 Negative racial stereotypes were also used, a prominent example of this being the story line where Zig and Puce visited the Exposition Coloniale, as mentioned above.These include portraying Africans as cannibals, continuing the racial stereotype that Africans are just 'big children', having them appear dumb by speaking only in pidgin French, and drawing them with physical stereotypes that French held about Africans (huge lips, very dark skin, etc.