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Title	"I'm bored with kidnapping. Let's drag-race our Ferraris."
Creator	Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003
Publisher	[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [1978]
Physical Description	1 original drawing : black and white ; 26 x 20 cm
Summary	Original drawing of three members of what appears to be a parody of the Red Brigades (or Brigate Rosse) terrorist group hiding out in a house. In the foreground, a male member lounges in a flower-patterned chair with a pistol belt hanging off one side. He has a martini glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. In the middle ground is a female member sitting in a chair with an AK-47 rifle nearby. In the background a second male armed with a pistol is peeking out through the curtains of a window. On the wall is a poster of a skull and crossbones and a banner that reads, "Beware the Pink Brigade, champions of the downtrodden."
Notes	Cartoon appears to a parody of an Italian left-wing terrorist organization that gained notoriety in the 1970's and 1980's through sabotage, bank robberies, kidnappings, and murder.; Title from caption.; Date taken from accompanying materials.; "78-H237-A" - number written on plastic cover.; Copyright currently held by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. For information go to pritzkermilitary.org.
LC Subject Headings	Brigate rosse--Caricatures and cartoons. Political cartoons--History--20th century. Terrorism. Kidnapping. Italy--History--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
Time Period	Late 20th Century (1961-2000)
Call #	PRINT 03246
Item #	330466
OCLC #	1037565399

"I'm bored with kidnapping. Let's drag-race our Ferraris."

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