In our never-ending quest to find new ways to mock contemporary popular culture whilst celebrating the classics, we bring the first ever (ever!) SpoutBlog Photoshop Contest. We have a George Romero DVD two-pack to give away: a copy of the new Diary of the Dead, and the 40th Anniversary edition of Night of the Living Dead. Here’s the quip from the press release:

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 40^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD features a fully restored and remastered version of the original 1968 classic film and bonus materials, overseen by the master himself. This DVD marks George A. Romero’s long legacy with great interviews and multiple featurettes that emphasize the quality of this ultimate horror classic. The DIARY OF THE DEAD DVD bonus features include an optional audio commentary by George A. Romero, character confessions, a making of and the top five Myspace contest shorts.

Find out what you have to do to get the discs after the jump.

1. Using the image editing software of your choice, turn an image of a 2008 presidential candidate (currently in the race or not) into a poster for a new ________ of the Dead film.

2. Upload the image to your own blog. If you don’t have a blog, you can start one for free in two minutes at Blogger, or upload the image to your Facebook, MySpace, Flickr or anywhere that can be linked to.

3. Paste a link to your image in the comments to this post on or before Sunday, May 25*.

4. Wait. We will pick a winner and announce it that week.

*Update: Due to the madness of Cannes and the holiday, we haven’t started judging yet, so we thought we’d give stragglers a bit of extra time. If you still want to enter, you have until midnight EST May 27 .