# WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters Cartoonist Shadman posted a two-panel webcomic on Twitter in January 2020 showing a WWII soldier admiring a classic pin-up and his WWIII counterpart ogling Belle Delphine, captioned "War never changes." Within days, Reddit communities like r/TIHI and r/im14andthisisdeep pushed it viral, and by 2022 editors were swapping the WWIII poster for VTuber Gawr Gura. ## Origin On January 15th, 2020, artist Shadman posted the two-panel comic to Twitter from the @Shadbase account with the caption "War never changes"[1]. The artwork collected more than 59,000 likes across the next three years[3]. Hours later, the same image went up on the r/Shadman subreddit, where it reached over 9,700 upvotes[2]. - **Platform:** Twitter (source) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Shadman (@Shadbase) - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters, also known as War Never Changes by Shadman, works as a before-and-after comparison about shifting taste in pin-up imagery[1]. The upper panel shows a nostalgic WWII GI gazing at a hand-painted bombshell poster, while the lower panel shows a modern soldier staring at a photo of Belle Delphine making an ahegao face[1]. Replacement edits typically swap the lower image for whichever waifu, VTuber or anime character the poster wants to roast, keeping the "War never changes" caption intact[3]. Tone across edits ranges from self-deprecating fandom jokes to "im14andthisisdeep" style mockery of the original comic's premise[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters? It is a two-panel Shadman webcomic turned exploitable meme that compares a classic WWII pin-up poster to a modern image of Belle Delphine doing an ahegao face[1]. ### Where did WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters come from? Shadman posted the original comic from @Shadbase on Twitter on January 15th, 2020 with the caption "War never changes"[1]. ### What does WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters mean? The joke contrasts how pin-up taste shifted from painted bombshells to internet personalities like Belle Delphine, using the "War never changes" line as deadpan commentary[2]. ### How do you use WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters? Keep the two-panel layout and replace the WWIII poster with a current waifu, VTuber or fandom target, as the r/Komi_san editor did with Shouko[4]. ### Is WW2 vs. WW3 Pin-Up Posters still popular? Posting slowed after a 2022 run of VTuber edits on Reddit and Twitter, though the template still circulates on r/MemeTemplatesOfficial[7]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/Shadbase/status/1217558063034486784]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadman/comments/ep8t5y/war_never_changes/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ww2-vs-ww3-pin-up-posters]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Komi_san/comments/eq0wzm/me_at_ww3_sorry_for_poor_editing/]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/nsf1ge/mel_post/]() 6. [https://twitter.com/DonieDarko3/status/1496742785856192514]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/blursedimages/comments/t4xm1k/blursed_soldier/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/ww2-vs-ww3-pin-up-posters Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library