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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
As the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission discussed the prevention of nuclear weapon manufacturing around the world and further uses of such bombs in war, Washington Post cartoonist Herblock drew his menacing character Mr. Atom to emphasize the fragility of life. Herblock wrote, "He wasn't planned as a continuing character, but after his first appearance he kept muscling into the pictures as a warning that he wasn't going to be permanently on our side alone and that if he weren't controlled he would cut loose on the whole world." |