Elephanteria Gallery 5 How Elephants are used in Media Content
Comic Strip - Beetle Bailey

Media Type: Newspaper Content Type: Syndicated Comic Strip Name: "Beetle Bailey" by Mort Walker ©1997 King Features Syndicate world rights reserved Publication date: 04-12-1991 Description: In first panel character "Sarge" calls zoo to tell manager he thinks he has found the zoo's missing elephant. Second panel shows elephant leaning against military tank and small hearts above elephant indicating love for the tank. Analysis: This usage plays on the elephant's unusual overall physical appearance. Note that in the drawing, small as it is shown here, the elephant's body pose and extended trunk mimic the tank's architecture. Elephants were utilized almost exactly as modern tanks in ancient warfare. The elephant, armored for defense, carried a warrior armed with projectiles; arrows. The elephant tank could go over and/or through many obstacles and be used to batter things down.

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