This Godless Communism (comics series)

Reed Crandall

Last modified: 2019-02-08 by peter hans van den muijzenberg
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• Introduction
• Union of Soviet States of America

See also:

• Amerika
• Fictional flags similar to the USA national flag
• Fictional flags similar to the flag of the USSR
• Fictional flags in Books
• Fictional Flags

Introduction

This Godless Communism was an American anti-Red-propaganda comic from the 1960s. The pamphlet poses the question "What if the US were conquered by the communists?" then answers it. ("It would't be much fun"). It also features a foreword delivered by the cartoon likeness of J. Edgar Hoover. A sprinkling of theological language throughout and an afterword by a priest seem to suggest a considerable degree of involvement by the Catholic church.
Eugene Ipavec, 11 July 2005

Union of Soviet States of America

image by Eugene Ipavec, 18 July 2005

As seen at Boing Boing, this is an alternate-universe US flag — or, more accurately, USSA flag, for Union of Soviet States of America. The design is very similar to that used in the 1980s miniseries Amerika, though more generic — pretty much just the upper hoist portion of the Soviet flag, rearranged, blown up and imported into the US canton. The two-tone red of the stripes and canton is a nice effect, though.
Eugene Ipavec, 11 July 2005