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Squander Bug
The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage "wasteful" spending and consumption, in order to free up capital and resources for the war effort. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press advertisements, the character was widely used by other wartime artists in poster campaigns and political cartoons. It is one of the few propaganda campaigns from World War II to be fully documented from the original concept sketches to the finished adverts.
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The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage "wasteful" spending and consumption, in order to free up capital and resources for the war effort. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press advertisements, the character was widely used by other wartime artists in poster campaigns and political cartoons. It is one of the few propaganda campaigns from World War II to be fully documented from the original concept sketches to the finished adverts.
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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