Football Boogymen
A cartoon of a colonial-costumed figure labelled G.W.U. leaping out of his shoes in fright at a hooting owl labelled Rice, set against inset panels of other local college teams (Maryland, American University, DePaul, Catholic U., Richmond, Georgetown) frightening or being frightened by one another. The depicted fear is the joke: the cartoon is Halloween-style sports humour, so the technique tag is a weak fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 30, 1935
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), item 5743102 (NAID 5743102).
Text on the object
BEWARE! WE WANT REVENGE! The Cavaliers MD. AW STOP! YOU'RE NOT SCARIN' ANYBODY! A·U· GALLAUDET DE PAUL HAW HAW ! CATHOLIC U. W·H·O·O·! RICE G.W.U. RICHMOND B-R-R-R- THAT THING GIVES ME TH' CREEPS! GEORGETOWN
