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'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

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Forty Four Presidents by MZA & Maria Sputnik.  Pre-order now from Garrett County Press.

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220 years of presidential succession pancaked into a single moment — documented simultaneously by each commander-in-chief in status updates designed for easy consumption by their Facebook friends. Each status update is accompanied by a jaunty, high-contrast profile picture intended to reflect something of the essential personality (and hotness) of the president.

Happy President's Day!

You know, with all the “Is Obama The New Black Lincoln?” commentaries going around, George Washington is kind of getting the short end of the stick this President’s Day. With that in mind, we give you the above historical retrospective of Washington’s lesser-known talents (e.g., he had four dicks, rode a crystal horse and “made love like an eagle falling out of the sky”). Every year your contributing editor’s favorite “DC gossip” blog Wonkette posts this thing and he watches it a dozen times before emailing it to all his friends. It’s got some NSFW cusses in it, but you’re probably gonna get laid off anyway so who cares, right?

Watch more ridiculous videos from Brad Neely at his website, Creased Comics. UPDATE: More of Neely’s amazing videos after the jump.

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