On a black background, a cartoon of a man's head appears on the left side of the button. The man wears a yellow fedora and holds a yellow pocket watch in his hand. A speech bubble with black text issues from the man and appears at the top right of the button. 

Cartoonist Chester Gould debuted the street-smart and savvy crime fighter Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy) as a comic strip in 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. The strip would soon later go on to be syndicated in newspapers throughout the country. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977, at which point various writers and illustrators have produced it. The series' characters have also been adapted to film, most notably the 1990 full-length starring Warren Beatty in the titular role.

White text on a red circle with an outer white edge and then an outer blue edge

The much-loved Peanuts character, Snoopy, was often depicted as a World War I pilot stationed atop his iconic dog house and attempting to outwit his imaginary arch-nemesis, the Red Baron. The first of Snoopy's skirmishes with the invisible enemy-pilot appeared in Charles Schulz's famous comic strip in October of 1965. Many more "battles" ensued in the years that followed, both throughout the comic strip and the cartoon specials. The Red Baron's initial popularity of the 1960s coincides with large scale advertising of Snoopy on cards, figurines, NASA gear, and buttons.

Snoopy's wiles with the Red Baron also inspired the famous novelty song, "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron," which was recorded in 1966 by The Royal Guardsmen. The tune reached the top of the charts upon its release, but caused trouble for the band as they never asked Schulz's permission to use Snoopy's name. Schulz successfully sued, but later gave the group his permission to utilize the beloved character's name when recording follow-up songs such as "Return of the Red Baron." Schulz admittedly grew weary of depicting war as "comical" and eventually made the decision to place Snoopy in other types of situations throughout the cartoon which dealt more in matters of "love and loneliness."

An image of a robot with a boombox for a chest and a typewriter for a head appears on the button.

Conky 2000 was a puppet/object character on the children's television program Pee-wee's Playhouse, which starred Paul Reubens and ran from 1986 to 1990. In the first season of the show Conky was voiced by Gregory Harrison and by Kevin Carlson in all subsequent seasons. Conky is best known for giving Pee-wee the secret word at the start of each week's show. He also served as a reliable source of information on any topic in question.

A photo of a man standing in front of an American flag appears in the center of the button. In the far background is the White House. At the rim of the button is a dark-blue border with white text on the top and bottom. Between the lines of text are three red stars, respectively, on either side. 

This is a piece of semi-joking campaign material supporting Stephen Colbert, the former host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news program, as a candidate for the presidency of the United States in 2008. Colbert did in fact declare his candidacy for president in 2007; although he was voted down by the Democratic Party, he used the media attention to raise funds for underserved schools in his home state of South Carolina. 

Taking on the persona of a conservative pundit on his show, Colbert presented commentary on current events and also interviewed a wide range of celebrity guests. In 2014, he was named the successor to David Letterman on CBS' the Late Show. 

Color photograph of the character Chucky with yellow text

The 1990 horror film Child Play 2, written by Don Mancini and directed by John Lafia, is the sequel to Child's Play. "Chucky's back" is the tagline in the sequel.

Chucky is the killer doll in the movie series. In Child Play 2, Chucky's back as the doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer, Charles Lee Ray, and tries to hunt and possess the body of Andy, the protagonist from the first movie. 

A black and white illustration of half of a person's face which stops right under the nose. The face is inside of an illustration of a film reel. Underneath the illustrations are the words "The film festival" in black letters. The words and illustrations are over a white background.  

This button is promoting the Chicago International Film Festival. The festival was started in 1964 by Michael Kutza and is the longest running competitive film festival in North America. The festival is presented by Cinema/Chicago, a non-profit organization focused on bringing diverse cultures together through film by presenting films and allowing filmgoers to meet directors, writers, and more. The logo seen on this button is the official Chicago International Film Festival logo; the eyes were created by combining the eyes of silent screen actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri, and Mae Murray.

Photograph of Pee Wee Herman's talking arm chair "Chairry" on Yellow Background. 

"Chairry" the talking armchair was a puppet character on the popular children's television show, Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Pee-Wee's Playhouse ran from 1986 to 1990 on CBS, starring Paul Reubens as the main character.

"Chairry" was played by Alison Mork, a puppeteer who has worked on many Muppet and non-Muppet productions.  

Color photograph of Captain Kirk in a yellow shirt with white text in the upper right corner

Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and go "where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

James T. Kirk is the captain of USS starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk was a charismatic leader and pioneer of space exploration who sought out new civilizations. Kirk became Starfleet's youngest captain when he received command of the USS Enterprise for a five-year mission. Starfleet is a deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping, and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets in the fictional universe of Star Trek.

Color photograph of the star trek character Captain Kirk

Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and to “boldy go where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

William Shatner originally played James T. Kirk, the captain of the starship USS  Enterprise. In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is a deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping, and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets. Captain Kirk had a tendency to ignore Starfleet regulations when he felt the end justified the means.

Photograph of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) walking in the hallway of a ship. The words "STAR TREK"  listed on the bottom center of button in white letters with black trim. Entire photograph is tinted blue. 

Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and go "where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

James T. Kirk, originally played by William Shatner, was the captain of USS starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk was a charismatic leader and pioneer of space exploration who sought out new civilizations.