satire

untitled (outhouses)
1988

Poster has black ink printed on white paper with a stylized image of two outhouses stacked on top of each other, with the top labeled "Bosses" and the bottom labeled "Employees".

Fear and Ignorance
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with a stylized red, white and blue American flag background. At the top is "united we stand in" in gray. At the bottom is "Fear And Ignorance" in gray. At the right...

Imperial Death Machine
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with a background of stylized, vertical red, gray and blue guns. At the top is a gear with a skull at the center wearing a red, white and blue Uncle Sam hat, with a...

Disaster Strikes Suddenly
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with a black and white background image of a city with a large mushroom cloud overhead. At the top is "Disaster / Strikes / Suddenly". At the bottom is "stay prepared...

Jul-81
1977

Poster has red and blue ink printed on white paper. At the bottom is a stylized image of a figure shouting into a podium of microphone with a skeleton on his shoulder and a man behing held by the...

Content Art: Contemporary Issues
1985

Multi-color poster printed on white paper shows a three-legged figure in a landscape with red ground and a blue sky. The figure''s body is yellow and it has a long brown tail. "CIA" is printed...

1982

Poster has a large black circle that is cut in half by a pink a line. Below reads, "Fiftieth National Bourgeois Art Exhibit/ From the personal collection of the Fortune 500, a display of...

30 Years of the Texas Observer
1984

Poster has black and brown ink printed on off-white paper. At the top is "30 Years / Of / The Texas Observer / ''The Tyrant''s Foe, The People''s Friend'' The Texas Observer, 600 West 7th Street,...

Radical Humor Festival
1982

Poster printed on yellow paper. Centered at the top is "Cultural Correspondence / presents" followed by a collage of cartoon images showing things like figures in boxes, a large set of lips, and...

What's Left in Political Cartooning
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is Intersection for the Arts / and LaborFest present / what''s left in political cartooning / defiant pens & battling brushes / July 18...

Re-Elect #594 for Spuer-Senator and Chancellor
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Re-Elect" in a black strip followed by "#594 For Super-Senator / And Chancellor / #594". At the right is a stylized image of a figure...

New World Odor
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper. At the bottom is a stylized image of a pile of skulls. In the background at the top is red with black splotches and white text reading "New / World / Odor".

Don't Be Railroaded
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a photo of a train''s engine car, with Ronald Reagan''s smiling face imposed over the top of the front of the car. Below the image is "...

Quaker or Quack
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has red and black ink printed on white paper. At the center is a dotted image of a man speaking with his hands pressed together as if in prayer. Above and below the image is "quaker / or...

Ronocchio
1985

Poster has black ink printed on off-white paper. At the top is an illustation of a puppet sitting on a work table above a book, with illustrations of the puppet being manipulated by an elderly man...

All The Way With LBJ
1968

Poster has a black background with a turquoise outline of the United States in the center. Over the U.S. outline is a red mushroom cloud. On the right is a cartoon depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson...

For Sale By Owner
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with text reading "for sale / by owner / democracy / ask for George / by appointment only".

Bush Family Fortunes
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a background of American currency, tinted orange, with black edges at the top and bottom. At the top is "Bush Family Fortunes / The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Greg Palast" in red and...

American Pathetic
1997

Poster has a color illustration showing Hillary and Bill Clinton, dressed like the figures from the painting American Gothic, excecpt Hillary is the man in the overall and Bill is the woman in the...

Give Ronald a Job He Can Handle
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a color background image showing Ronald McDonald standing beneath the golden arches of a McDonald''s sign in front of one of the restaurants. The sign reads "Ronald''s / Over 69 Years...

Bedtime for Brezhnev
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster designed like a movie poster for a western. At the top is a strip of black with "from out of the west, they dusted off their guns...to protect the world they knew and the women they loved...

Son of Reaganstein
1988

Poster printed on white paper with a multicolor, stylized image of George H.W. Bush as a green Frankenstein with Ronald Reagan standing behind holding a syringe. In the background, the White House...

Homeless!
1989

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top left is "TIred Of The Same Old Job? / Sick Of Mortgage Payments? / Fed Up With Heating Bills? / Escape To The Streets! / Yes, You, Too Can...

Reaganbusters
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a gray background with a central red no symbol over a black and white ghost resembling Ronald Reagan. At the top is "who you gonna call?" in red. Below...

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