Poster Thursday: Fascist Flair

After all this communist blather, I thought I'd compose an ode to fascist art. The Italian Fascist government under Benito Mussolini was ideal: a whole nation with a penchant for the dramatic called upon to design uniforms, weapons and parades. They had the freaking Romans to look to for inspiration. What a disappointment that gladiatorial battles didn't come back. What a greater shame that the mama's boys filling the ranks of Italy's army fled at the first sounds of battle. Rome's legions once made Germanic tribes piss in their deerskin leggings.

Hijack the symbols of other nations for effect.

 The text reads "Here Are Your Liberators." Note the drama mask, something only a theatrical Italian artist would depict on an otherwise demonic poster.  This Caravaggio of chaos also imagines a burning hospital, complete with red cross and screaming children. Surely, these evil Yankees will target orphanages, cathedrals, and convents. What a genius poster. Too bad the only Italian conquests these days are naive female tourists.