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

To
C. L. K.

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

STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY.

“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

WAR-TIME ECONOMICS.

THE NEIGHBORS’ GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOHENZOLLERN FAMILY.

BACK FROM EXILE
November 12, 1918

THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
November 14, 1918

ON THE LAST LINE.