Threadless T-Shirts - Deadly Blow

Deadly Blow by cronobeaker

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Jul 10 '05

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34 comments

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2.28 out of 5

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by cronobeaker

I know it's an old joke, but I've never seen an illustrated version before, so I thought I'd give it a shot...

alicesevidence on Jul 10 '05

it's a good play on the MMORPGer's 'rogues do it from behind' thing.. and it's a ninja, so it's got my vote

M Malloy on Jul 10 '05

A nice play on words.
However I would never wear this.

MethanolCereal on Jul 10 '05

Clever. I like it.

bilebo on Jul 10 '05

the ninja's placement and size are totally off..
it looks like he is to close to the other guy, and to the side of him..

cronobeaker on Jul 10 '05

Well I wonder why he's so close to him, he's about to assasinate him fool!

Piranha Petting Zoo on Jul 10 '05

Funny and a solid design, but I don't think I'd wear it.

makruege on Jul 10 '05

If you are going to make a sexual inuendo, make the forefigure a sexy enemy woman bond girl type. maybe?

konfusion on Jul 10 '05

i agree

mikestar31 on Jul 10 '05

i would never wear it

Pifman on Jul 10 '05

http://www.thinkgeek.com/pennyarcade/swag/72ef/

So yeah, not the most "original" design. But ninjas are always cool

swingliner on Jul 11 '05

uhh ASSASSins do it from behind makes more sense than rogues....

design03 on Jul 11 '05

Make the target a woman and you've got a winner

bryankubryanku on Jul 11 '05

haha... i like it

Steve-O- on Jul 12 '05

please change the wording

redpanic on Jul 12 '05

Ditch the words and we have a winner.
Cheeky slogans are old hat.

cronobeaker on Jul 12 '05

If there was no wording it wouldn't be what it is now would it ...??

helo on Jul 12 '05

Clever, but the ninja looks like he is
about to walk past the guy with the
gun. There's no appearance of a
death strike.

Other side of same coin:
The idea of a guy ninja on a guy with a
gun does not look good in the mind's eye.

oyster_press17 on Jul 12 '05

you're absolutely right

Fall Down Go Boom on Jul 13 '05

I've seen it too much before.
Lose the text and make it ridiculously obvious that the gunner cannot see the ninja.

mattnickles on Jul 13 '05

i cant believe someone said lose the text when the humor behind this tee depends on it. i say keep the text but make the dude with a gun a woman. (as suggested by design03)

Stronglikebull on Jul 13 '05

This is a good art! But the idea its self has been done alot, Local Celebrity has a shirt right now with this on it. Again everythings been done already, the question is can you put a orginal spin on it. This is cool but the sneaking up ninja should be a hot chick. 3

P-L on Jul 13 '05

lose the text

cronobeaker on Jul 13 '05

Why?? It wouldn't be what it is without it??

Water Freak on Jul 13 '05

strictly awesome... $5

captcaliber on Jul 14 '05

I wish I could have worn this shirt to D&D gaming sessions when I was 14. Sweet, but I think the text should be dropped. Maybe?

Satch on Jul 14 '05

I really like the execution, but I can't help but think it's in some way related to the shirt "rogues do it from behind" on penny-arcade.com.

cronobeaker on Jul 14 '05

Thanks, although I had never even know that the penny arcade tee had existed until now.

bushytailed on Jul 15 '05

keep everything the way it is. i want this on my bod

littlelostgirl_xoxo on Jul 15 '05

no ilike the text and i think that it would lose the double entendre if you made the guy with a gun a woman. it would just be a flat out inuenndo. i think you should move the ninja back, however. thats the only thing i have to say other than i would buy it. :)

mckena on Jul 15 '05

its okay. wouldn't buy it.
guy-ish.

Ash Sammy on Jul 16 '05

nice design, though not for a shirt...

haikufive on Jul 16 '05

Love the shirt, would love to wear it to a Bujinkan seminar. The one beef I have is that the ninja is holding the sword all the way at the end of the hilt, it looks hella unwieldy. With that being said, though, if you had drawn an extension on the hilt, it'd be poking right into the gunner's bum. No good there. Push the ninja farther back, give him some hilt, and turn the gunner into Angelina Jolie. Bling!!

visionofme on Jul 17 '05

maybe i'm just an oldfashioned gamer-geek, but to me it seems a little bit like an attempt to take an inside gamer-joke and make it more accessible to non-gamers...but whats the point in that?

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