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*** 1998: "Starr Wars," a movie poster parody of the partisan Kenneth Starr investigation, depicting Starr as Darth Vader, and Bill Clinton holding a cigar instead of a light saber; *** 1999: "Y2K Panic," a chaotic cartoon showing a crashing airplane displacing the Times Square New Year's Ball, sending it careening into a terror-stricken crowd; *** 2000: A rewritten Presidential oath of office. The issue went to press one week after the disputed 2000 election; the editors had thought they could plug in the winner, but were obliged to publish two versions of the image, one with Al Gore being sworn in, the other depicting George W. Bush. *** 2001: "A.I. Asinine Ideology," a movie poster parody of the Steven Spielberg film A.I. highlighting Jerry Falwell's placing blame on the 9/11 attacks on gays, feminists, abortionists and the ACLU; *** 2002: "Martha Stewart Lying," a magazine spoof of Martha Stewart's insider trading scandal; *** 2003: "Term Eliminator," a movie poster parody of the third Terminator film mocking Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in the California recall election; *** 2004: "Donny Rumsfeld and the Prisoners of Abu Ghraib," a book cover in the style of the third Harry Potter jacket, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. *** 2005: "Where's W?", a book parody in the style of the "Where's Waldo?" series. The cover shows a tableau of the crowded, flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with George W. Bush completely impossible to find. *** 2006: "The Iraqi Quagmire Chess Set," in the style of a Franklin Mint collectable. Literal chess pieces were sculpted and photographed, depicting such figures as Dick Cheney, Joseph Lieberman, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi and Muqtada al-Sadr. *** 2007: "Michael & Me," a faux "feel-good" book in the vein of "Tuesdays with Morrie" and ostensibly written from the perspective of one of Michael Vick's illegal fighting pitbulls. The book cover depicts Vick strangling a dog. Missing: * Abu Ghraib (2004)

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