Hard Drinkin' Lincoln is a Macromedia Flash Internet cartoon series produced in 2000 for the Internet animation company Icebox.com. The series was created by Mike Reiss and directed by Xeth Feinberg. Unlike Reiss and Feinberg's later series for Icebox, Queer Duck, Hard Drinkin' Lincoln did not receive attention from other media outlets, but still received some coverage.[1][2][3][4]
Richard von Busack of MetroActive said that the series had witty "moments of humor" and praised the cartoons on Icebox.com, adding that he never heard the theme song of the series "without a surge of patriotism," adding that the animated series is "a reminder of the sacredness of the First Amendment."[13] Joshua Shenk of The American Prospect described the show as a "typical Lincoln image" and said that Lincoln, in the show, "is a blend of Homer Simpson and Kenny from South Park."[14] Academic Barry Schwartz described the show as one of the recent Lincoln spoofs which are "cut from the same cloth as ongoing museum controversies involving "transgressive" art."[15]Wired described the series as "improbable" and one of the company's entrances into a "crowded world of online animation entertainment sites"[16] and the Baltimore Sun said that critics and visitors have "raved over" the show.[17] Scott Bass of Streaming Media described the comedy of Mr. Wong and Hard Drinkin' Lincoln as "so edgy" that he could not "imagine seeing it on TV."[18]
^Robischon, Noah (March 30, 2000). "Cyber Digest". EW. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^von Busack, Richard (August 30, 2000). "Emancipated Satire". MetroActive. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.