THE BEAST IS DEAD ll World War Among The Animals

A technicolor graphic novel retelling the events of World War II, where the combatants are portrayed as anthropomorphic animals (the French are represented as rabbits, the Italians as hyenas, the Japanese as monkeys, the British as bulldogs, the Russians as polar bears, and the Americans as buffalo), painted in a lushly detailed Silly Symphony / Harman-Ising style. Published in 1944 and 1945 by the French cartoonist Calvo, aided by writers Victor Dancette and Jacques Zimmermann. In 1941, while France was being crushed under the iron fist of the Third Reich, cartoonists Edmond François Calvo and Victor Dancette began work on La Bête est Morte - La guerre Mondiale Chez Les Animaux (The Beast is Dead: The World War Among the Animals). The two secretly wrote and illustrated a cartoon epic that reimagined the history of the French nation during the war, casting animals as the warring nations. In 1944, a few months after the liberation, the first part of the work was published under the title Quand la Bête est Déchaînée (When the Beast is Unleashed). The second part appeared a year later, titled Quand la Bête est Terrassée (When the Beast is Defeated). Includes 75 full color and 6 black and white illustrations. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Softly bumped corners with a small dent at the bottom front edge.