Judge, 1932-02-13 · page 12 of 36
Judge — February 13, 1932 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Political Cartoon Analysis: "Red Menace" This page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **Top cartoon**: Depicts men in formal dress carrying protest signs ("We Demand Food," "Join the Hunger March," "Teach Land and Rights") while marching past a judge. One small figure has apparently forgotten his lunch. The satire mocks radical political movements and protesters, suggesting their grievances are trivial or hypocritical. **Bottom section**: A dialogue between two figures debating the Cincinnati Reds baseball team's prospects under manager Dan Howley, contrasting them unfavorably to when Jack Hendricks managed the team. One character dismissively predicts "seventh place." The page's title, "Red Menace," creates intentional wordplay—conflating the baseball "Reds" with Communist "Reds" (the Soviet threat preoccupying America in this era). This satirizes both contemporary anti-Communist anxiety and sports fandom as equally overwrought concerns. The humor lies in treating baseball predictions with the same dramatic urgency as political fears.
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Red Menace ett, you take it from me, they'd all better watch those Reds.” “Ah, bunk! ‘They ain't done noth nd they ain't going to do noth You just don't keep up with things. Watch what I tell you they'll give somebody trouble before the ye “Ah, that’s what the papers were saying last Spring, and what did they Last year and this year's different You ain't heard the last from them.” “Ah, you let yourself get excited too easy. Theyre just a bunch of punks, “Punks, your Aunt Minnie! Them guys ain't as lousy as a lot of guy think they are. “I tell you they'll cause trouble.” “You been havi something. Th and can't get tl to——" > that was so when Jack Hendricks was managing ‘em; but the Reds under Dan Howley is a differ ent ball club. McGraw himself told me they'd give somebody trouble.” “Ah. bunk! I don't give ‘em better than seventh place.” —Comnave Firzcerato “This is a Collective Farm—you collect the potatoes and I collect the money.” 10 comicbooks.com