Inspired by the old rumors that a certain turtle-stomping plumber was intended to be a subversive communist icon.

This can be can be considered an attempt at a logo for the counter-movement against political special interest groups who use video games as a scapegoat for societal problems.

Also, I think it\'s kinda cute.

Because in soviet russia, the mushroom powers you! Wait, that's how we do it stateside too...

Gotta be on red...and wouldn't the mario star work here too? That made mario invincible, yes? But i guess the mushie was the "power-up" thinger. Maybe the mushie AND the star?!? Melikey!

Oh, heck yeah.

I'm not going to lie, I didn't even see a mushroom until I read the comments. I just a saw a circle and a fist. The power symbol or whatever. Still cool. $5 for black

Same with Microphone. 5 for black and red.

red on natural?

or khaki $5!

I like it a lot but it took me a while to figure out what it was.

Kaloyster: As DevP said, I inverted the R because of the soviet influence.

Baldy023: The invincibility star was of course my first choice, but one of my goals of the icon was to stay as close to the same pixel proportions as the original power-up. Unfortunately, the star didn't leave enough pixels in which to make the fist. You may notice I had to add a pixel to the height in order to fit it in the mushroom.

I"d much prefer the t-shirt itself to be read, and the font... anything else! Green? Anyway, I likes it.

first i think:
"Oh no, not another Mario shirt that I like but won't ever get printed because Nintendo has all rights on Mario stuff..."
then I see the fist, and think
"this better get printed, cause its hilarious and cool."

I would submit this to nerdy t-shirts... becasue ya know....

nah the fist is good, you should print it through nerdy shirts.

Yes, vague enough to pass by Nintendo. That'll work.

5'd and buy please.

i'd wear it proudly! $5

I love it. I think the red shirt definitly looks best.

I'd buy it AND wear it on a first date. ^_^

Ohhhhhhhh hell yeah! The idea, the presentation, the story behind it, I'm in awe!!! Want it.

khaki $5

i like it

Khaki!

$5; I neeed it. :D

Many thanks to everyone who voted, scored and/or commented! This is only my second entry, so I wasn't expecting to win, but I sincerely appreciate everyone who took the time to check this out.