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title: Git Mad! Buy war stamps here now!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/git-mad-buy-war-stamps-1941/
description: A cartoon young man in a torn red shirt strides with clenched fists under the headline 'Git MAD!'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Git Mad! Buy war stamps here now!

A cartoon young man in a torn red shirt strides with clenched fists under the headline 'Git MAD!'. An inset panel shows a helmeted soldier with fixed bayonet beside the claim that a 25-cent war stamp buys 12 bullets. The cartoon character's anger is carried over to the purchase (transfer), and the bullet figure is a single selected number (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Git MAD!
Buy WAR STAMPS
HERE-NOW!
A 25¢ WAR STAMP
BUYS
12
BULLETS
WAR STAMP COUNCIL—LIQUOR AND WINE INDUSTRIES—COOPERATING WITH U.S. TREASURY DEPT.
Li'l Abner . . . by Al Capp, Tm. Reg. U.S. Patent Office;
Copyrighted by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
[imprint: small printer's mark at lower right, illegible]
```

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