Government Issue _p_Vents d'Ouest An armada of San Francisco

An armada of San Francisco cartoonists gathered by Gary Arlington

to aspiring creators and typical working women in Tokyo

The Baroness

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Government Issue _p_Vents d'Ouest An armada of San FranciscoSince the 1940s, federal and state government agencies have published comics to disseminate public information. Comics legends Will Eisner and Milton Caniff produced comics for the army. Li'l Abner joined the navy. Walt Kelly's Pogo told parents how much TV their kids should watch, Bert the Turtle showed them how to survive a nuclear attack, and Dennis the Menace took "A Poke at Poison." Smokey Bear had his own comic, and so did Zippy, the USPS