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nwhyte

May Books 19) Troubled Images

May 20, 2007 14:06

19) Troubled Images: Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict from the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, ed. Yvonne Murphy, Allan Leonard, Gordon Gillespie and Kris Brown ( Read more... )

bookblog 2007, world: northern ireland

Comments 5

xnamkrad May 20 2007, 15:57:49 UTC

I looked at the poster and the first thing that sprang to mind was - is this where Sutler (from V for Vendetta) started? Looks like their style.

"Insist on Unity" ceemage May 20 2007, 16:58:31 UTC

To be fair, the voters of Mid-Ulster had actually done that in 1969, but not (I'm guessing) in a way that the UUUP would have approved of...

nickbarnes May 20 2007, 20:35:00 UTC

Why is the cloud labelled "Westminster Moonshine"? Surely the moon should have the label. Very confusing.

sammymorse May 21 2007, 16:59:41 UTC

Maybe the cloud is going to start raining moonshine soon, making the umbrella useful and less of a parasol.

I'll grant you, I'm reaching here, but it's the best theory I can concoct.

Having a rat on a poster - even depicting a mortal enemy - is bad. Rats are just icky to lots of people.

inuitmonster May 27 2007, 11:44:06 UTC

The poster would be better if it had Crying Eagle photoshopped into it.