Let’s Learn About Presidents

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OK so this comic is by far the most researched thing I have ever drawn.

Some quick facts: while there were obviously bad Presidents before James Buchanan, he was really bad because he basically sat on his hands throughout the buildup to the Civil War, saying basically that he personally was against slavery and he’d love to help, but he’s only the President, what could he do? Buchanan was a do-nothing guy when America needed a leader the most, and he set the stage for Lincoln to step up and lead America through its biggest crisis.

So yeah, about Lincoln. That can of PBR in his hand isn’t as anachronistic as you’d think. When he died in 1865, Pabst Select (as it was then known) had already won the blue ribbon award 21 years previously in 1844. I drew a modern can because it was funnier that way.