The comic military alphabet : army, navy, national guard
The Comic Military Alphabet, published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Co. in 1894, is a humorous picture alphabet by the artist De Witt C. Falls, aimed at a general audience and poking fun at the United States Army, Navy and National Guard. Its colour plates give each letter a caricatured soldier, sailor or guardsman, drawn with exaggerated features, bold uniforms and slapstick action. A designer could take from them the lively caricature style, bright flat colour and comic military props for period humour work.
