And They Thought We Couldn't Fight, the 1917 U.S. World War I (WWI) war bonds poster ("Victory Liberty Loan") encouraging civilians to purchase war bonds and featuring art of a rifle-wielding, wounded U.S. soldier holding three German helmets as trophies by Clyde Forsythe. During World War I, Forsythe was recruited by the Division of Pictorial Publicity, for whom he created a number of war propaganda posters, including his famous "And They Thought We Couldn't Fight" poster. This poster, which was created for the Victory Loan drive, features an American soldier, with a bandaged head, celebrating his victory over the Germans and carrying a German helmet as souvenir. This poster was thought to be intended to silence the Germans who claimed that the American soldiers were weak. Forsythe was also responsible for various illustrations to war stories found in Boy's Life magazine throughout World War I and into the 1920's. After World War I, Forsythe continued to work as a cartoonist. In 1918, he created his most famous cartoon, "Joe's Car", which was a comic about a man obsessed with his car.[1] Joe was depicted as a balding, agitated, everyman with an overbearing wife which made the cartoon relatable to the public and made Forsythe successful.[3] In 1928, Forsythe renamed the cartoon from "Joe's Car" to "Joe Jinks", the name of the character. This was done since Joe had gone from being a car-obsessed man to an airplane pilot as well as a boxing manager.[1] Even though Forsythe moved out to California in 1920, he continued to create the "Joe Jinks" comics until 1933 when he quit. But after pressure from the public to return, Forsythe started creating the "Joe Jinks" comic again in 1937. This did not last long as he officially retired from the comic the following year in 1938. We describe all items to the best of our ability as we are not experts on everything. Please ask specific questions on details or condition prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS. We box and ship to keep costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the costumer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or UPS