- Politicards
Politicards are a deck of
playing cards produced each election year featuring 54caricatures depicting political candidates and prominent political figures. The first Politicards deck was produced in1971 for the1972 election by artist Peter Green, writer Lee Livingston and businessman Mike Killeen. [ "What the Deuce?," "Southland Sunday Magazine," June 18, 1972.] It enjoyed unexpected popularity due to aLos Angeles Times article written by Bella Stumbo with the title “Politicards Sweeping the Nation.” [Stumbo, "Politicards Sweeping the Nation," "The Los Angeles Times," December 27, 1971.] Decks were said to have been used at the time by then New York Senator James Buckley and by the ladies of Mamie Eisenhower’s bridge club. [Stumbo, "Politicards Sweeping the Nation," "The Los Angeles Times," December 27, 1971.]Decks of "Politicards" have been produced for election years
1971 ,1980 ,1984 ,1996 ,2000 ,2004 and2008 . [Stumbo, "Politicards Sweeping the Nation," "The Los Angeles Times," December 27, 1971.] [Krebs, "Notes on People," "New York Times," August 16, 1980.] [ Vaillancourt, "Artist is Playing With a Full Deck," "Glendale News-Press," October 29, 2007.]The
1980 and1984 edition decks were produced byWashington lobbyist Victor Kamber , who purchased the Politicards name in 1979. [Krebs, "Notes on People," "New York Times," August 16, 1980.] In 1996 the name expired and was reclaimed by the original artist Peter Green, who has since produced the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 decks. [ Vaillancourt, "Artist is Playing With a Full Deck," "Glendale News-Press," October 29, 2007.]References
External links
* [http://www.politicards.com] : The Official Politicards website. Contains more information about the history of Politicards.
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