Enemy No.1
between 1939 and 1946
Bert Thomas delivers a stark warning with dark humor in this punchy WWII-era poster. A portly gentleman in a fedora sits casually at a cafe table, sipping a drink, completely oblivious to the giant red 'SPY' label plastered across his back. The bold, jagged text 'ENEMY No. 1.' at the bottom leaves no room for ambiguity. Thomas was famous for his 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' campaign for the British Ministry of Information, and this piece taps into that same wartime paranoia. It reminds citizens that the enemy could be sitting right next to them at a local cafe, listening to every careless word.
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