Content note: Comic-strip poster in rural phonetic dialect; the woman is drawn in a torn dress in a sexualised cartoon style. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Buy Bonds - the G.I. way
Comic-strip poster by Al Capp: a kneeling soldier proposes to a barefoot woman in a torn dress, boasting he buys a G.I. bond every month and is no 'crap-shootin', no-bond buyin'' soldier. Familiar comic characters and soldier slang (plain-folks, transfer) carry the ask, with a joke that contrasts bond buyers with soldiers who do not buy.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, War Bond Poster (artist Al Capp)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-516 (NAID 513995).
Text on the object
EV'RY MONTH AH WAS IN- AH BOUGHT ME A G.I. BOND FO' $7.50!!- THEY'S WORTH $10.00 AT MATOORITY!!- MARRY ME, MOONBEAM, MAH SWEET - 'STEAD O' ONE O' THEM CRAP-SHOOTIN', NO-BOND BUYIN', ALLUS-BROKE G.I.'S!! SHO' 'NUFF!! BUY BONDS - the G.I. way [signature:] Al Capp [imprint:] UNITED STATES ARMY WAR BOND POSTER [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-621325
