parody

It's Simple Steve, Why Don't You and Your Boys Just Get the Fuck out of El Salvador!
c. 1980

Poster printed in black over pink ink on white paper. A man appears in the foreground at right, and a woman is visible in the near distance at left. A speech bubble coming from the woman's mouth...

WARNING!  The Port of San Francisco has been Mined
c. 1984

Poster printed in black ink on yellow paper. The top two-thirds of the page are designed in a trompe-l'oeil style to appear as poster within a poster that is curling up along the bottom edge. "...

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 top of the poster has a large...

got democracy?
c. 2004

Poster has a United States flag as the background with a black bar across the bottom with white text. In the center is a shadow of a prisoner at Abu Ghraib wearing a hood and a blanket and...

Funding apparatus for the University of California Nuclear Weapons Laboratories
1979

Poster is printed on light blue cardstock with black text and images. Around the edge are small cartoon drawings of lettered steps for a machine/apparatus. The steps are lettered A-T. In the...

Join the Army
c. 1970

Poster is long rectangular shaped with a black background and white text. Poster reads, "Join the Army; travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them."

Warning Your Neighbors Are Watching
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster is printed on white paper with text and images in black and white. The top of the poster has a band of black with text in white: "Warning". The middle of the poster has text in black: "Your...

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: "...

Coppertone
1971

Poster shows a full page photograph of a brown and white cocker spaniel pulling down the swimsuit bottoms of a bare chested adult African American woman on a green background. The woman has a...

Coppertone
c. 1971

Poster shows a full page photograph of a brown and white cocker spaniel pulling down the swimsuit bottoms of a bare chested adult African American woman on a green background. The woman has a...

Only You Can Prevent Ghetto Fires
1967

The top of the poster has a stylized drawing of an African American woman with gray hair and a tan hat and coat. Shown in front of the shouldering remains of a building the woman is pointing with...

Ideological Coverup
1974

The top portion of the poster has a representation of the Love print in blue, red and green. The bottom right corner of the stamp is being lifted up by a man in black and white and reveals a group...

Ideological Coverup
1974

The top portion of the poster has a representation of artist Robert Indiana's iconic "Love" image in blue, red and green. The bottom right corner of the stamp is being lifted up by a man in black...

S.E. Asia Theater Feature:1960's Held Over
1970

Poster is printed on tractor feed printer paper with a graphic of a ghostly figure wearing long robes printed in blue-black ink. Text printed in red ink at the top reads "S.E. Asia Theater...

Money Talks: boycott War Profiteers
1970

Poster is printed on the backside of a 1967 January, Feburary March calendar from 1967. In the center is an image of a dollar bill with George Washington gagged. Poster reads, "Money Talks/...

Stop War
1970

Poster has a black and white photograph of the front of a McDonald's. The golden arches are prominently displayed with a large sign. The sign reads, "Stop War/ over 5 billion killed/ 24 HRS A Day...

...And leave the driving to us...
1970

Poster is printed on tractor feed printer paper with red ink. In the center is a drawing of a tank with a swastika on the front. In the center of the tank is a gun barrel with the head of a pig...

Fly United
c. 1972

Poster has a drawing of two birds in the center outlined in blue. The bird on the left is yellow with its eyes closed, the bird on the right is pink with its eyes open and is mating with the...

Highway Child
c. 1969

Poster has a thin white border overall. Poster is printed with a stylized drawing or cartoon overall. The drawing depicts children's cartoon character, Dennis the Menace, on a three wheeled...

Livin' Doll (Love)
1972

Poster has a black swirl design border around a bright yellow background. In the center is a drawing of a Raggedy Andy doll having sex with a Raggedy Ann doll. The lower right corner has four...

untitled [known as "Disneyland Memorial Orgy" , a Walt Disney character collage)
1967

Poster is a collage of various Walt Disney characters in various states of debauchery. The upper left corner has a Sleeping Beauty style castle with dollar signs radiating out from it. Around the...

untitled (Adolph Hitler quote) "The streets of our country are in turmoil..."
1970

Poster has a red background with white text. Below the text is a small upside down United States Flag. The poster reads, "The streets of our country are in turmoil. The Universities are filled...

untitled (Adolph Hitler quote) "The streets of our country are in turmoil..."
1970

Poster has a red background with white text. Below the text is a small United States Flag. The poster reads, "The streets of our country are in turmoil. The Universities are filled with students...

The Economy
1967

Poster shows currency from Vietnam. The image is of a paper bill. Printed at the top of the bill is "Ngan-Hang Quoc-Gia." In the center of the bill is a temple. Printed to the left of the temple...

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