It’s A Small World
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
With pictures, both real and photoshopped, of Georgian riot police and their Disney-esque gas masks saturating the internet, it’s interesting to know that, one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, an actual Mickey Mouse gas mask was, in fact, produced. Disney approved the mask, made by the Sun Rubber Company, for use by children, the thinking being that it would help to calm children during a chemical attack. These are the images that scuttle through my feverish nightmares; armies of zombie children masked in the soulless visage of a famous rodent.
The Mickey Mouse Mask [GASMASKMUSEUM] : WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
Categories: Animals, Small Children, Gasmask World, Horror
Posted at 12:21 pm on November 14, 2007
5 Comments -
My god - I want one of those!!!
Comment by Melissa — November 14, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
Us Half-Life 2 players didn’t think Mickey Mouse, let me tell you! I can almost hear the muffled, radio-static voices of once-human killing machines…
So, is the “army of zombie children” a Doctor Who reference? Or am I completely mistaken.
Comment by Robert — November 14, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warrenellis/2001748975/
Comment by James — November 14, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
Nope, completely unintentional. I have not seen nearly as much Dr. Who as I, perhaps, should.
And yeah, my first reaction to seeing the photos was “Oh shit, Combine!” but people seem to be going with Mickey Mouse. I still see Combine though, which is why I have been carrying a concealed crowbar for the past few days. Better safe than sorry.
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — November 14, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
one of these was among my maternal Grandfather’s collection of sundry war materiel (veteran of WWII and Korea); however, it was sold, all (including his service sidearm, much to my anguish), after his death a couple years ago. i once wore the gas mask (smelled, ironically?, like old cheese) to frighten my sister.
Comment by zanbowser — November 14, 2007 @ 3:45 pm