BIBFRAME Work

Title

Revenge of the mailman

Type

• Monograph
• Still Image

Contribution

• Payne, Henry, 1962- (artist)

Subject

• Letter carriers--United States--1980-1990 (LCTGM)
• International relations--United States--1980-1990 (LCTGM)
• Dogs--1980-1990 (LCTGM)
• Editorial cartoons--American--1980-1990 (GMGPC)
• International relations--Soviet Union--1980-1990 (LCTGM)
• Reagan, Ronald (LCNAF)
• International relations--Libya--1980-1990 (LCTGM)
• Qaddafi, Muammar (LCNAF)
• Ink drawings--American--1980-1990 (GMGPC)

Genre Form

• graphic

Language

• eng

Classification

LCC: Unprocessed PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• still image

Note

Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).

Summary

Editorial cartoon shows President Reagan as a mailman, carrying a bag of missiles, jauntily walking along whistling. Behind him, an infuriated Russian man, holding an enormous battered dog in his arms, shakes his fist. Signs reading "Beware of the Mad Dog" are posted on a fence beside him. On April 14, 1986, the United States launched a massive bombing raid on Libya in retaliation for a terroist bombing of a nightclub in Berlin in which numerous Americans were killed. President Reagan accused Libya of coordinating the attack and called Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi "this mad dog of the Middle East." The Soviet Union, a long-time Libyan ally, denounced the bombing.

Authorized Access Point

Payne, Henry, 1962-. Revenge of the mailman

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:45:42.475414+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 13773446

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc