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polynothing aka joshua kemble is a 29.45 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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Apr 29 '08 by polynothing

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About Attack of Literacy

about Attack of Literacy!

I'm a big fan of classic literature, as well as cheezy grindhouse and trashy pulp covers, so I thought I'd mix the two into a design for a shirt! Thanks to all the voters once again for pushing for this to get printed! And, thanks to threadless for rocking once again on the printing!

roadkill3d on Apr 29 '08 at 3:24am

Congrats poly. Nice print!

dykmore on Apr 29 '08 at 4:56am

amazing print, already on the way:) awesome combination of true classics and true classic comic books...wow

kicking_k on Apr 29 '08 at 5:10am

Oh, this is such a wonderful design.... (if only it wasn't yellow. I can't wear yellow - makes me look purple!)

Rocketman5 on Apr 29 '08 at 10:55am

Can't wait to wear this for my students. It's already on the way. Now I have two of your designs. Keep up the great work.

Malcolm Man on Apr 29 '08 at 10:59am

Yeah, I'm gonna buy this one.

i know very little about art on Apr 29 '08 at 11:32am

Congrats!
This is one of my fave of all!

cainskiller on Apr 29 '08 at 3:48pm

this may seem like a stupid question but....

could you write out a list of all of the authors that appear here? Caption style?

I know almost all of them, but there are a few that i can't place and its really bugging me... I don't want to wear this shirt and have someone ask me either... that'd be... uh... awkward....

carlygolightly on Apr 29 '08 at 5:30pm

This is a great shirt - I just bought it for myself, and I agree with cainskiller, knowing who all the authors are on it would be appreciated!

mca21stcen on Apr 29 '08 at 7:32pm

select time? :o

koolest_chicken_91 on Apr 29 '08 at 8:05pm

CONGRATS!!!
I want to buy one but my mom says i have too many shirts as it is

opifan64 on Apr 29 '08 at 8:08pm

Congrats, poly! Fantastic shirt. :)

SneakyAlmond on Apr 30 '08 at 12:42am

love it! Do another grindhouse pulp!

surrexi on Apr 30 '08 at 1:43am

Absolutely fantastic! Had to get it as soon as I saw it and can't wait till it arrives at my door :)

Also, I agree with those above who've suggested a list of authors, to help clarify the ones I can't place yet.

polynothing on Apr 30 '08 at 4:30am

Okay... Due to popular demand, a list of the authors depicted.
To be fair, there are a bit more than twenty:

In the foreground:
-Jack Jerouac
(from left to right:)
-James Joyce
-Charles Dickens
-J.D.Salinger
-Edgar Allen Poe
-Robert L. Stevenson
-George Eliot (tiny head on Jane Austen's left shoulder)
-Jane Austen
-Leo Tolstoy
-Dante
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Ernest Hemingway
-Mark Twain
-Henry James
-Jules Verne
-Cervantes
-Fredrick Douglas
-Joseph Conrad
-William Shakespeare
-John Steinbeck
-Lewis Carroll (or sub in: Oscar Wilde since they look insanely alike)
-Henry David Thoreau
-Dostoevsky
-Charlotte Bronte
-William Faulkner

Have fun finding them :)

herky on Apr 30 '08 at 4:41am

congratulations, excellent caricatures and design.

Neon Man on Apr 30 '08 at 8:56am

Maybe the best t-shirt I have seen on Threadless. Seriously prepare a bestee award acceptance speech.

danisse on Apr 30 '08 at 9:29am

Thanks for the key, poly! I should have mine today or tomorrow!

cainskiller on Apr 30 '08 at 12:17pm

nooooooo! It sold out in my size already!!!!

REPRINT!

KatieNumberTwo on Apr 30 '08 at 12:24pm

i like it. i want to get it ASAP!

KatieNumberTwo on Apr 30 '08 at 12:24pm

and Charlotte Bronte's in there? Yes!

ashmoney on Apr 30 '08 at 5:34pm

donella and i thought that the woman being attacked was george eliot! she bears a striking resemblance...

8utters on Apr 30 '08 at 8:06pm

lol this tee has sold out SO quickly!

Glad I got one for myself, it's awesome!

myteemo on May 01 '08 at 7:05pm

Just got mine in the mail today...looks great!

keri_k on May 02 '08 at 12:43pm

just got one for me & my Eng prof husband. love it! so glad this one got printed!!!!

igo2cairo on May 02 '08 at 11:13pm

Congrats poly! This is a fantastic design and so much fun!

2 days later

vintageways on May 05 '08 at 1:24am

This is the best T-shirt I have seen here. I love mine so much!

kittycat on May 05 '08 at 2:03pm

The idea is really awesome. It's a shame it looks so ridiculously bad on people with breasts. I'd buy it if that could be fixed.

Snowfire on May 06 '08 at 10:07pm

I bet the woman in the front is George Eliot. But then who's the tiniest guy?

5 days later

tireddragonfly on May 12 '08 at 4:15pm

The woman is just a woman...the random pulp cover woman, she was the reader, the one who started this whole mess

6 days later

jahrahsez on May 18 '08 at 6:50pm

i second the 'it looks bad on people with breasts.'
but i bought it anyway. best shirt on threadless!

paperbag11 on May 20 '08 at 9:52am

I love this shirt, kudos!

polynothing on May 22 '08 at 1:48am

Thanks guys... I think it looks just fine on people wit the breasts... but I'm biased :)

12 days later

Mendozy on Jun 03 '08 at 9:15am

PLEASE reprint this tee, people! I have to have it.

Rayston on Jun 03 '08 at 7:24pm

I love it! i really want to get it but XS is the only size left and i like my tees to be slightly baggy. I'd be risking it i think if i got the XS. What size is XS roughly? - girls XS, that is! i'm a size 6 UK (size 2 US i think??) i wonder if it would be ok to get a XS...i just don't want a tight t-shirt and then regret not waiting for a reprint!

I voted for a reprint anyway...please everyone help out!

Time91 on Jun 04 '08 at 11:17am

Guys......PLEEEEEEASE................ reprint this amazing t-shirt (XS size).......PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE....
Thanks.............

Rayston on Jun 04 '08 at 5:39pm

nooooooooo i came on to get an XS cos that was the only size left and they are all gone now!!!!! noooooooo!! i was so looking forward to getting it :( please reprint - i want this so badly!
when will we know if its been reprinted? even if you just do a few for we unlucky ones????

4 days later

Shalott on Jun 09 '08 at 1:51pm

If it was reprinted, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

2 days later

polynothing on Jun 12 '08 at 11:59am

Thanks! I for sure hope they reprint it, as I could use the cash flow!

35 days later

shinship on Jul 17 '08 at 10:41pm

I just received mine in the mail today and haven't stopped wearing it since! I am truly in love. Congratulations with the creative wittiness! This shirt combined a few of all my favorite things.

CarpeDium on Jul 18 '08 at 2:51pm

i love the shirt i just ordered one of the last ones i just wish there was a list of all the authors featured on the shirt

32 days later

mtbmarmar on Aug 20 '08 at 10:57am

I don't know how I missed this one! Please please make a print! I am a high school English teacher and I soooo want this for my classroom...Pretty please?

polynothing on Aug 20 '08 at 10:58am

The quick answer: Please vote, and get your friends to vote for it as a print! That'd totally help it get printed!

15 days later

worksafehiponion on Sep 04 '08 at 8:16pm

bought two of these in the first print (one for me, and one for the lady). would buy more in the second, because both of us are wearing out our shirts and they probably smell too because we never wash them because we're always wearing them.

cheers from australia!

2 days later

polynothing on Sep 07 '08 at 12:26am

Awesome! Glad to hear you dig it!

138 days later

Shreckk on Jan 23 '09 at 1:00pm

I neeeeed this shirt. I was going to vote for it obligitorily (obligitarily?) but there's no need, as this shirt easily bests some good competition. Keep up the good work Josh!

...

And Picard still wins.

82 days later

cykelmyggen on Apr 16 '09 at 4:38am

I had a sweet dream that this awesome piece would be reprinted - and someone fulfilled my dreams. Must order at once...

118 days later

psykomakia on Aug 12 '09 at 8:02pm

Just got this shirt. Thank you! But...
where exactly is George Eliot and/or Leo Tolstoy? And who's the girl on the ground? Virginia Woolf? (Heh.)

Sorry, I'm just obsessed with this shirt.

polynothing on Aug 13 '09 at 3:37am

George Eliot is behind Robert Stevenson's shoulder (to the left of Jane Austen's face). You totally nailed leo Tolstoy's location. It's easier to see on the actual shirt, as George's head is a wee bit tiny :)

11 days later

psykomakia on Aug 24 '09 at 10:31am

Oh yeah, there he is. Thanks.

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