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polynothing
polynothing aka joshua kemble is a 29.51 year old boy, has been a member since May 25, 2006, has scored 24339 submissions, giving an average score of 0.75.
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  Dec 31 '07 by polynothing        59 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
I'm so thankfull to everyone who voted for this shirt... And to threadless for kicking so much @$$ with the screening/product shots for the shirt (and also for picking it!)... I got the idea to do it by looking at a bunch of old cheezy comic books, by none other than Jack Kirby, then busted out the trusty pencil and inking pens, and made the characters... Thanks again guys! You rock!
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Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Dec 31 '07 at 10:51am
WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sonmi
   sonmi on Dec 31 '07 at 10:51am
congrats! i love the colors in this.
phones
phones on Dec 31 '07 at 10:52am
what a way to end the year!

such an awesome shirt!

Mr.Lunatix
Mr.Lunatix on Dec 31 '07 at 10:56am
Already bought it, amazing shirt. Great job!
polynothing
   polynothing on Dec 31 '07 at 10:58am
Thanks guys!
opifan64
   opifan64 on Dec 31 '07 at 11:14am
Wow! I didn't think this design could look any better, but it looks even more stellar on the printed shirt! Congrats! Great job.
colorstoobright
colorstoobright on Dec 31 '07 at 11:14am
this is so awesome, didn't get to vote on it but knew somehow it would be printed.... congrats!
Chipmnk
Chipmnk on Dec 31 '07 at 11:23am
Big congratulations on this one! Another shirt to add to my wishlist.
midi-chlorinated
midi-chlorinated on Dec 31 '07 at 11:26am
Congrats. This shirt is amazing!!
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Dec 31 '07 at 11:35am
congrats again poly. good job!
jimmytan
   jimmytan on Dec 31 '07 at 11:44am
wow!! congrat man!!!! this is super cool
noneuclidean
noneuclidean on Dec 31 '07 at 12:13pm
This is great! I was so distraught because I didn't think they were going to print this. I wish I had a kid for one of those kid tees...
mrsjohnmurphy
mrsjohnmurphy on Dec 31 '07 at 1:01pm
I do have a kid for one of these. Super-June will be rockin this t-shirt in a few days! Awesome job!
dacat
   dacat on Dec 31 '07 at 1:15pm
Congrats, this is awesome!
monsieurstabby
monsieurstabby on Dec 31 '07 at 1:56pm
About the schizophrenic- it looks like you're trying to do the Jekyll/Mr. Hyde thing and switching from one personality to another isn't what schizophrenia is. That's dissociative identity disorder. If the guy was hearing voices or experiencing hallucinations it would be schizophrenia.
papajay
papajay on Dec 31 '07 at 1:57pm
haha i just ordered it, its a must have for any comic book nerd
Mojie
Mojie on Dec 31 '07 at 1:58pm
I pointed that out in the sub comments, monsieurstabby, but I still bought the shirt anyway because it's awesome.

I think it's a deeply ingrained misunderstanding for most people, that schizophrenics have multiple personalities. And a pet peeve of mine, but what are you going to do?
danrule
   danrule on Dec 31 '07 at 2:01pm
very nice.
opifan64
   opifan64 on Dec 31 '07 at 2:02pm
It's a pet peeve of mine too, but I think it's fine in the context of the t-shirt since it's an homage to early comic books where they might have a misrepresentation like that.
Mojie
Mojie on Dec 31 '07 at 2:03pm
I agree, opifan. :)

I think it's going to be part of the shirt's charm for me. I love it in all it's campy glory.
phones
phones on Dec 31 '07 at 2:05pm
if you wanted to get picky you could also say that it should be Reptile Guy- amphibians don't have forked toungues or scales

but that didn't stop me buying this shirt either
Mojie
Mojie on Dec 31 '07 at 2:08pm
Yeah, I guess it's in keeping with the old school, not quite realistic theme, so I'm fine with it.

It was never a big complaint anyway. Didn't stop me from $5ing it or buying it. :)
jrmasm
   jrmasm on Dec 31 '07 at 2:11pm
Congrats. Great shirt.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Dec 31 '07 at 2:38pm
Amazing stuff Poly! Between this Attack of Literacy in a month or two, I'm gonna be clothed in nothing but your designs quite soon!

So....about that collab....lol.
polynothing
   polynothing on Dec 31 '07 at 3:32pm
Frickinawesome: when things free up in a week, we'll rock a collab :)
Monsuirstabby:schizophrenia is clearly not what's depicted on the shirt, but somehow multiple personality disorger, doesn't quite have the same cheezy ring to it :)

Everyone else: thanks so much for all teh feedback!
hermitstull
hermitstull on Dec 31 '07 at 4:03pm
Great job!
apy
   apy on Dec 31 '07 at 4:54pm
Congrats!!!!! YOU rock!
budzamom
budzamom on Jan 01 '08 at 7:01am
Well, I wanted this in a kid's size for my son until I saw the word "Butch" on it...I am not ready to put that on my son's chest! Too bad, otherwise it would make a great kids' shirt.
morsecoderain
morsecoderain on Jan 01 '08 at 9:37am
Buy it anyway, then get a marker and change "butch" to butchER." Maybe she likes to chop people up. Or you could change the U to an O and have a "Botch Henchwoman." I really don't know what that means, but hey - it sounds evil.
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 01 '08 at 11:25am
Budzamom: "butch" is defined as:"Exhibiting stereotypically or exaggeratedly masculine traits or appearance." It doesn't nececarily mean anything perverse or derogitory.
mr.pimpant
   mr.pimpant on Jan 01 '08 at 11:40am
congrats! your tee is great, the pics are excellent.
verbose
verbose on Jan 01 '08 at 1:28pm
Dude, that's a reptile not an amphibian! Worse than a typo, no purchase.
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Jan 01 '08 at 1:29pm
lol @ this guy^
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 01 '08 at 1:43pm
verbose: cool beans.
velvetmelk
velvetmelk on Jan 01 '08 at 3:49pm
yeah normally i am not one to be nitpicky on what is and what is not offensive, but when i saw your use of a "schziophrenic" i had an uneasy feeling. people have already stated the common misconception of schizophrenia, and i just wanted to add that people with schizophrenia shouldn't be viewed as an evil villian. it's hardly on the same level with gangster puppet..

anyways. my brother has schizophrenic. and so do 1 in every 100 people. roughly. and there are many people out there trying to change the image of mental illness. so i just had to throw my two cents in.

congrats on the printing though. a good design is still a good design

http://nami.org/
Mojie
Mojie on Jan 01 '08 at 4:15pm
While I agree that the mentally ill shouldn't be viewed as bad or evil, I have to say that the point of the design is that these are cliche stereotypes of "evil" characters and it fits right in with them. In the past, mentally ill people have been stigmatized and viewed as evil.

I don't think polynothing really thinks that schizophrenics are truly evil.

Would schizophrenic people seeing this shirt be offended? Possibly, but there's a chance that just about any shirt could offend someone. I'm not saying that you should necessarily buy this shirt given your feelings about it (and I agree that the mentally ill shouldn't be stigmatized - I'm a psychologist, after all), I'm just saying that it's not intended to be offensive.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just putting in my 2 cents on the situation.
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Jan 01 '08 at 4:16pm
Two-face is hillarious
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 01 '08 at 4:45pm
I agree... This shirt isn't intended to insult anyone, and I honestly think interpreting it that way is probably taking the design far too seriousely. Mojie nailed it on the head with the idea that these are stereotypes, tropes, and cliches presented on a shirt. I'm suprised no one's written in with "I am Russian, and I'm offended that the only spy depicted is Russian." Or, perhaps you're exposing my secret agenda to attack schizophrenic people, as well as reptiles, by misrepresenting them :)
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Jan 01 '08 at 4:46pm
Or, perhaps you're exposing my secret agenda to attack schizophrenic people, as well as reptiles, by misrepresenting them :)

haha reptiles
Mojie
Mojie on Jan 01 '08 at 4:48pm
You're out to offend the whole world, aren't you, polynothing? I'm onto you. ;)
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 01 '08 at 4:53pm
Oh hell yes! This is just the start of my plan to re-inforce cliche stereotypes and bring them back into the mainstream! Whatever you do, when I finish my graphic novel for NBM, don't get it ;)
Mojie
Mojie on Jan 01 '08 at 4:55pm
I knew it!

::Points an accusing finger::

Hatemonger!
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 01 '08 at 5:30pm
:)
JoeMonster
JoeMonster on Jan 01 '08 at 11:32pm
congrats! love it so much i put it on my blog here: http://threadless365.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-this-week.html
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 02 '08 at 1:20am
Sweet! Thanks for the shout out :)
2 days later
Jemae
   Jemae on Jan 04 '08 at 4:02am
congrats man! hope not too late to say this! :)
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 04 '08 at 4:24am
Never too late! Thanks :)
2 days later
Mr Rocks
   Mr Rocks on Jan 06 '08 at 4:42pm
Same from me! Late congrats!
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 06 '08 at 5:19pm
Aww Thanks! :)
3 days later
dangerfeel
dangerfeel on Jan 10 '08 at 4:45pm
I'm jealous of those who get to sport this magnificent tee!
I can see the likeness of Kirby's work. Love the simple names given for each character, so true for every one. Kudos on the homage to Two-Face and Scarface from Batman aka the ventriliquist dummy. Check out Sgt. Fury and his Hollowing Commandos! Cheese-Tastic WW2 comic lore!

Cheers Bud

-ponyboy

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