The George H.W. Bush Song

George H.W. Bush is still alive

But in a pretty bad way

He never got my vote

But I'm going to give him a pass

And wish him well.

The Runner Up Thread, 1976-2012

 1976: Ford. 1980: Carter

 1980: Carter. 1984: Mondale

 1984: Mondale. 1988: Dukakis

 1988: Dukakis. 1992: Bush

 1992: Bush. 1996: Dole

 1996: Dole. 2000: Gore

 2000: Gore. 2004: Kerry

 2004: Kerry. 2008: McCain

2008: McCain. 2012: Romney

$25 Sale - Original Art - Cranium Frenzy # 6, p. 9

 

Cranium Frenzy # 6, page 9

Medium # paper measure 35.5 x 28 cm. Nonphoto blue pencil with felt tip finishing lines. Drawn in 1990.

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Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1992

Clinton Gore '92

On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

Notice the union label is part of the display.

In 1992 I saw something I have never seen in a presidential election before or since. In McCleary, a town with a healthy chunk of 1938-1940 immigrants from Arkansas (I live in a part of town known as Arkie Hill), there were home-made signs for Clinton in front yards. In fact as I recall, in our town, George Herbert Walker Bush, the Republican incumbent, placed third behind Clinton and Perot in 1992.

Cranium Frenzy # 6

1st edition, July or August 1990, McCleary, Washington, 60 copies, light blue cover, enlarged digest.

All subsequent editions are in regular digest format.

1994-1996, available as a print-on-demand comic.

Yellow edition, November or December 1998, 2 copies, pink cover yellow guts.

1st Danger Room Reprint Edition, June 2005, 5 copies, green.

Easily one of the most cynical comix and crankiest intros I've ever created. Maybe it had something to do with the fact I felt I was starting to hit middle age in 1990. Who knows? Not me. But the middle age thing makes a great excuse.

Trivia:

Cover and contents: It's them damn giant reptiles again!

Pages 2-3:
My brother had this song performed on stage in one of his plays. They consulted me about how I would carry the tune if sung out loud. You readers are lucky I don't have access to a mike for this blog, or I'd be singing every song from every comic I post.

Pages 6-7:
I'm an equal opportunity wiseguy in terms of poking at the Right and Left.

Page 9, panel 1: Bush I, Reagan, Nixon, Johnson, Ford, among others, are in that glob.

Page 21, last panel: I drew this whole story around this panel.

Pages 24-25: The bibliography was updated in later editions. I've included a scan from the 2005 version.