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title: Donald Duck and the bear (Disney, do not feed the bears)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/disney-bear-poster-do-not-feed-the-bears-1941/
description: 'Five-panel Disney comic strip: Donald Duck and his nephews ignore a ''Do not feed the bears'' sign, hand bananas to a bear.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Donald Duck and the bear, 1941 US poster: Five-panel Disney comic strip](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/disney-bear-poster-do-not-feed-the-bears-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/disney-bear-poster-do-not-feed-the-bears-1941.jpg)

# Donald Duck and the bear (Disney, do not feed the bears)

Five-panel Disney comic strip: Donald Duck and his nephews ignore a 'Do not feed the bears' sign, hand bananas to a bear, and are left with a wrecked car and scattered belongings. The technique is faint here; the closest is transfer, borrowing a popular cartoon character to carry a safety warning, with the consequence shown as a joke.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[panel 1] HEY, Y' BETTER NOT!
LOOK AT THAT SIGN!
AW, PHOOEY! C'MON, BRUIN ...HAVE A BANANA
WARNING! DO NOT FEED THE BEARS NATIONAL PARK
[imprint:] Copr. 1941, Walt Disney Productions World Rights Reserved
[panel 2] SEE, TAME AS A KITTEN! GIMME ANOTHER BANANA!
[panel 3] OKAY! GIMME ANOTHER ONE!
[panel 4] THEY'RE ALL GONE, UNCA DONALD!
[panel 5] DO NOT FEED THE BEARS NATIONAL PARK
[signature:] WALT DISNEY
```

[← Dish it out with the Navy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dish-it-out-with-the-navy-1941/) [Disperse Trucks →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/disperse-trucks-camouflage-1941/)

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