AkronBeaconJournalcartoonistWebBrownwasoneofthebestpoliticalcartoonistsinAmericaduringWorldWarII.AfterservingintheSpanish-AmericanWar,BrownreturnedtotheStatesandbeganaforty-six-yearcareerlastingfrom1899through1945.BeforeandduringtheSecondWorldWar,Brown’scartoonslampoonedHitler,MussoliniandJapanwithastrongsenseofjustice,humorandhistory.FeaturedsixdaysaweekintheJournal,hisworkboostedmoraleathomeandliftedthespiritsofsoldiersoverseas.CompilingmorethantwohundredofBrown’sbestcartoons,AkronnativeandauthorTimCarrollrecallsthehistoryofWorldWarIIthroughtheoutstandingcreationsofoneofAkron’smostprolificandnoteworthyartists.
