polynothing
polynothing aka joshua kemble is a 27.97 year old boy, has been a member since May 25, 2006, has scored 13693 submissions, giving an average score of 0.85.
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  Apr 29 '08 by polynothing        29 Comments        Watch this
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
   roadkill3d on Apr 29 '08 at 3:24am
Congrats poly. Nice print!
dykmore
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
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
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
Malcolm Man on Apr 29 '08 at 10:59am
Yeah, I'm gonna buy this one.
i know very little about art
   i know very little about art on Apr 29 '08 at 11:32am
Congrats!
This is one of my fave of all!
cainskiller
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
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
mca21stcen on Apr 29 '08 at 7:32pm
select time? :o
koolest_chicken_91
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
   opifan64 on Apr 29 '08 at 8:08pm
Congrats, poly! Fantastic shirt. :)
SneakyAlmond
SneakyAlmond on Apr 30 '08 at 12:42am
love it! Do another grindhouse pulp!
surrexi
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
   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
   herky on Apr 30 '08 at 4:41am
congratulations, excellent caricatures and design.
Neon Man
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
danisse on Apr 30 '08 at 9:29am
Thanks for the key, poly! I should have mine today or tomorrow!
cainskiller
cainskiller on Apr 30 '08 at 12:17pm
nooooooo! It sold out in my size already!!!!

REPRINT!
KatieNumberTwo
KatieNumberTwo on Apr 30 '08 at 12:24pm
i like it. i want to get it ASAP!
KatieNumberTwo
KatieNumberTwo on Apr 30 '08 at 12:24pm
and Charlotte Bronte's in there? Yes!
ashmoney
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...
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8utters
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
myteemo on May 01 '08 at 7:05pm
Just got mine in the mail today...looks great!
keri_k
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
igo2cairo on May 02 '08 at 11:13pm
Congrats poly! This is a fantastic design and so much fun!
2 days later
vintageways
vintageways on May 05 '08 at 1:24am
This is the best T-shirt I have seen here. I love mine so much!
kittycat
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
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
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
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