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
THEY BELIEVED IN PREPAREDNESS
THE PIONEER
January 26, 1917
JOHN BULL: “A HARMLESS SUBMARINE? THERE AIN’T NO
SUCH ANIMAL!”
July 13, 1916
SHADE OF LINCOLN: “I, TOO, HAD A STORMY VOYAGE.”
Feb. 12, 1917
THE TEMPTATION
March 2, 1917
THE MAD KING OF PRUSSIA
March 9, 1917
DISSEMBLING THEIR LOVE.
March 31, 1917
PART OF OUR PLAN.
April 15, 1917
CONSPIRATORS
April 22, 1917
“NO INDEMNITY? NO ANNEXATIONS? WHAT DO YOU THINK I
STARTED THIS WAR FOR, ANYWAY?”
May 8, 1917
PEACE CHESTNUTS
May 24, 1917
AMERICANS REALLY OUGHT TO SEE AMERICA FIRST, BUT——
(Many of our best people are going to Europe this summer.)
“NO MORE DOG MEAT, SONNY”
July 10, 1917
“NOW WATCH ME DRAW AN ARMY”
July 20, 1917
THE GERMAN PITFALL
July 27, 1917
BACK TO THE SCENE OF HIS CRIME
July 28, 1917
THANK GOODNESS, HE’S THROUGH THE WORST OF IT.
July 29, 1917
THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND
July 31, 1917
A LITTLE DIVERSION FOR THE PEOPLE
July —, 1917
ENTER OUR GENIAL TAX ASSESSOR
August 31, 1917
DROWNED OUT
September 5, 1917
BRE’R RABBIT AND THE TAR BABY
September 12, 1917
THEY WANT THE CASE DISMISSED
September 23, 1917
EMBARRASSING
September 25, 1917
CHANGING HIS SPOTS
September 28, 1917
WHO COULD BLAME HIM?
October 4, 1917
FIGHT IT WITH FIRE
October 24, 1917
THE SUBSTITUTE
October 30, 1917
MEATLESS; LIKE THE DOG IN AESOP’S FABLE
November 9, 1917
SOME DAY THEY’LL GET TOGETHER
November 16, 1917
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
November 22, 1917
“KAMERAD!”
November 23, 1917
IVAN THE TERRIBLY SIMPLE
November 24, 1917
ITALIAN GRAPES
November 30, 1917
ON TO BERLIN
December 1, 1917
SIGNS OF A RED CHRISTMAS ON THE WEST FRONT
December 12, 1917
OLIVER TWIST HOOVER
December 15, 1917
DRAFTED
December 28, 1917
THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER
December 29, 1917
HE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN GOOD TO HER
January 24, 1918
THE ORIGINAL GROUND HOG
February 2, 1918
UNSINKABLE
February 8, 1918
PRUNING TIME
February 17, 1918
ONE OF THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR
February 21, 1918
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GERMAN THOROUGHNESS
February 22, 1918
THE BEAST WITH THE INSATIABLE HUNGER
February 26, 1918
THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN GET HIM
March 7, 1918
AFTER THE RAID
March 14, 1918
THE PROMISING PUPIL
March 17, 1918
IT SHOOTS FARTHER THAN HE DREAMS
March 26, 1918
“CELEBRATE!”
March 27, 1918
HINDENBURG: “THE RAIN STOPPED US”
April 5, 1918
THE TRAINS FROM FRANCE
April 10, 1918
THE NEW SALIENT
April 16, 1918
THE BRIGHT SIDE
April 17, 1918
DAILY REPORT: “HINDENBURG IS HURLING FRESH DIVISIONS”
April 20, 1918
THAT DRIVE OF HINDENBURG’S
May 1, 1918
THE BATTERING RAM
May 28, 1918
ECLIPSE OF THE HUN—VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
EXCEPT GERMANY
June 8, 1918
GERMAN FAIRY TALES
June 15, 1918
THE DESPERATE ICE MAN
June 16, 1918
HOLDING THE BAG
June 20, 1918
WAITING FOR THEIR EMANCIPATION DAY.
June 19, 1918
THE AUSTRIAN SHIP OF STATE
June 25, 1918
WHY RUSSIA MUST BE FREED
June 30, 1918
JUST BEFORE THE AWAKENING—JULY 4, 1918
July 4, 1918
THE SALVATION ARMY
July 12, 1918
“TO THE BASTILE!”
July 14, 1918
DROWNED IN THE MARNE
July 21, 1918
SOMEBODY IS IN FOR AN AWFUL CALL-DOWN
August 1, 1918
HIS PROTEST AGAINST A GERMAN PEACE
August 2, 1918
NOT A DROP!
August 8, 1918
THE SWORD OF FOCH AND THE HUNSTRICTOR
August 11, 1918
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER
September 12, 1918
OPEN SEASON AND NO LIMIT ON THE VARMINTS
September 15, 1918
THE PREREQUISITE OF PEACE
September 17, 1918
THE SINKING U-BOAT
September 25, 1918
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
September 27, 1918
THE BULGAR SHOWS THE WAY
October 1, 1918
WELL, LOOK WHO’S HERE!
October 4, 1918
“WE BURN WITH A DESIRE FOR PEACE”
October 8, 1918
PROSPECTIVE WIDOW?
October 20, 1918
THE REBIRTH OF A NATION
October 21, 1918
KEEPING UP WITH THE “THIRTY-SIXTH”
October 23, 1918
SPOIL THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILDREN
October 24, 1918
WHEN THE BAND BROKE UP
October 26, 1918
REFERRED TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DEPARTMENT
October 27, 1918
THE BREAD LINE
November 2, 1918
THE BOCHE STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK
November 5, 1918
“MY LORD, THE CARRIAGE WAITS”
November 6, 1918
THE SUPER-DIPLOMAT
November 7, 1918
THE NEIGHBORS’ GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOHENZOLLERN FAMILY.
BACK FROM EXILE
November 12, 1918
THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
November 14, 1918
WHO SAYS THE REVOLUTION DID NOT SUCCEED!
Nov. 19, 1918