parody

c. 1969

Poster has a yellow background with a round red logo in the center. The logo is like the Arm & Hammer brand with a man's muscular arm holding an iron hammer up. Around the edge is "Arm &...

Go fuck yourself! (Halliburton)
2008

Poster has an image of Dick Cheney dressed like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. He is mimicking the action Dr. Evil uses to say "one million dollars." The upper left has the logo for...

AT&T. Your world. Delivered. Without a warrant.
2008

Poster has a black and white photograph of George W. Bush squinting and holding a headphone up to his ear. In the upper right is the AT&T logo. Below is "Your World. Delivered. Without...

c. 1970

Poster has a border that looks like a rolled paper in red. In the center is a black and white drawing of Jesus Christ. The poster reads in black, "Reward for Information leading to the...

1997

Poster has a yellow and green background. Top of poster has text: "If You Can Say 'Condom' in English... / You know how to say / 'Condom' / in French, Italian AND Spanish!!".Top right corner of...

Barfboro Chunks
1991

Poster has a highly stylized and colorful drawing of a pack of cigarettes. The packaging of the cigarettes resembles the popular Marlboro brand with a red top overlaid with text in white: "...

Untitled
c. 1981

Poster has a yellow background and a black border. The body of the poster has a photomontage in orange, yellow and black, of a male figure holding a female figure in his arms, one arm under her...

I Want You
1972

Poster has a black, red, white and blue border enclosing a pink background with a stylized image of a woman dressed like Uncle Sam, mimicking his infamous pointed finger pose. At the bottom of the...

Iranbo
1987

The upper right corner of the poster has the text: "He''s bold! He''s mad! / He can run U.S. foreign policy / from any parking lot / in the western / hemisphere!". The...

I Want You To Invade Iraq
2002

Poster has a border with black, red, and blue lines. The top of the poster has a drawing of Uncle Sam pointing toward the viewer, Uncle Sam's head is overlaid with the head of Osama bin Laden. The...

Oil Wars
1990

Black and white poster has an unprinted white border around a drawing of a landscape. Text at top center reads, "A Short, Short Time Acoming in a / Country Not Too Far Away_It's Time For.. / Oil...

The Notorious C.H.O.
20th Century

Top of poster is printed with a color photograph of actress / comedienne Margaret Cho. Set against a red background Margaret has one hand on her hip and is using the other to mimic the claw of a...

Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment
1978

Poster has a light orange background with black and white drawings and black text. On the left is a man being hanged and on the right is a person sitting in an electric chair. Above the figures...

Love
1991

Photograph shows two women; a dark-haired woman leaning on the shoulder of a light-haired woman wearing a long necklace. Poster reads, "T-shirts as customized by Dianne, experienced queer activist...

Fierce
1991

Photograph shows two women; the woman to the right is wearing hoop earings, glasses, and a necklace identified as Carrie the woman to the left wearing boxing gloves is identified as Kate. The...

Smooch
1991

Photograph shows two women kissing each other; woman on the right is cupping the other woman's head and neck in her hand. Poster reads, "Lesbian-wear as modeled by Sarah, dyke academic and Kris,...

DAM!: Dyke Action Machine
1991

Poster has a black background with white text. Poster reads, "Queer Future/ Dyke Fashion/ Queer Planet/ Dyke Action/ DAM!/ Dyke Action Machine."Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public...

Peter Pam
c. 1976

One pink poster with black print. Center image of poster depicts a female Peter pan holding a microphone whose cord spells out "Peter Pam" and connects to the pirate ship behind her. "Trina" is...

Jake's Olympia's premier Gay nightclub
c. 1980

One poster with a yellow background and black text. The poster contains an image of two male heads, one looking at the other. The text reads "Dancing! Karaoke! Bingo! Loads of Fun! Daily Happy...

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - 20 years
c. 1999

One poster with a gray, white and pink background and black text. In the background is a black and white image of a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. A pink cross is over the image thus highlighting...

The Hayloft
1972

One poster with a white and red border. Image depicts two men wearing jeans and no shirts, one holding a pitchfork, in front of a farmhouse with a barn in the background. Under the bottom left...

Think different.
1982-2002

Poster is printed overall with a black and white photograph of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal is seen smiling and laughing while seated with his handcuffed hands resting on his lap. The upper left...

The Black Hills
1994

Multi-color poster contains an artwork on a white background that shows four men's faces carved into a mountainside, similar to Mount Rushmore. Text below the image at bottom center reads, "The...

If you want more out of life than living...
c. 1970

Poster has an image of Uncle Sam in the center wearing a suit with a money print on it. Poster reads in large black lettering, If you want more ouf of life than living...I want you for U.S. Army."...

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