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The advertising art of Dr. Seuss

The doctor named Seuss is well known for books
But here are some other pics worthy of looks:
Some ad art for sugar, some ad art for clocks,
Some ad art for shaving cream inside a box,
Some ad art for bug spray, some ad art for beer
To heck with this rhyming. Go on, now, click here!

Update:
Tim in the comments says, “wait there is more!”
“You mustn’t forget Geisel’s take on the war!“

  • http://jaredchapman.com/ Jared

    HA!
    I think this is the best post in Drawn history.
    Nice job, Johnny.

  • http://jaredchapman.com Jared

    HA!
    I think this is the best post in Drawn history.
    Nice job, Johnny.

  • Tim Tylor

    There’s also a wonderful collection of his political cartoons.

  • Tim Tylor

    There’s also a wonderful collection of his political cartoons.

  • Rosemary

    This post is great. I fully agree.
    You get a cookie. Or seven. Or three.

  • Rosemary

    This post is great. I fully agree.
    You get a cookie. Or seven. Or three.

  • http://www.obscurius.org/ Barkon

    One interesting cartoon that the political cartoon site left out is a comment on Japanese Americans. It shows an impossibly long line of Californian Japanese Americans lining to be given TNT by the “Honorable Fifth Column”. The title “Waiting for a signal from home” suggested that Japanese Americans were more Japanese than American and ostensibly justified internment.

    I find it hard to believe that the man who drew this cartoon:
    http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/20213.html

    is the same one that drew this one:

    http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/20610.html

  • http://www.obscurius.org Barkon

    One interesting cartoon that the political cartoon site left out is a comment on Japanese Americans. It shows an impossibly long line of Californian Japanese Americans lining to be given TNT by the “Honorable Fifth Column”. The title “Waiting for a signal from home” suggested that Japanese Americans were more Japanese than American and ostensibly justified internment.

    I find it hard to believe that the man who drew this cartoon:
    http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/20213.html

    is the same one that drew this one:

    http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/20610.html

  • Greg

    I’m not sure why it would be hard to believe that the same guy drew the two cartoons – one if February and one in June, 1942. February is still really close to December 7th. Perhaps the perspective of additional time and perhaps even a personal experience allowed him to revise his opinion. That does happen occasionally, y’know…

  • Greg

    I’m not sure why it would be hard to believe that the same guy drew the two cartoons – one if February and one in June, 1942. February is still really close to December 7th. Perhaps the perspective of additional time and perhaps even a personal experience allowed him to revise his opinion. That does happen occasionally, y’know…