This is definitely one of the stranger posts I've ever made

clione16 submitted:

"I think Nyotaika!! Dictator Biographies in the World counts as Escher Girls. As the name suggest they turn dictator as anime girls. This is the entire list http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/650508-rule-63" (cw in link: names of war criminals, dictators as anime girls, fascist imagery including the swastika)*

I've actually run into this thing before and was wondering how long until it got submitted to EG.  It's... definitely something. I didn't want to put every picture on the blog but I chose two that I think best fit being an "Escher Girl".

It's weird how both even reference actual photos of the two leaders depicted, although I was disappointed to see that Ataturk wasn't actually in a boobs and butt pose, and while Bokassa actually did wear an outfit like his anime waifu counterpart, it wasn't a cameltoe hugging swimsuit... obviously.

The artists apparently put a surprising amount of effort into representing each leader. One of them actually traveled to the dictator's country and visited his museum for research before drawing him as a cute anime girl.

I can only imagine the conversation with the tour guide:

"Oh, are you a history student?"

"No, I'm just drawing him as a sexy anime waifu and I want to make sure I get all the details right!"

(Pages from Nyotaika!! Dictator Biographies in the World, MC Axis Magazine; photos of Ataturk and Bokassa from Wikimedia)

*For those using screen readers or who find the linked image too hard to parse, I uploaded the entire collection in 3 parts with image descriptions on my Mastodon