Uncle Sam and John Bull

[technoranma.livejournal.com]

So everybody knows about Uncle Sam and John Bull, the original national personifications of the U.S. and Britain, that appeared in political cartoons and art waaay back in the day?

I'm not sure if these sorts of things have been posted elsewhere already, but I figured this was pretty relevant to US X UK so I decided to show a few that I've found which have amused me XD!

Preview:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/ranmaremix/szyk3.jpg

This one is depicting a 'what if' Germany wins scenario. Sam and Bull are prisoners chained together.




They can't fight, they're too tied together! 'sup bondage?



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/ranmaremix/britannia.jpg

This one is one of the easier ones to find. I love how they've got the bald eagle (looks sort of like a sea gull) and the lion.



US is beating him. LOL, sorry I just found this one hilarious.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/ranmaremix/uncle-sam-john-bull-poster.jpg

This is my personal favourite! Not only do we get to see Uncle Sam and John Bull holding hands and staring lovingly at each other (o_O!) but their female counterparts of Columbia and Britannia are in the background doing the same thing!


Edit!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/ranmaremix/sambullusuk.jpg

Kind of busted, but I tried X_X


All these historical drawings I found from a great website called Son of the South!

Comments

[socialholic.livejournal.com]

Oh god, these are so great! x---D So FTW.

AND OH GOD THAT FANART ;;;u;;; T-that's just too adroable! I can die happy now <3 ! Their expressions are just too... TOO LOVING ;;;u;;; Aaah I love it ! And those pants definitely suit Alfred better than Uncle Sam :'----D.

Oh! I just saw that 'side by side~ Britannia' poster thing in one book I browsed in a bookshop last week - it had a lot of old posters from the World War times - and I already then wanted to draw a Hetalia version of it 8DD now I want even more when I saw your great version of one of those posters! And that poster where they're tied together -- aaaah I just SO can imagine that >>u<< ! Maybe I should try drawing them some time... (or at least someone's should! 8D)

These are so funny, thanks a lot for posting them :'DD. AND especially thanks for that lovely fanart ;;;u;;; !

[technoranma.livejournal.com]

Draw it!!! Especially the tied up one! I can imagine it too, you know they'd be trying not to look at each other and blushing because they're so entangled. fwahahahaahaaaaa