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Ideologies, Cartoons and Comic Strips during the Second World War in Croatia

The focus of this research is concentrated on the strong influence of ideological principles on cartoons and comic strips, which, during the Second World War, were influential media of popular culture. The contradicting ideologies of the Ustashas and the Partisan propaganda in Croatia used different media including press media which had an exceptional influence as effective propaganda. Cartoons and strip cartoons were recognized as media which were able to transmit and spread ideological propaganda primarily meant for the younger generation of readers. The most of discussed material has been published in periodicals, entertainment magazines such as Satyricus, Bič, Vrabac, Bodljikavi jež and Kerempuh. Cartoon as media is shaping public opinion within the regime which is on power. Through this research is possible to identify which cartoonists and strip cartoonists were contributing to propagandistic work, and which were unencumbered by ideology, trying only to produce good cartoons and comic strips within the media of popular culture during difficult war period. This is an opportunity to discuss the question of quality of satirically humoristic papers, and the visual quality that certain individual authors have achieved.

ideologies; cartoon; comic strip; journalism; pop culture;

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