Look Out! Soviet Bloody Posters!

27 Responses to “Look Out! Soviet Bloody Posters!”

1. Unknown says:

   January 15, 2011 at 7:59 am

   Nice!

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   • Zack says:

     January 15, 2011 at 8:42 pm

     I agree. I actually cringed looking at the posters with arms and legs getting caught in rotating machinery.

     Did the USSR not have any eye protection?

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2. George Johnson says:

   January 15, 2011 at 9:09 am

   The posters are more gruesome than in the US. Which I think is good, shows reality. In the US, they’re a little more “comic.”

   I’d like the see that explanation of how the robot speaks. Because that’s not even a close depiction.

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3. DougW says:

   January 15, 2011 at 9:33 am

   All hail the all mighty robot duck!

   Those are some seriously good posters.

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   • OLUT says:

     January 15, 2011 at 9:41 am

     I, for one, welcome our mighty Robot Duck overlords!

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     • Rob Teasley says:

       January 18, 2011 at 11:56 pm

       I will round up slaves to work in their underground sugar caves.

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4. Musa says:

   January 15, 2011 at 11:26 am

   WOW, I don’t know about welcoming mighty Duck overlords but that’s a great collection of work safety posters.

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5. from says:

   January 15, 2011 at 11:58 am

   I was drunk at work.

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   • DavidDerKlabauter says:

     January 16, 2011 at 9:12 am

     i was stoned at work!

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6. SovMarxist1924 says:

   January 15, 2011 at 12:59 pm

   These posters are priceless! Excellent! Thanks for presenting them.

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7. asteroid no. 444 says:

   January 15, 2011 at 5:30 pm

   LOL. I’ve been the dude sliding off the roof. But I’m so skinny I was able to catch the edge. Being light has it’s advantages. Also (gulp) the drunk at work.

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8. Left SR says:

   January 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm

   The tool rest poster hits home to machinists. My hand once slipped into a grinder wheel. I saw a puff of smoke and only later realized that was the skin on my hand atomizing. You can’t work in a machine shop for any length of time and not have the experience of watching your blood drip on a concrete floor.
   Great post. Has to be one of my all-time favorites.

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   • asteroid no. 444 says:

     January 15, 2011 at 9:25 pm

     So everyone now calls you “Lefty”?

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9. Bogdanov says:

   January 15, 2011 at 10:23 pm

   OUCH!

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10. Rostom says:

    January 16, 2011 at 4:25 am

    great comics

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11. CZenda says:

    January 16, 2011 at 6:51 am

    “Don´t step on the fish!” is a winner It sounds almost surrealistic.

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    • Dmitry says:

      February 2, 2011 at 8:52 am

      Exactly – photoshop fake!

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12. умный says:

    January 16, 2011 at 7:38 am

    “В бубен” это подделка современная. Ты изума выжил, думать что это оригинал?

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13. RandomJoe says:

    January 18, 2011 at 10:16 pm

    2nd picture… Soviet Pacman maiming worker. haha

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14. Predicador says:

    January 19, 2011 at 5:30 am

    “Threw rags about? Get a hit on the face.” is obviously a modern makeover. It uses a sort of slang unacceptable back then.

    The “mighty robot duck” refers to the past, not future of robotics. Hey. there’s even an article in Wikipedia about “Dr. Vaucanson’s mechanic duck”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digesting_Duck

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15. מוצרי פרסום says:

    January 21, 2011 at 4:38 am

    it must be hide to children so that they won’t like to be violent person…..however, I adore the drawings…..

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16. spiderseverywhere says:

    January 22, 2011 at 7:20 am

    I think these definitely need to be recaptioned for great lulz. Also, lol at RandomJoe, I see it too.

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17. nobodyspecial says:

    January 22, 2011 at 10:41 am

    Where can one buy these wonderful posters?

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18. Ilya says:

    January 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    I disagree that the pictures with robots reflect Soviet view of the future robotics. For example, the text under the duck says “Watkinson’s mechanical duck”. It represents the history of robotics. The other images are just symbolical depictions to separate the chapters, they are not conceptual views about future. I had this book btw.

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19. Nikhil says:

    May 6, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Fantastic art! Worth their weight in nostalgia and a niche aesthetic. Thank you for sharing them.

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20. WWtS says:

    January 17, 2015 at 2:11 am

    Just in case someone didn’t cringe enough: the picture on page five, “Don’t carry the bottles without corks.” – the inscription on the bottle (“Kislota”) means “acid” in Russian.

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21. Adolfo Camara says:

    April 8, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    I love this post. These posters are an excellent example of great illustration work.

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