Category: Art
Deadly Skies – New Museum Exhibit Offers Colourful Look at History’s First Air War
“The illustrations track the evolution of air warfare through the eyes of nine real-life individuals who were there.” CANADA’S NATIONAL MILITARY museum is putting a novel spin on history’s first air war — a graphic novel…
“The Shanghai Baby” – The True Story Behind One of History’s Most Heartbreaking Photos
“It instantly struck a nerve in the United States. Until that moment, few Americans had paid much attention to the atrocities being committing by the Japanese army in its murderous march across China.” ON OCT….
Insult to Injury – How Cartoonists Mocked the Exiled Napoleon Bonaparte
“England had been fighting against France for over 20 years. Audiences there were jubilant about Napoleon’s defeat and receptive to anything that made fun of the fallen French Emperor.” WHILE NAPOLEON Bonaparte provided rich fodder…
Posts from the Edge – Social Media Project Brings WW1 to Life in Real-Time
“Followers will get see World War One through the eyes of a fictional infantryman named Walter Carter.” THE CONTINUING First World War centenary is getting a decidedly 21st Century treatment, thanks to the creators of…
In Conversation with Wayne Vansant – MHN Talks to Veteran Illustrator About the Power of War Comics
“I have always been interested in the subject, but have been more strongly drawn to the 20th Century, and all it’s conflicts… mostly World War Two.” SIEGFRIED SASSOON used poetry to communicate the futility and horror…
‘We Gotta Get Outta This Place’ – 10 Vietnam Vets Remember the Songs That Helped Them Get Through the War
“Music enabled countless soldiers in Vietnam to connect with each other and to ‘the World’ back home.” By Doug Bradley and Craig Werner WHEN co-author Doug Bradley arrived in Vietnam in November 1970 and was being…
