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Button 159: George H. Bush, Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle arm-in-arm. # 2 of 4
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159. Vote Republican!: Republicans Attack
(2) 1992.
On this second of four "campaign"
buttons Presidential candidate George Bush Sr. and Vice-Presidential
candidate Dan Quayle nervously flank ebullient pariah
Richard Nixon. Background: writer Jim Vance (Kings
in Disguise) and pioneer computer cartoonist
Mark Landman (Buzz, Blue Loco) collaborated on
an elaborate and hilarious boxed card set released during the
presidential election campaign of 1992. Starting with the visual
premise and format of the iconic Mars Attacks! trading
cards issued years earlier by Topps Gum, they playfully inserted
the major politicians of the day in a wild doomsday scenario.
The card set even include "wild card" Ross Perot,
the eyebrow-raising third party candidate.
Democrats like Edward Kennedy were
skewered but the Republicans, as the title implies, were really
skewered. The card set won rave reviews in institutions as conservative
as the Wall Street Journal (front page article). Publisher
Kitchen Sink Press decided that the most appropriate way
to promote the presidential parody was via traditional campaign
buttons. After abandoning the large 2.25 inch diameter buttons
after #127 in 1984, the size was revived for this 4-button set
only. (See also buttons #158, 160 and 161.)
Rare. 2.25
inch diameter. $15.00
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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Button 159: George H. Bush, Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle arm-in-arm. # 2 of 4
159. Vote Republican!: Republicans Attack
(2) 1992.
On this second of four "campaign"
buttons Presidential candidate George Bush Sr. and Vice-Presidential
candidate Dan Quayle nervously flank ebullient pariah
Richard Nixon. Background: writer Jim Vance (Kings
in Disguise) and pioneer computer cartoonist
Mark Landman (Buzz, Blue Loco) collaborated on
an elaborate and hilarious boxed card set released during the
presidential election campaign of 1992. Starting with the visual
premise and format of the iconic Mars Attacks! trading
cards issued years earlier by Topps Gum, they playfully inserted
the major politicians of the day in a wild doomsday scenario.
The card set even include "wild card" Ross Perot,
the eyebrow-raising third party candidate.
Democrats like Edward Kennedy were
skewered but the Republicans, as the title implies, were really
skewered. The card set won rave reviews in institutions as conservative
as the Wall Street Journal (front page article). Publisher
Kitchen Sink Press decided that the most appropriate way
to promote the presidential parody was via traditional campaign
buttons. After abandoning the large 2.25 inch diameter buttons
after #127 in 1984, the size was revived for this 4-button set
only. (See also buttons #158, 160 and 161.)
Rare. 2.25
inch diameter. $15.00
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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$15.00
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