Content note: Cartoon wartime poster using the coined epithet 'Japanazis' for the enemy, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Let's blast 'em Japanazis! Buy war stamps here, now!
War-stamp poster with the cartoon sailor Popeye striding with a drawn-back fist under the headline 'Let's blast 'em Japanazis!', with an inset of a soldier and 'A 25 cent war stamp buys 12 bullets'. The name-calling is the coined word 'Japanazis' for the enemy; the transfer is the familiar comic character lending his strength to the stamp sale.
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, Liquor and Wine Industries, cooperating with U.S. Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1256 (NAID 514862).
Text on the object
LET'S BLAST 'EM JAPANAZIS! Copr. 1929 King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved. 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. [imprint:] [illegible]
