Threadless T-Shirts - And the Joker Got Away.

And the Joker Got Away.

Submitted by:

Rockslide
on Oct 22 '05

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Average score:

3.58 out of 5

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1,170 people

Scoring finished:

926 days ago

Comments:

113 comments

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Rockslide on Oct 22 '05

Jingle Bells! Batman Smells! Robin laid an egg. The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away, hey!

The holidays are quickly coming up and I wanted to do a fun holiday shirt that was a little subtle so you can wear it whenever. This is based on the batman jingle bell lyrics. I don't know how familiar everyone is with those. This is the old 1966 batmobile and apparently it doesn't carry a spare so bats had to walk all the way back to the Wayne Manor.

The Joker is laughing away, in fact if you look in the tree there, you will see his smiling face looking down upon the car. (the branches make a joker face)

label on Oct 29 '05

HOLY CRAPOLA

5$

arzie13 on Oct 29 '05

pure awesome

sam says rawrrrr on Oct 29 '05

o_O this is pretty cool.

shimala on Oct 29 '05

Holy Sardines... this is rad!

Billie_shox on Oct 29 '05

That's amazing! The drawing is fantastic!

I'm not even a huge batman fan but I'd still wear this!

Five and a buy for sure!

Hellyea on Oct 29 '05

Dude! you've got a whole scene going on over there!! 5$

catdogpigduck on Oct 29 '05

wonderful, i'd buy the hell out of this

Jesus!Versus!Godzilla! on Oct 29 '05

OMG YES PLEASE I AM HAVING AN ORGASM OVER THIS SHIRT.

Just kidding.

I'd still buy it, though.

helo on Oct 29 '05

To all the future designers out there :

Now that's how to use the opening
comment slot to introduce a design.
So many designers don't use that
opportunity and many use it poorly.

to Rockslide : You get a 5 and a $ Buy $
for this amazing design. Perfect shirt
color too !

BlacStarr7 on Oct 29 '05

Love it. Buy it indeed.

melloe on Oct 29 '05

sweeetness. love the creepy joker face tree. very nice touch

EddieSocket on Oct 29 '05

Yes yes, I want this!

jiggerlo on Oct 29 '05

are there any words to describe the love for this shirt and the admiration for you??? no i think not

Dark Visions on Oct 29 '05

simply excellent!

Sterling_Hayden on Oct 29 '05

I've just been staring at those trees for about two minutes - then The Joker slapped me in the face. Very nice touch.

Rockslide on Oct 29 '05

Flippin' gypsies! I just barely woke up and came to check if my shirt finally got put up and here I find all this hubbub and excitement. You people have made my day, no- I dare say, my entire month, or whats left of it at least. I had a lot of fun with this shirt and I'm glad that the idea is coming through. I showed it to a bunch of friends before I submitted it and half of them were like, "what? I don't get it." And then I started to lose some faith and began to sink in the water and here you people pull me back up! Thanks for all the positive remarks. I've checked out a lot of your profiles and you are all awesome, I have to give a shout out to label cause he made the hungry hippo shirt which I bought and love, thanks man!

I submitted a new shirt last Thurs. which should be up soon! Be sure to watch for it, its a fun one too.

kcblake on Oct 29 '05

Lovin' it

BlackSheep77 on Oct 29 '05

Rockslide, this shirt totally rocks!!! : ) The whole idea is incredibly creative, and the design is perfectly excecuted! Keep up the great work!

$5!!!

rubberpants on Oct 29 '05

Excellent work. Very funny and intelligent.

phones on Oct 29 '05

the attention to detail is fantastic- forensics could probaly tell if bats had a boner by looking at those footprints. $5
oh and the joker face rules!

ctc803 on Oct 29 '05

great execution 5$

J-Ray on Oct 29 '05

I like the footsteps. Batman obviously couldn't fix his own flat tire, and that I find hilarious.

J-Ray on Oct 29 '05

However the swatches don't match all the colors. Remember, black and white count as two of the colors.

J-Ray on Oct 29 '05

Oops, please disregard what I just said ^^^. "shirt colors" refers to the shirt color.. duh.. Of course, I'd be curious to see what would happen to all the blues in this color if the shirt was changed.

J-Ray on Oct 29 '05

I give you a five and a lot of comments!!

Rockslide on Oct 29 '05

Thanks J-Ray! If I can get the number of comments up to 347 this might have a chance! I just realized that two of those shirt colors look the exact same, when I saved it as a gif it must have cut the colors down and made them the same, one is supposed to be a gray/slate, and the other is more a tan/khaki.

greenfoo on Oct 29 '05

wonderful!

eskimokiss on Oct 29 '05

Jingle bells batman smells, Robin flew away.
Wonderwoman lost her bosoms flying T.A.A

eskimokiss on Oct 29 '05

btw 5$, even though i prefer my version of the jingle bells batman lyrics better.

TheEngineDriver on Oct 29 '05

I think everyone pretty much covered the possible comments. So... 5$

1nf3ct3d on Oct 29 '05

5 $ - lol. - i want this.

Everett Simmons on Oct 29 '05

This must be made, it'd be a crime against humanity if it wasn't.

fastjumper on Oct 29 '05

i love heroes parodyes too

http://www.threadless.com/submission/53231/justice_can't_wait

;)

Ava Adore on Oct 29 '05

wow!

Leslee on Oct 30 '05

Wow, you've already gotten big praise from two of the Threadless crew...so it's officially just a matter of time ;)
I loved it at first glance, but once I put the song and shirt together my head pretty much exploded. Great great work with all of the subtle detail - it's nice to see someone who actually cares about putting effort and detail into their submissions.
Just fantaaastic. 5$

Terry Citizen on Oct 30 '05

Words cannot describe the awesomeness of this shirt!
Great design concept with wonderful execution! 5$

LOSMATTOCKS on Oct 30 '05

Its awsome
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I could see the siloettes of batman and robin going down over the hill
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also maybe something jokerish that caused the flat tire...jacks...jack in the box with a nail...a sharp toy....
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Hazelip on Oct 30 '05

Finally! A decent submission is in the queue!

This shirt is just about perfect in every way, from your post introducing the shirt, to the title, to the composition itself. I cannot wait to buy this shirt.

$5

redsugar on Oct 30 '05

I feel like an idiot asking this, but what's the thing sticking up out of the car? Is it Batman with a knitted hat and mittens, shaking his fists? (That was my original guess, but your description said he's gone to get a new tire, so now I'm really confused.)

But I still think it's gorgeous and I'd buy it. Joker in the tree is an amazing touch.

Bobby Bonbons on Oct 30 '05

The lack of any real people gives the shirt a very static feel; you're not forever waiting for someone to move. Brilliantly executed shirt!

Five with money.

sagat on Oct 30 '05

isn.t the car copyrigthed? anyway good design

teenageteenwolf on Oct 30 '05

great illustration

adam antium on Oct 30 '05

Awesome! 5!

flourpower on Oct 30 '05

wow, amazing detail! I love the tree! $5

helo on Oct 30 '05

to redsugar :

That thing sticking up out of the Batmobile works just like
a police car flashing light. Here's a URL showing it lit up
http://www.scifiexpo.com/imagegallery/expo/images/batmobile.jpg

Here's some more URLs that show :

an actual Batmobile and a model so you can see
how amazing Rockslide's illustration is
http://www.ledtronics.com/pages/applications/img/batcar5.jpg
http://www.pixhost.com/pixg/giink/bat1a.jpg

two homemade versions of Batmobiles for laughs
http://www.noooooooo.com/images/batmobile.JPG
http://imagemdodia.no.sapo.pt/batmobile.jpg

an incredible concept car of the Batmobile
http://zonegratuit.free.fr/Humour/images/cartoon/batmobile.jpg

HowlHowlGaffGaff on Oct 30 '05

i love how you used the branches
very clever!
5$

S'rah on Oct 30 '05

wooooooo! that is so totally awesome.
very nice jorb.

lsmc88 on Oct 30 '05

awesome dude! I love how the background isn't square or circular

Rockslide on Oct 31 '05

Awesome guys! Thanks again for all the great comments, I appreciate them a ton. I'm really glad to see people getting the idea and design behind this piece.

to redsugar: at first I thought you meant the car jack in the front, and I was like "what the flip!?!, batman in a hat and gloves?" then I realized you meant the bat beacon and I laughed my head off. helo was right, and thanks a ton helo for all the ref pics and such. I got my ref from some guy who had like devoted his life to this old batmobile. I think he must have had bed sheets, a singing toothbrush and batmobile moonboots.

You people rock! Thanks for everything.

kattikatt on Oct 31 '05

Fab! 5$ :)

lumiiere on Oct 31 '05

I'm not a huge batman fan, but I'll wear this!!! $5! I love all the detail you put in, especially the footprints!! ^--^

odd1 on Oct 31 '05

remember me the glennz style.
with compliments!
awesome design & cool idea
of course 5$

Johnny kickers on Oct 31 '05

woe.. thats a really well executed shirt.. it looks like it came out of a comic strip! heh well i hope this gets printed.. the only thing is that i dont really like the shirt colour.. but oh well.. thats just me.. $5!

Avant on Oct 31 '05

the jokers face in the tree is genius, i would never think of anything like that. i suck. wonderfull design rocky. if the powers that be print it, i'll vill buy it, and then put it through rigorous pulling power tests on single females.

Zalo on Oct 31 '05

awesomeeeeeeee

.PhUA. on Oct 31 '05

The face is looks creepy

$5 Neat

Stevethegreat on Oct 31 '05

I always liked ".....and Joker took ballet"

kidaro on Oct 31 '05

Wow! All I can say is wow!

dmandell on Oct 31 '05

This is bar-none the best shirt submission I've seen in some time. I'd like to whole-heartedly congratulate you for not printing "And the Joker got away" along the bottom of the design, some people might not get the joke, but those who do will think it's a lot funnier without the text. 5$

javguerre on Oct 31 '05

Tight design. If this doesnt get printed, there is no justice.

Amanda13 on Oct 31 '05

beautiful.

sashjuan on Oct 31 '05

i've seen this. have you entered it before?

rudra on Oct 31 '05

in general i can't stand holiday shirts - but this is just amazing.

old school batman, fond memories of ruining school christmas concerts with alternate lyrics, and a beautifully executed design. 5$

The Red Menace on Oct 31 '05

I love this! It's so creative and orginial... beautiful artwork, beautiful setup, and the joker is a beautiful touch! I'd buy this no matter what... but a hoodie would be wonderful! 5$

xsharethispoison on Nov 01 '05

lol!!! LOLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! $5

I love you.

theoneandonlyshoegazer on Nov 01 '05

Yesyesyes!

$5 !

pardonxme on Nov 01 '05

woooow. i love this shirt to death.
gimmee gimmee.
fiver all the way.

blandford on Nov 01 '05

how can this possibly not get printed.
great job.

haitiantrackstar on Nov 01 '05

PRINT IT.
5
ID BUY IT. ^^

vongroovy on Nov 01 '05

Brilliant! I want to wear this shirt so much.

ajimmykid on Nov 01 '05

wow. the tree thing really sells it.
i thought the thing on the widshield was someone holding their fists up. but nah. its still way a 5.

steve_swartz on Nov 02 '05

YOU MUST PRINT THIS.

DON'T WAIT AROUND. PRINTE THIS AND THE OTHER ROBIN SHIRT AT THE SAME TIME. OR DON'T GO AROUND SAYING THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO HIGH VOTES

Otohiko on Nov 02 '05

This. Is. Awesome. End of story. Except that,.. and that.

And this,..

5$

tomburns on Nov 02 '05

amazing design work!! 5

jackattack on Nov 02 '05

5$ - i love it

gunsxgoxbang on Nov 02 '05

When I read the title I was like... "WTEFFINGHELL?" and then I looked at this shirt and saw that theres a genious behind the design. :) This made me laugh so hard when i put the design and title together i had orange pop coming out of my nose. Great design. Gotta love Batman.

5$

Eggnuts on Nov 02 '05

WOW I CANT EVEN DESCRIBE THIS FEELING OF AWE I AM FEELING LOOKING AT THIS SHIRT! I love this shirt 5$ i would buy this shirt in a heart beat. i love the song lol

neviditelny on Nov 03 '05

Holy fried chicken, Batman!!!

I'm in love with this...
$5

Rockslide on Nov 03 '05

You know what would be awesome? You remember back in the 80's they put little midi file sounding disk things in shirts and socks that would play little songs? That would be cool if they could stick one of those, of jingle bells, into the shirt, like behind the flat tire. Yeah, that would be cool. Okay, maybe not, its late and I was just thinking and reading comments and blogs and trying to think of how to make an even better shirt. A faster shirt, a shirt so technologically advanced that it can make you smarter, better looking, and impervious to radioactive alien saliva. And so I came up with the 80's jingle bell disk thing. I think I'll go to bed now. Maybe I'll make a new shirt tomorrow. Thanks again for all the awesome comments.

redsugar on Nov 03 '05

I remembered the bat beacon looking more like this:

http://tinyurl.com/b6jhs

But I think my memory is probably from comic books, because I haven't seen the tv show with Adam West very often. I'm totally fine with it, as is. :o)

MaximumFunk on Nov 03 '05

I love this shirt!!!

ronlewis on Nov 03 '05

dope!

Coraki on Nov 03 '05

awesome.

Carl the Backstabber on Nov 03 '05

Well done Rocky,

And just think, just last winter we were in Armenia saving orphans from the coldest winter that country has ever seen. I would never imagine you to get this far. I am really sorry I never believed in you. But you were always kind of a punk. Dating any girl I was interested in, using my debit card to buy illegally copies of Legally Blond II before it even came out. Now I guess you will move on. But please please never forget that you promised to name your first kid after me.

Carl the Backstabber

icupg on Nov 03 '05

Holy mommy. I need, I want, I will have this.

westendgirl on Nov 03 '05

Fantastic! Finally an excellent example of how to use R129G206B226 and R76G116B130 effectively! So often have I seen submissions without enough R129G206B226 combined with R0G0B0, R255G255B255 and the batmobile. But THIS puts the RGB back into batman. Awesome job, Rockslide!

Rockslide on Nov 03 '05

You are such a nerd westy haha. You too Carl. Thanks for the support guys I'll buy you a milkshake after work tomorrow.

enamine on Nov 04 '05

i agree with all the above, but just wanted to contribute to your 347 goal.

!!!:DDDD!!!

m.u.g on Nov 04 '05

awesome awesome awesome !!!
i did the a batman submission TWICE...
urs is the best : )
respect !

Flachenmann on Nov 04 '05

This is a great shirt. The graphics nice and clean and I don't see how people wouldn't be able to link the shirt and the jingle together. I just hope they dont print it on that baby blue color..

and the joker in the tree...genius

you get a 5$ for complete creativity and just my overall amusement

MAtmble on Nov 04 '05

This shirt is fantastic!!

How about adding a "bat" symbol to the jackstand? In the old show EVERYTHING had the bat symbol. Maybe you could put bat symbols in the footprints as well. Like the bottom of Batman's boots have a bat-shaped tread.

scottyo on Nov 04 '05

well, obviously this is getting made.. this is THE BEST shirt I have seen on this site ever. PLEASE MAKE IT IN THAT DARKER COLOR or GREY, I CAN"T WEAR BABY BLUE!!!! mad props!!!!!!

NotGrey on Nov 04 '05

one of the best shirts i've seen on threadless.

sam says rawrrrr on Nov 04 '05

he would run into problems if he made this design on something other than like a light blue, so i guess youre probably just going to have to settle with the color.

sam says rawrrrr on Nov 04 '05

^^ just disregard my above statement. after further inspection of the design i realized it could work with a couple different shirt colors. >_<

morsmordre on Nov 04 '05

I love Batman. & this shirt.
I want it so bad! If this doesn't get made, I will probably cry.

& If I could give it more then a 5, I would.
Loveeee it.

dave_jarvu on Nov 04 '05

Ah...a sense of humour

Be proud of yourself

Apfhex on Nov 05 '05

Simplify. As much as it's a great image, get rid of the trees and the sky and maybe have a little less snow. There's just too much going on. I think, in this case, text on the shirt would work, and drive home the joke that extra step that might be needed.

Everett Simmons on Nov 05 '05

3.58, WTF?????

NotGrey on Nov 05 '05

i ditto steve_swartz:

"YOU MUST PRINT THIS.

DON'T WAIT AROUND. PRINTE THIS AND THE OTHER ROBIN SHIRT AT THE SAME TIME. OR DON'T GO AROUND SAYING THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO HIGH VOTES"

it totally shoulda gotten higher than 3.58

kidderliverpool on Nov 06 '05

Err, 3.58 is pretty amazing seeing it's in the top 20 rated tshirts of all time on Threadless!
http://www.threadless.com/subs/Completed/Both/

5 days later

fastjumper on Nov 11 '05

congrats rockslide!super score for your bat design!

98 days later

helo on Feb 17 '06

you guys have to check out

http://batmobilelostawheel.ytmnd.com/

It's hilarious ! ! !

helo on Feb 17 '06

Just ignore the graffiti on the yellow
dumpster at the end of the clip.

270 days later

bloozehound on Nov 15 '06

now if only it showed the joker mocking batman in some fashion for losing the wheel it'd be perfect.

Hamburger on Nov 15 '06

and on the third day of the holiday sale, i finalaly got it!
hahah and the batmanbile lost a wheel, and the joker laid an egg!
and i didnt even have to read the other comments.

Hamburger on Nov 15 '06

and on the third day of the holiday sale, i finalaly got it!
hahah and the batmanbile lost a wheel, and the joker laid an egg!
and i didnt even have to read the other comments.

A r i e s on Nov 17 '06

looks like the joker got away.

17 days later

J-ENGINE on Dec 04 '06

Perfect.

technocraft on Dec 06 '06

Print this as a Kid's Tee gosh-darnit.

5 days later