The Illustrated Enemy

Issue #1. Le Kaiser Rouge 8 July 1915

This first issue dealt with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia and his son, the Crown Prince (who was the subject of Issue #3, Le Clownprinz). In this postcard from the period, the prince appears in the uniform of the Death's Head ('Totenkopf') Hussars Regiment.

Issue #2 Têtes de Turcs 15 July 1915

3 panels by Henriot: Allah Soit Loué! Gerda Werner's Sultan Chez Les Turcs by Hermann Paul

Issue #3 Le Clownprinz 22 July 1915

The Crown Prince by Charles Leandre

Issue #4 Bouillon de Kulture 29 July 1915

Literally, a "soup of culture", this issue sends up and stereotypes German arrogance and cruelty. The year 1956 as imagined by Cappiello In the Penal Colony by Gallo Un Chef-D'Oeuvre d'Archikulture by Abel Faivre Le Cadeau du Fiancé by Gerda Wegener Cruel Enigma by Maurice Neumont

Issue #5 Imperial Gaga 5 August 1915

The topic for this issue is the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, the aging Franz Joseph. He is often depicted as senile or effectively dead.

Franz Joseph without regrets by Adolphe Willette The Double Monarch by Pierre E. Legrain

Issue #6 Élégances Berlinoises 12 August 1915

This issue, titled Berlin Elegance (roughly translated), further ridiculed German culture, as seen through depictions of awkward or ungainly German women, their fashion sense and common sense. Bertha/Gretchen by Zyg Brunner Crossroad by Soulié Small Critic by Poulbot Useless Gift by Hérouard

Issue #7 Leurs Espions 19 August 1915

Spies! Espionage by Andreé Hellé Le faux Berger by Hermann Paul Une Dépêche Grillée by Louis Morin Le Vendeur by Lubin de Beauvais

Issue #8 Nos Poilus 26 August 1915

An issue devoted to the French enlisted man. Le Mauvais Nuage by Tancrède Synave

Issue #9 Les Civils 2 September 1915

War from the civilian point of view. The Pacifist Husband by Paul Iribe To be pessimistic, to have doubts, or to be a pacifist, was considered unpatriotic. The Optimist and the Pessimist by Lucien Métivet La Paille et la Poutre by Benjamin Rabier A L'Arrière by Weiluc

Issue #10 Naturalisés 9 September 1915

Life in France for those who are not French

Issue #11 Les Perruches 16 September 1915

'Perruches' refers to parrots, or beautiful exotic birds, hence, an issue on beautiful young women and their response to the war

Issue #12 Les Pessimistes 23 September 1915

cover by Weilac The Pessimists by Charles Legrande Blind Man by Ray Ordner

Issue #13 Les Optimistes 30 September 1915

...and in winter, we have electricity! by Weal In the Trenches by Maurice Neumont The Optimist (Franz Joseph) by Pierre Legrain