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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Sea-Pie > June 1917 > (11) Page 41 - Very difficult |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74466350 |
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| Description | Very Difficult' by 'Poy'. This cartoon depicts six, apparently elderly, benign and slow-witted German sailors standing on top of a u-boat. Their captain is reading to them from a sheet of paper. The caption reads: '"VERY DIFFICULT." / CAPTAIN (Reading orders from the Kaiser): "Und remember this, mein brave lads, in der future you must be efen more 'frightful' than you vos alreaty yet!"' Here we have a good example of a cartoon designed to maintain British morale by making fun of German military capability. As well as the sailors in the cartoon being drawn to look anything but frightful, Germany is also mocked by the comic rendering of German pronounciation of English. The white cliffs in the background of the picture are made to look like those on the south coast of England, as if providing reassurance of the lack of threat from Germany, even so close to home. |
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| Description | 'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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