Collectible Politicards, the Original Contemporary Political Deck, are Ready for Their Close-Up With 'Politicards 2008 - DC Goes To The Movies'

Collectible Politicards, the Original Contemporary Political Deck, are Ready for Their Close-Up With 'Politicards 2008 - DC Goes To The Movies'

POLITICARDS CREATOR PETER GREEN DEALS A WINNING HAND WITH CARICATURES SKEWERING 54 PRIME POLS, PUNDITS, PERSONALITIES AND POWER BROKERS

LOS ANGELES, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- First introduced during the 1972 U.S. Presidential election cycle with the slogan "Nixon For King," renowned artist and political caricaturist Peter Green's Politicards have become one of the nation's classic campaign season collectibles. Now, in the midst of one of the most invigorating Presidential races in recent memory, the electorate can safely bet on the bipartisan "Politicards 2008 -- DC Goes To The Movies" as one of the year's only sure winners.

Politicards 2008's cinematic theme acknowledges the ever-increasing encroachment of the entertainment community into the political arena. In addition to the current crop of Presidential candidates and their pol pals on the sidelines, Green sends up politically active celebrities including George Clooney and Susan Sarandon and pundits and personalities from Jon Stewart to Rush Limbaugh. Each premium casino-quality card features its subject as the star of a classic movie scene, and contains an apropos quote from the respective film, making Peter Green's Politicards platform more entertaining than ever.

The Southern California-based Green titled his long-running satiric series "Politicards" based on the word "politikar," a derogatory spin on the French word for "politician" that denotes a political schemer. The granddaddy of all contemporary political playing cards, Peter Green's Politicards carry on a tradition of lampooning such characters on card decks that dates back to the 17th century.

The first printing of the 1972 debut of Politicards sold out in mere weeks, with the Los Angeles Times proclaiming, "Politicards Sweeping The Nation....winning the hearts of harpoonery hounds everywhere, threatening even the heretofore unchallenged throne of Spiro Agnew wristwatches."

With no term limits in sight, Peter Green's Politicards have since become the essential political souvenir of this and any election year, and Politicards 2008 -- DC Goes To The Movies deals a winning hand to today's headline grabbers. Looking ahead, you can bet on the fact that wheelers and dealers who play their cards right between now and 2012 will have Peter Green up their value with their very own face card at the start of the next campaign trail.

For more information, log on to http://www.politicards.com/

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Web site: http://www.politicards.com/

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