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More Joker Socialist Obama Drama

Pimp — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:50:13 +0000

Recent reports here at BARACKSploitation! have pointed out the mysterious ’socialism’ posters popping up in LA and elsewhere. Those appearances fell more under the aegis of political commentary and not so much the shameless making a buck off of the popularity of the president that this sight likes to ~~exploit~~ report on.

Now, however, we find two sites that are marketing posters and t-shirts off of the image. While these sites are unwilling to claim artistic credit they certainly seem willing to claim monetary gain off of the effort. And that, my friends, is a fine bit of exploitation!

Is the President Becoming a Joker?

Pimp — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:58:20 +0000

As we at BARACKSploitation! may have hinted in the past, many people and business entities out there are using President Obama as a means to market an extraordinary array of products bearing his name and image. Now we find that the exploitation has grown beyond business and into the political realm. Posters by an unknown artist and source have begun to appear around Los Angeles, as reported by the likes of Tammy Bruce and Bedlam Magazine, depicting the image of the President made over as the Heath Ledger Joker from The Dark Knight and bearing the word ’socialism’ below. While the Joker is a malevolent character, the message and intent of the poster is not wholly clear. Is it saying that it’s good to smile? The glass is half full? Guess what I’m going as for Halloween? Perhaps when we find Rush Limbaugh running down the street in full Batman gear we’ll have a clearer picture.

Mannie Garcia: Shepard Fairey BarackSploited Me!

Pimp — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:47:20 +0000

You know the famous Shephard Fairey poster we all know and love? The one we like to riff on for our individual BarackSploitations? Well photographer Mannie Garcia filed court papers effectively saying, “Hold up a sec, Shep. That’s my photo you’re gettin’ rich and famous off of.”

Garcia has filed a suit claiming that he (and not the Associated Press and not Fairey) owns the photo that is the basis for the iconic poster. The photographer now HOPEs to score a cut of the bling-bling collected by Fairey.

NY Times has the details.

Is Obama…PRESIDENT EVIL?

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:46:38 +0000

And Barack thought Fox News was a nightmare. Antarctic Press puts him in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in PRESIDENT EVIL, on sale in comic shops today. You think Hannity is ordering a copy of the cover poster by artist Brian Denham for the studio wall?

Resident Evil spoof from Antarctic Press

Hope Progress Change

Pimp — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:59 +0000

Artist Shepard Fairey created the ‘hope’ and ‘progress’ posters for sale on the obeygiant.com site. When the Obama campaign became aware of the posters, they requested their own version – the ‘change’ poster.