Iterations of Donald Moffett’s “He Kills Me” Lithograph
Kelly Thomas 10.13.2025

He Kills Me


Donald Moffett created this lithograph In 1987 In protest to Ronald Reagan’s apathy towards the AIDS crisis in the United States. For a graduate design course I had to choose a poster and create 50 Iterations of that  poster using only the elements provided. Here Is an archive of those Iterations.        
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About the Artist 


Donald Moffett Is an American painter, born 1955 In San Antonio, Texas. He Is gay and creates non-objective non-representational studio work In the activist space. A quote from the artist about his piece:  “I was probably working on it in ‘86. At this point, I was involved in a graphic design studio, and I wasn’t very happy, shit was going down. It was right about the same time where people were just dying, on the one hand, and those that weren’t felt incredibly frustrated and angry. There was this moment where A led to B, and in my after hours, I started making He Kills Me and some street activism.”
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Climate Change and Contemporary Relevance


I first saw this piece In a climate change exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art In Austin, Texas.  It Is still just as relevant today even If the original meaning has shifted. Reagan created “Reaganomics” In the 80’s and supercharged income Inequality, fewer taxes and regulations on the wealthy and fewer social programs for the poor. Climate scientists In the 70’s began sounding the alarm that climate change was due to human activity, the Reagan administration Ignored this and made staff and funding cuts to EPA (Environmental Proctection Act) as well as seeking out public land for mining, lodging, drilling. He called climate scientists alarmists. Even In 2025, Reagan still kills us.
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He Kills Me by Donald Moffett

Kelly Thomas