Category Archives: ww i posters

World War I propaganda posters converted to soccer jokes

where eagles dare

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Hoover Dam

I’d had a half-formed WWI poster repro in progress for a while, and then the Futbol Artist Network gang approached me about doing a piece for their first group show, to be held in conjunction with the Kicking and Screening … tell me more →

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uphold our rapinoe

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Hoover Dam

US Soccer announces a men’s game to be played in Paris on Veterans Day. What to do, besides make a bunch of jokes about how the winner gets fourteen points, Franz Ferdinand will sing the national anthems, and security should … tell me more →

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The Midnight Rider

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Hoover Dam

Third in a set of James Montgomery Flagg posters. This is another one for the US-Costa Rica game, and it’s huge (five feet wide by seven feet tall). The original combined incredibly well with a Mexican news photo from the … tell me more →

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Help the Vuvuzebra

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Hoover Dam

Second in a series of James Montgomery Flagg swipes. This one was painted for the US-Costa Rica game, and was given to US Soccer postgame. The Vuvuzebra’s a running joke from the summer’s Confederations Cup, and was a lot of … tell me more →

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unexpected cameo

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Hoover Dam

I’ll get around to finishing the Norway adventure story at some point, but first, look who turned up in the Fort this past weekend: click for bigger Angela Hucles and the banner I modeled after her. (Since I got asked … tell me more →

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Wake Up, America!

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Hoover Dam

This is what I was working on in the Training Camp photo series. It’s a WWI poster, retooled for US Soccer, and I’d had it on the drawing board for over a year before the Mexico WCQ presented itself as … tell me more →

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Americans All!

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Hoover Dam

This one has been in the works since the game in Hartford in August, 2005. The day after that game, I was at work, which, at the time, was the Mass Historical Society. A coworker was arranging World War I … tell me more →

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