In 1950, Norman Pett and his writing partner Don Freeman were secretly hired by the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret wing of the British Foreign Office, to adapt Animal Farm into a comic strip.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti, nˈoːɹmən pˈɛt ænd hɪz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ pˈɑːɹtnɚ dˈɑːn fɹˈiːmən wɜː sˈiːkɹᵻtli hˈaɪɚd baɪ ðɪ ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ˌaɪˌɑːɹdˈiː, ɐ sˈiːkɹᵻt wˈɪŋ ʌvðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ fˈɔːɹən ˈɑːfɪs, tʊ ɐdˈæpt ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm ˌɪntʊ ɐ kˈɑːmɪk stɹˈɪp.