You've heard of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. You may be aware of Lincoln's appearance as a fictional character in George MacDonald Fraser's Flash for Freedom. Or the more recent, and lyrical, Lincoln in the Bardo. Abe Lincoln is no stranger to outré fictional treatment.

Now here's FWR with his visual fanfic take on the United States' 16th president. To set the record straight for the schoolkids: No, Abe Lincoln did not go to the Pacific islands and get eaten by cannibals. Although that did happen to some missionaries. FWR is just having fun with a Guide Entry the Post Editor wrote about some Hawaiian folks who saved a sailor from being eaten by cannibals. He got overexcited.

The Post Editor refused to allow this picture to be used in the Edited Guide because it didn't pass our stringent standards for accuracy. Frankly, it looks more like something Fox News or the Bild Zeitung would come up with. But really, this was too good to keep to ourselves. So we said what we always say in these cases: 'It won't fit in the Guide. How about the h2g2 Post?'

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