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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Stamp Council, Liquor and Wine Industries, cooperating with U.S. Treasury Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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)
War Stamp Council. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-872 (NAID 514377).
Text on the object
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]
