It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog!
Uncle Sam, sweating and wide-eyed, sits at a radio receiver with headphones while the sounds 'Beep-Beep' and 'Bow-Wow' hit his ears; a shield with stars is behind him. The tell is fear-appeal: the nation's personification shown rattled by signals from space.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- November 5, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Science and technology, War and the military
- Event
- Space Race
- 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, 5743254 (NAID 5743254).
Text on the object
BEEP-BEEP BOW-WOW JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
