satire

Ethiopia
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on brown paper. At the top is a red tinted image of a figure laughing in front of a tree and a black and white photo of a man standing on a roof in front of a corpse dangling from a...

Golda Leisa
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with a gold color border with a vine-like design, intended to look like a frame. Within the border is a stylized image of a brown figure with green hair in a green...

American Relix
1989

Multicolor, stylized poster is Relix take on the famous painting "American Gothic", with the male and female farmers being replaced by male and female skeletons in hippie clothing, holding a...

Bud Smoke Er
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Bud Smoke Er" printed in red on a bed of green marijuana leaves. At the bottom of the poster is a stylized color image of three frogs sitting on a...

Bud Smo Ker
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Multicolor poster has a stylized image of three rocks seitting on a brown patch of dirt in a blue pond beneath a full white moon. The frogs are all smoking marijuana joints. At the top is "Bud Smo...

Vincent Van Joint
1994

Poster has a multicolor stylized image of a vase on a table with flowers and marijuana leaves. On the vase is "Vincent Van Joint". On the table is rolling paper, fallen marijuana leaves, and...

The Libranos
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster designed like a movie poster, resembling the design of a poster for the Sopranos. At the top is a line of men in suits. Near the center is "The / Libranos / Canadian Politics. Redefined."...

Hog Farm
1996

Multicolor poster has a stylized background image of two pigs walking in the dirt, one plaing a guitar hooked up to amps the other one is pushing in a wheelbarrow behind. The pig at the back is...

Treasures of the Aquarians
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a blue printed background. At the top is yellow and red text reading "Startling Archaeological Discoveries! / The Sixties Revealed! / Treasures / Of The / Aquarians / The Complete...

Don't Step on the Grass Sam
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text and images printed on a brown background with black stylized flowers and grasses. Text reads "don''t step / on / the / grass Sam" with a stylized Uncle Sam figure at the...

Weed Stock
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper. At the left is "Three Daze Of" in black, "Sex, Dope & / Rock''n''roll" colored in red, green, beige and pink marker, "liberation" in black, "Weed" formed by...

In God We Trust
1967

Poster printed on white paper with a stylized image of a thin dollar bill, with the "1"s in the four corners. The bottom left "1" has "OM" printed over it instead of "ONE" like the others. The...

Don't Cop Out
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue background. At the top is a stylized color image of a man with long hair and a beard in an orange suit and matching top hat, pointing his finger...

The Spectre of Forfeiture
1990

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "The Sprectre / of / Forfeiture" with the first three words in a melted looking typeface and the last word in chains. To the left is "She...

Do Some Coke
1972

Poster has beige and red printed edges with rounded corners enclosing a stylized color image of a blonde woman doing cocaine. Above the image is "do some / Coke / the real thing" in black and...

Ripped Van Winkle
1988

Multi-color poster shows a man with long hair and a beard in purple and blue at center on the page. The man has a third eye on his forehead, and he holds both hands up to the sides of his head....

Wanted
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Wanted / for / wrongs against / LAPD / narcotics officers / $500,000 Damages / from". At the center are two headshots of men with their...

Weed the People
1991

Poster printed on white paper. The background has black text from the Constitution. At the bottom is a large green marijuana leaf with "Weed / the / people." over the top in red. On the bottom...

Your Country Bleeds You
1990

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the center is an illustration of Uncle Sam pointing his finger with "Your Country Bleeds / You / Nearest Consumer Station" below. At the top left is...

USA 2000
1972

Poster has a stylized color image of the world, with the globe occupied by a large map of the United States with images specific to industries on various regions of the country. The areas of the...

Corporate
1990

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized image of a dog with the head of a man, eating from a bowl with "gov" on the side. Below the image is "Corporate" followed by a...

This is Your Brain
1989

Poster has a black printed background. Down the center are color images of an egg in a carton, an egg cracked and cooked in a pan, and the egg in the pan with bacon. Text over each image reads "...

Trust Me
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black and white stylized image of a man in glasses with his mouth shaped like that of a fish. Across the top is "Trust Me" with "Anti" in red over the top.

Star Trek
1992

Poster has a black printed background with white stars, meant to look like outer space. At the top is "all I need to know / about life I learned from / Star Trek" in white and red. Near the center...

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