Reassuring Cartoon

Drawn 26 years after the signing of an armistice agreement between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918, this cartoon remembers the 8 million people who died in World War One. It was also a poignant reminder of the human cost of a war that was still raging across the globe.

The cartoon was drawn for the 11 November 1944 issue of the Taranaki Daily News by Trevor Hall. Hall produced cartoons for the newspaper during 1944 and 1945. Although a number of the cartoons commented on New Zealand's political climate, many also referenced World War Two directly.

While never truly making light of the most widespread war in history, Hall's cartoons did poke fun at Hitler and his army. His armistice cartoon, though bleak, perhaps reassured those at home that World War Two would eventually come to an end.