Glad you enjoyed the post. And thank you for the follow up to “The Spirit.” Apparently Joe was too cool to retire

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Eric Stromquist's avatar

Do we give Eisner credit for turning a bunch of dopes and love-sick galoots into the 'Greatest Generation'?

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Neat! Peter, HCR (Heather Cox Richardson) wrote about the Office of War Information (OWI) during WWII. This was a really good companion to reading that earlier.

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Peter Pappas's avatar

I wish I could say we planned it.

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