The BoC T-Shirt Store Thread
by Earl Sleek on Sep 14, 2010 10:36 AM PDT
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PrintA few people lately have been telling me that I should get my act together and construct a BoC t-shirt store, and I think it makes sense -- I've done a lot of image-making the past four-plus years, and while certainly not all of it is going to be copyright-legal to throw onto a shirt and sell, there are certainly some designs I'd like to wear.
As a first exploratory step, I decided to assemble this brainstorming post about possible offerings -- I'm not 100% committed to see this through yet, but this seems a good place to start. I've combed through the blog archives and put together a whopping 25 t-shirt suggestions, some of which I had previously envisioned, and some of which just came from the process of skimming through archived posts -- this did sort of become a trip down memory lane.
Now I leave it to you, the readers, for step two. Here's the feedback I'm interested in, if you're willing -- (a) which of these possible designs would probably be legal for me to sell, either through SBN's vendor or through an outside party? (b) of the legal options, which would you be interested in buying? Obviously there's no commitment -- I have no idea what they cost or anything -- it's just to get a feeler of what sort of inventory we might run with.
I will warn Kings and Sharks fans -- by virtue of me being a Ducks fan, most of these cartoons will come from that Anaheim perspective -- it's not balanced at all, but I won't apologize for that. Let's begin the chronological adventure!
1. The Blog Logo Shirt: An obvious choice -- an easy and efficient way to let people know your blog allegiance!
Original source: A Royal Welcome, 6/17/06, also reused it for BoC's first SBN post.
Why it works: It's a classic blog fixture that represents the site, incorporates all three BoC teams, and nicely captures our mutual idiocy.
Why it doesn't work: The king comes almost directly from a King of Hearts (the "suicide king"). That won't be a problem, right?
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2. Kind of random, but I'd wear it: I still don't really know the true inspiration behind this piece of art from my old condo's garage wall, but it sure turned out epic.
Original source: Stupidity on my Garage Wall, Part 1, 9/11/06
Why it works: It's eye-catching and Lindros-bashing. What more do you need?
Why it doesn't work: Not sure who would sue us first, DC Comics or Carl Lindros? Probably not allowable.
3. The Original State Rape T-Shirt: There are other possibilities in this series, but my favorite has always been the original.
Original source: Now I'm going to hell for sure, 4/15/07
Why it works: This is one rare one that I envision as a two-sided shirt -- the shocking image up front and the multi-sport justification on the back. It works because it's awesome and there's some history to back it up.
Why it doesn't work: I don't know that there's a legal issue here -- seems state shapes are common enough for fair use. The hurdle is probably whether anybody wants to print the word "Rape" on a t-shirt.
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4. Mario Smash! Because you can't be a proper Ducks fan without hating the Red Wings.
Original source: Ducks Gameday—Wings logo: Separated at birth?, 5/11/07
Why it works: It features a good combination of hockey hatred and video game nostalgia.
Why it doesn't work: It involves Super Mario rather obviously, plus I'm not sure if team logos are a no-no. May not be available.
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5. A BoC Sidebar Tradition: Sometimes the simplest cartoons say it best. This I believe was my first cartoon after the Ducks' cup win.
Original source: Ducks take an early lead in the Battle of California, 6/8/07
Why it works: The drawing is awesome.
Why it doesn't work: This one should be completely legal -- no copyrights violated here!
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6. Celebrate Bad Puns: This one wasn't part of my original plan, but seeing it in the archives, it still makes me laugh. The Hybrid Goaltender -- part butterfly, part stand-up.
Original source: Scott skates! Sleek makes a cartoon!, 11/8/07
Why it works: It's team-neutral, well-drawn, and corny as hell. Plus you have to be a hockey fan for it to make any sense at all.
Why it doesn't work: It's corny as hell. But legal-wise, it's probably cool.
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7. Ducks/Kings Plagiarism Art: Two offerings here, both emerging from the same post. There's even a third option if you click through.
Original source: BoC Gameday—Ducks/Kings: Draw the Rivalry, 11/13/07
Why it works: I don't have a ton in the archives which is devoted strictly to Ducks/Kings, and both of these turned out great.
Why it doesn't work: I drew these by hand, but I was definitely looking at some Popeye and Simpsons source material.
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8. The Rudy Kelly Cartoon Shirt: I had to leave town for a few days, and Rudy offered to write the Ducks gameday post for an Anaheim-San Jose contest. This was one of the results.
Original source: BoC Gameday-Ducks/Sharks: Live in the Now, 11/17/07
Why it works: It's incredible how well he made the "I drew this on an Etch-A-Sketch" effect work, and the result is awesome.
Why it doesn't work: Absolutely nothing wrong with this one. It'll probably be a top-seller.
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9. Scott & Teemu's Excellent Adventure: Capture the timeless semi-retirement antics of Anaheim's two favorite future hall-of-famers. This is one of my favorite movie poster mockups.
Original source: Finnish Flashback, 1/28/08
Why it works: I like the way the player heads look, especially Chris Pronger in the phonebooth.
Why it doesn't work: Plagiarism abounds here -- too much stolen directly from the movie poster itself.
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10. Valentines Day T-Shirt: My other two-sided t-shirt design, though perhaps it would work out better if both the cartoon and the poem were put together on one side.
Original source: AOL Fanhouse -- PuckToons: A Hockey Love Poem, 2/14/08, fanposted here a year later
Why it works: The poem and cartoon are adorably hockey-cute. Also, it's team-neutral.
Why it doesn't work: This one is probably property of AOL, as that's where it debuted. Not sure if there's complications because of that.
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11. Brian Burke vs. Kevin Lowe: A classic GM vs. GM battle between two of the game's great blowhards. Two designs for this one, based on consecutive posts.
Original source: Worst. Episode. Ever., 7/8/08
Why it works: It's a nice nostalgia piece -- both guys are since removed from their respective positions, but for a while that was one of the main storylines that I covered. And this was my favorite set of graphics for that time period.
Why it doesn't work: Itchy, Scratchy, Poochie -- if Matt Groening is paying any attention, I'm probably screwed.
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12. NHL owners are crooks! This one was drawn specifically for Henry Samueli and his since-survived legal problems, but it works for any hockey owner, really. "Dad, why do NHL referees wear orange stripes on their sleeves?" "So they don't get mistaken for NHL owners."
Original source: Explaining the finer points of hockey to a new generation of fans, 9/11/08
Why it works: Cute little hairless characters, and a nice little punchline premise. It's timeless, too, so long as NHL owners continue to be criminals.
Why it doesn't work: Don't see any legal problems here that aren't wholly contained within the cartoon.
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13. Celebrating the Sharks-Ducks playoff series: I've put four offerings out for this one, but there's even more options if you click through. This is the culmination of all sorts of historical Ducks-vs-Sharks cartoons.
Original source: From the Sharks to the Wings: Destiny Continues, 4/29/09
Why it works: Take your pick -- that was a glorious age of cartooning and image adaptation.
Why it doesn't work: Absolutely nothing wrong with the first two, but the bottom two start treading on some pretty obvious South Park and Masters of the Universe themes. Still, I really hope the Joe Thornton one gets allowed.
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14. Ducks vs. Referees, the eternal struggle: A good design for any self-mocking Ducks fan.
Original source: SB Nation NHL Preview: Your 2009-10 Anaheim Ducks, 9/15/09
Why it works: For a fanbase that chants "Refs you suck" at least once per home game, this seems like it'd be a popular design to wear at Honda Center. Nicely drawn, too.
Why it doesn't work: Is the fact that the duck is wearing a Ducks jersey a problem?
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15. Making more fun of Minnesota: This one maybe even sells to Wild fans -- just strikes me as a great image combination.
Original Source: Ducks Gameday -- Lessons from the preseason: First Periods Matter, 10/6/09
Why it works: These two logo-characters were designed for each other -- funny and relatively seamless.
Why it doesn't work: Does Space Ghost have a good legal team? Well, if they don't, perhaps the Minnesota Wild has one.
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16. I found this randomly in the archives: I guess I've been in the t-shirt design business for longer than I thought.
Original source: Ducks Gameday -- Bad Starts Post-Lockout, 11/19/09
Why it works: It's based on an actual road trip, and the actual bitterness that followed. I guess it works for any pessimistic team.
Why it doesn't work: No cartoon.
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17. Spade's Douche Trick Shirt: I could have included a lot of Spade stuff here, but one that I still like is his stick-figure explanation of the "douche trick".
Original Source: Ducks Gameday -- First glance to the future, 12/3/09
Why it works: Clean and easy -- we know what's going on, and it doesn't hit on any copyright red flags. The t-shirt image sucks on this one -- here's a cleaner picture:
Why it doesn't work: I suppose somebody might not like printing the word "DOUCHE" on a shirt?
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18. Personalized Player Shirts: Giving players bad nicknames is fun, but even more fun is turning that nickname into an image. Here's a good way to celebrate some of Anaheim's role players.
Original source: Ducks Gameday -- Hittin' the Blooze, 1/23/10
Why it works: Both of these turned out pretty cool -- I'd definitely wear the Brookbank one.
Why it doesn't work: I really don't know what the rules are about movie posters and player faces -- probably not going to make it.
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19. Teemu-nator: Salvation: Similar to the last set, except this time with a much more popular player.
Original source: Ducks Gameday -- Must... Write... Tribute... Poem!, 3/21/10
Why it works: Playing at age 40, Teemu is part machine.
Why it doesn't work: Same concerns as last time, except this is an even more recent movie release.
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20. 2010 Postseason Shirt -- way too late! I threw this one into the mix because it does incorporate three characters, and here's one instance where Sharks or Kings fans have the upper edge -- they played in these playoffs.
Original source: BoC Gameday -- Prepping Kings fans for the postseason, 4/3/10
Why it works: It's got a nice logo feel to it, and I do like the fact that the couch is resting atop the state of California.
Why it doesn't work: I'm not sure which BoC fans really want to celebrate the 2010 playoffs.
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21. The BoC Quest For the Cup: This was probably this blog's most popular post, but strangely I don't know that it will make for its best-designed t-shirt. Still, there's plenty of cartoons there -- I forgot to include the choking shark as a second option.
Original Source: Cartoon Explosion: The BoC Quest for the Cup, 4/13/10
Why it works: To be honest, there's probably only a couple that work as standalone cartoons on a shirt -- a lot of it is dependent on the children's book narrative. Still, it is a classic.
Why it doesn't work: I dunno -- is it illegal to put an angry face on a Canadian flag?
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22. The Meddling Octopus: The follow-up post to the one above, this one also involved a lot of cartoons. Similarly, though, they may not work as well without text.
Original source: The BoC Quest for the Cup, Chapter 2: The Meddling Octopus, 4/29/10
Why it works: Everybody hates the Red Wings. Everybody.
Why it doesn't work: The octopus, without any text, doesn't truly represent the Wings as well as it could.
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23. Red Duck Redemption: After a cartoon-less stretch on a borrowed laptop, I finally bought a new one and got back into the scanning game. Unfortunately, my head was purely wrapped up in Red Dead Redemption, so the four cartoons in the post certainly reflect that.
Original Source: New Laptop + Old Scanner = Compatible!, 7/16/10
Why it works: Cartoons look good, and the hogtying of Bobby Ryan and the wooing of Teemu Selanne seem to have paid off.
Why it doesn't work: Image-wise, these are vague references to the Rockstar game, but I think they'd all safely be allowable. Still, it's a small audience that would really appreciate them.
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24. Sleek's Third Jersey Design: I'm not really sure about this at all -- it could turn out very stupid. But Arthur at AC claims that the SBN shirt store can make something out of this sketch.
Original source: Sleek Fanshot, 9/5/10
Why it works: I don't know that it does -- but I could simplify it and just use the webbed foot portion; that's been a great theme.
Why it doesn't work: I'd probably need to see this one in actual fabric to really know what it looks like.
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25. What might the future hold? What did I miss? This one's open-ended -- having seen these previous suggestions and thinking through what's probably allowable, is there a historical BoC cartoon that you think would make a good shirt? Is there a good cartoon idea you have that I should start drawing expressly for t-shirt purposes? I'm all ears.
Why it works: I haven't drawn any of these specifically for t-shirts; this could be a first.
Why it doesn't work: I'm one lazy fucker who can't be relied on for any serious effort, especially on assigned tasks.
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So that's the list -- I hope at the very least it was a fun trip back through the blog archives. So, should I move forward on this? Which design(s) appeal(s) most to you? What size do you wear? How much is in your wallet?
Haha, I kid. Open thread -- have at it.
Go Ducks.
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I was gonna mention it… that Corey Perry “I’m gay” cartoon was epic gold…
You could probably never wear it to a Ducks game at Honda Center (at Staples, it’s fair game!) but I’d surely buy one.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
I have never seen the space ghost/ Wild mash up.
A belated and well deserved +1 to you Earl.
The Avs are under the cap floor, and others laugh at them, but when the Tornado comes, they'll be the only safe ones.
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Sep 14, 2010 10:40 AM PDT reply actions
Aside from that one… the “Mario smash” one is pretty epic. Except the Red Wings won the last playoff battle in ‘09, so it’s a bit outdated.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
(a) which of these possible designs would probably be legal for me to sell, either through SBN’s vendor or through an outside party?
You are asking our readers for legal advice? Jesus, I want no part of this. We’re all going to jail.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Sep 14, 2010 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Haha, good point. But I have no idea where the line really is on this stuff — who’s already fought these battles?
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
I’m sure the “douche trick” one breaks no copyright laws… and I’ve seen “fuck” on shirts at events, so you shouldn’t be concerned about “bad language”.
And besides, it’s hockey. Those pussies are too sensitive.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
I’m sure Quisp could tell us what’s what.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
by Evilducks on Sep 14, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll go to Alcatraz before I ask a Ducks fan for help.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
I guess I have some time on that cartoon request, then.
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
I’ll go to Alcatraz before I ask a Ducks fan for non-cartoon-related help.
There I fixed it.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
I think bumper stickers would be perfect for Battle of California. Maybe something that just says “KINGS SHARKS DUCKS” and has the website address. I would totally get that.
Other than that I like the simple purple logo one. So what if the Bicycle playing card company tries to sue us? We can take them on.
Most of the other ones are just mean.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
Shameless self-promotion…
Hopefully, some of these profits go towards getting Spade that NHL game.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
That freeloader already got his game. The readers on this site are suckers. I’m sure he’s rich as hell in real life.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
dont hate..congradulate
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
rich bastard
"There is no gravity son, the world just sucks." - my father.
by tu madre on Sep 14, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's the type...
As an act of kindness, if you invite him over to watch a game. He will, no doubt, eat all of your food & drink all of your beer, then ask what time does the next game start so he can be at your house early. Fucking freeloader!
by The Ram on Sep 15, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
all jokes aside..a bumper sticker or regualr sticker with the website and and the 3 teams would be good for promotion..
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
We’d never agree on what order to list the teams. It probably would have to be custom-designable. :)
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
When it doubt, I always go by age of the teams. Seems fairest.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
I’m fine with that. “LOS ANGELES IS BETTER THAN SAN JOSE AND ANAHEIM.” Think that’d fit?
by RudyKelly on Sep 14, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
naw go by cup wins
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
We could go by last year’s standings and just leave the Ducks off it entirely.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
Or conference finals victories — that’s really where teams get defined.
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Sep 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
take out the “state rape” word and put “state owned”….maybe that could be less offensive to wear out in public
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:50 AM PDT reply actions
Screw that. If you have a picture of one state that is clearly raping another one, I don’t think the text is what is likely to be offensive.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
how did u not include some of my other classics..?
agreed most are too offensive….but id wear the san jose choking one and the foot one
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:53 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I might get the “Singing in choirs” shirt if the font were improved and if it were spelled correctly.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
someone suggested that on the rudy and earl arrow pointing shirt..u get added to the back with it pointing to the ass…i agree
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know who this mysterious shirt-design-suggester is, but this is an excellent idea.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
ill go look it up..it was on AC
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
cant find it ..i think it was tu madre or brokenyard
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
He actually included the first one
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Sep 14, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m holding out for a “Ridin’ the Meat Train” shirt.
A lot of people on other blogs and whatnot (that I’ve seen) have referred to him as such. You’d have a greater audience.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
Haha, get a good last look at my avatar and signature — offseason ends right around the corner.
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
back to jus the website or will u come up with somthing classic like rudy?
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Shrug. We shall see next week.
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
maybe you should just put “Meh”
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That one is my favorite of the bunch.
I actually picked up a chick a few weeks ago due entirely to the fact that I was (unknowingly) wearing a shirt that prominently featured the name of a popular local gay bar. Imagine the kind of tail (gay or straight) one could pull with a Ridin’ the Meat Train shirt.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
I had made this for a cartoon contest that you mentioned but never actually held, now it can see the light of day.
by Flax on Sep 14, 2010 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
i could have sworn u had a cartoon of a duck, king, shark drunk…if not..it should be them all loaded with there pants off arguing with each other (the duck would be taunting the others with somthing symbolizing the cup…with the king looking like a perv at a dog passing by…pretty much sums this site
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:16 AM PDT reply actions
up).
There I fixed it for you.
When you start a parenthetical statement and don’t close your parentheses it hurts my brain. It’s like hearing a drum solo that never reaches the crash.
It’s grammatical blue-balls, is what I’m trying to say.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Sep 14, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i dream of using a semi-colon some day in the right way
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s simple: just mash together two complete sentences that are closely related.
As soon as you master complete sentences and punctuation of any kind semi-colons are an easy next step.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
meg likes big balls; but he hates them in his mouth.
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually no, that’s grammatically incorrect. You want a comma there, since the second clause doesn’t stand on its own.
God damn it, Spade.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
hey im trying sniffle sniffle
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Meg likes hairy balls; meg likes them peppered colored.
how bout that
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
how bout a the use of a colon?..
batlle of california has 3 bloggers: Earl, Meg, Dog Humper Rudy!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
what thats an easy use how bout this..
syntactical-deductive: introduces the logical consequence, or effect, of a fact stated before
There was only one possible explanation: Earl was playing the battlestar gallactica Board game.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
A sad, sad day when BoC gives a shit about grammar.
You people are what’s wrong with hockey nowadays.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
where u with this when i was getting lambasted?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll never apologize for caring about our language! I’ll fight to the death over punctuation!
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
so mr expert (thanks to rudy we know you are)…did i use the colon and semicolon right?
crossing fingers…sweating
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-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good work. A+
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
yaaaaaaaay!!!!
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
See? Learning is fun.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
im still not gonna share…no way
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
-John Marston-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
we should all just fuck up our grammar really bad every fucking time we post just to piss Meg off its funny I’m never using punctuation again its just an overrated extra step and I dont want to be graded on grammar on my comments for this blog or any other one anyway long live run on sentences!
"There is no gravity son, the world just sucks." - my father.
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Sep 14, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
For future reference: I believe Spade spells “up” with two p’s.
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
And a “7.”
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
Did somebody call my name?
The Spirit of MeatTrain'10!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 14, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
the he-man and star wars ones are strong..
"Buenas Noches, amigos!"
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah, that may be where this all falls apart — a lot of good ones are probably not as legal; a lot of legal ones are probably not as good.
Why can’t congress just pass a law allowing unfettered infringement?
"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Uh oh, Earl, look out. Apparently somebody came to the blog today after searching for “outside shots of sleek homes.” They’re stalking you!
Drew Remenda would praise a bottle of child poison if it had a picture of Darryl Sutter on it.
Battle of California
Oh shit, somebody also got here by Googling:
For the reaction in question 32, the excess reactant is ____ , the limiting reactant is ____, and ____ grams of excess reactant remain
This is an EXCELLENT place to come for help on your science homework, kids.
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The three answers are “Jack Daniels”, “Coca Cola”, and “whatever”.
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The three answers are "Jack Daniels", "Coca Cola", and "whatever". Meh
come on u have reputation to uphold
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re really really serious about this, I would recommend make all of them 1-2 colors to save on costs. The black and white ones are good, but the stuff with the photo’s gets expensive. You would have to do a digital print right on the shirt, whereas one or two colors is silkscreened on. Printers charge per color and a color photo counts as a four color print. I know a silk screener in Long Beach and can help you out with the artwork if you want.
I would also try to convert the ones you’re going to print in to Illustrator files. It would just be easier for the printer. I know Illustrator really well so I can help on that too.
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See? This is knowledge — good to know. So maybe if some of these went to “greyscale” with maybe an accent color that’d be better?
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Or maybe I should just stick to blogging? Color usage here is free.
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Well, the best way to do this would be to have 2 or 3 seperated colors. No gradients. You can do this quite nicely in Illustrator. It might take some tracing but the artwork itself isn’t all that complex. I’ve only messed with it a little but with the photo’s we might be able to do a gradient map. Think the Heil Hiller artwork. Where it’s split in to two very distinct colors, but it’s still sort of a photo. We could print that as a two color print. I would pick like 2-3 good ones and start from there.
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Copyright be damned
Earl, don’t be so quick to assume you’d be tiptoeing through a legal minefield by selling some of these t-shirts. Parody is generally recognized as “fair use” of copyrighted material (see this page for more: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-a.html).
I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve been running into these sorts of questions trying to publish an obscure academic work on Slovak cartoons from the 1960s (don’t ask).
Ultimately, it comes down to whether you (and more likely SBN or the vendor actually selling the product) is willing to risk the (probably unlikely) chance the copyright holder tries to sue you. Chances are good you’d prevail in court, but the threat of litigation can be a pretty powerful deterrent.
by Alexander Dubcek on Sep 14, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions
Yes! More expertise!
I’ll read the link soon — I promise.
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Ooh — I like this bit (this link works better)
A parody is a work that ridicules another, usually well-known work, by imitating it in a comic way. Judges understand that by its nature, parody demands some taking from the original work being parodied. Unlike other forms of fair use, a fairly extensive use of the original work is permitted in a parody in order to “conjure up” the original.
So even Scott & Teemu’s Excellent Adventure / Teemu-nator seems to work by this. Now I guess the issue is color simplification (and interest)?
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We may get to cite Weird Al in court!
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by Megalodon on Sep 14, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’m not sure what SBN’s store is like, but if you’re really concerned about interest, you could always just use Cafe Press or a similar t-shirt on-demand vendor, then it wouldn’t make any difference whether you sold one or one thousand, since you wouldn’t be sitting on a ton of inventory.
by Alexander Dubcek on Sep 14, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
fair use can get dicey, and trademarks are much less susceptible to fair use when you’re selling the product bearing the trademark and the trademark is reproduced perfectly. I certainly wouldn’t play that game with any of the NHL teams or Nintendo, but generally he’s not wrong about the litigious nature of the intellectual property holder being the key. That’s actually the key to breaking every civil law.
That’s just my two cents as a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, though.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 14, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
So no Mario, no Popeye, no Duck-vs-Referee — that makes sense.
What about Cartman eating Thornton’s tears?
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sadly, no. It’s a mixture of right of publicity with Thornton’s face, copyright for the photographer who took his picture and copyright for the Cartman drawing. Obviously, awesome parody. And in the sense that you’re “USING” it, very hard to get any kind of damages for it, much less be motivated to go after you for it.
But once the intellectual property is used in commerce, i.e. a T-shirt for sale, many of the prongs in the fair use defense swing against you. And once profit is involved, copyright owners are more likely to go after you, if only to recover your profit margin. That’s why it probably wouldn’t get past SBN legal, but you can check with what they’re comfortable with. They are your legal counsel in this situation; I’m just discussing the legal principles in a purely academic sense (DISCLAIMER: nothing I’ve noted should be considered legal advice) :)
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
here’s the thing, though. If you drew a fat boy in a touque licking tears off a man in a teal hockey jersey, you’re golden. So, as an artist, you are in no way hampered. As a photoshoppist, you are.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 14, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
yea masters of the californivers is safe!!!!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Heck, maybe even Lindros, too.
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you pull the golden w off her chest, you’re also, ironically, golden. :)
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 14, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
More titties!
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i like where this is going
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
if you redraw things, you’re clear of copyright issues of most artists (unless it’s uncannily reminiscent of the original work— you can’t just photocopy basically — it has to be Sleek-rendered). After that, it’s all about logos, which you can actually just twist around. Fonts aren’t copyrightable, so it can still be strongly reminiscent of something trademarked. A triangle with a dolphin choking on a Campbell Bowl is NOT infringing the Sharks logo, for example, though you could maintain the entire color scheme. Uhh, ibid my disclaimer :)
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 14, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
ha ha … Earl redraw things? the Earl who is super lazy? :)
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sorry, that should’ve read you can’t trademark fonts. That means, and I forgot to note this, the Duck and the referee are fine I, at least, can’t make out the Ducks logo there, but you’re free to obscure it or use the font to spell something else. How’s a touch-up instead of a redraw?
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 15, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
but you’re free to obscure it or use the font to spell something else.
If you look closely enough, I think it says this:
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 15, 2010 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like this one. I would wear it
Let's go Ducks.
by deb d on Sep 14, 2010 12:45 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
actually id wear the duck one..when we go on our losing streaks
did someone say streaks?..cue the streaking king
p.s.
be hard to pick which one..but i think the gun one is best
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno — I’m always seemingly a sucker for the original — best catches you off-guard.
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might want to think up some new ones…i suggest a bomb..bottle of poison..maybe a justin Bieber CD
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather have the Ducks one too… it just feels so right when we suck.
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I would buy this in a heartbeat.
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how bout this one..the shark just look so cool..and the joke is pretty funny too..
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 1:14 PM PDT reply actions
Probably my favorite single character. The shark’s face and suit are just priceless. But I’m obviously biased.
Great stuff throughout. The Lindros and Douche Trick shirts got the most intense initial laughter out of me, though if I were a true Californian, that State Rape one would be a must buy. God, I wish the twins would remember how to lose.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
I like #3. My roommate is from Miinnesota
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 14, 2010 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
I’d never wear that.
The problem is that a lot of the shirts are specific to one team. Why not just a white shirt that says, “Corey Perry Sucks,” with the website on the back? That’s something everyone agrees on.
by RudyKelly on Sep 14, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sold!
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Rudy, are you gonna buy your own design?
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I’m hoping someone buys it for me because that’s the way it works around here.
by RudyKelly on Sep 14, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
u have to be beloved first…that disqualifies you
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus I’m not sure we’re going to be selling these in dog sizes.
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could it be your rudys “3rd” alter ego?…his feminine side?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
No, because I am actually allowed to have a dog and there was no “Wanted” poster of me at the shelter.
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by Niesy on Sep 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Ditto “Hayward Sucks.”
Then along with the website on the back, “Some things unite us all.”
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naw perry is my hero..how bout ryan smyth sucks or is a douche
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I would buy that as well. I can see a whole line of clothing:
“Jeff Friesen is a douche bag.”
“Rob Blake drinks his own pee.”
“Ed Belfour can go to Hell.”
“Screw you, Todd Bertuzzi!”
by RudyKelly on Sep 14, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
i tihnk u hurt his feelings
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I will buy the '07 cup shirt
The moment it is available! Go Ducks!
ANGELS . . . DUCKS . . . GOLDEN BEARS
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 2:52 PM PDT reply actions
dont ask me why the duck is counting money..its open to speculation
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably arranging Bobby Ryan’s first new paycheck.
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maybe parros mustache money thats suppose to go to charity..that evil duck
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I totally forgot! I didn’t make this one — commenter Julian did — but it would make for an excellent t-shirt design.
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dude people would buy that..i like the extra touch of adding the long hair
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 14, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
AAAH, SHIIIT!!
That’s is a must-have. I want that shirt. I’ve always like George and his aggressive play. Now he plays on a team full of goons….perfect fit for him.
he’s the one who has to count his pennies.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 15, 2010 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
This logo is awesome. I would certainly buy a shirt with this BoC logo and another shirt featuring the state rape of Minnesota. I would probably then take the BoC logo shirt and get one of the following name and number combos on the back:
- #11 Racoon Jesus
- #17 Meat Train
- #26 Cada de Ostrich
- #76 Voy Toy
- #94 F’ugly
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 14, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Who says our blueline sucks? It’s improving by the day! ALLDUCKS:
Larry Brooks of the NYP reports that Paul Mara is set to sign 1 year deal with Anaheim. Awaiting confirmation.
C’mon, Brooks — you can be right one of these times.
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Syvret-Festerling
Fowler-Mikkelson
At least it’s deep.
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We’ll see - lots of lineups possible here. You worry about your goalie thing.
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Yeah it really sucks having the guy who won the Stanley Cup last season in goal.
It’s our defense we’re worried about, just like you guys.
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I’m still trying to understand why the NYP is the cutting edge for rumors out of Anaheim.
Yay for you guys….?
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Scotty Niedermayer has old news-leaking habits, maybe?
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He probably thought the harassing phonecalls from Brooks would stop after the retirement.
He thought wrong.
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Mara makes sense since he played in New York, but Bobby Ryan was definitely a strange one.
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I will say, Paul Mara is in some pretty serious danger of being referred to all year as “Paul Mariya” — it’s terrible but it might catch on if I don’t think of something better soon.
I’m not using “Mara-cle”, mostly because there’s already been a Norm Maracle in this league, and plus it’s just confusing with “MiracElhinney” already in regular use. More brainstorming to come.
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Or shit, maybe I’ll just call him “The Beard”.
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im not sure if hes scary or is one of those “bears” i saw scrolling through hotel porn
either way im creeped out
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 15, 2010 5:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s like all the hair on his head went south for the winter.
I wonder what it’s like down—oh, nevermind.
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by Niesy on Sep 15, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haha, let’s start some awful ‘women in the locker room’ debate. I’ll take team “whatever”, you take team “ugh”.
I think he’s somehow been stealing Getzlaf’s hair and gluing it on his face.
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Mara, along with Kevin Youkelis, could be stand-ins for the brewer from those Sam Adams commercials.
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HAHAHA….you could tell that guy tests his product…he bugs me for some reason
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 15, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
looks sorta like a “power bottom.”
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
by Campbell32 on Sep 16, 2010 3:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
o man…thats funny..i need to use that
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 16, 2010 5:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Def loved the rudykelly one. You should make a west coast is best coast one!
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Big fan of all of them— would definitely buy the Art of Suicide Sharks one (maybe one for every team could be sold at the store), State Rape, and the BoC blog logo.
I would also buy a t-shirt of a guy with a “Bob” nametag swinging a barstool over his head. Probably one of my favorite sports nicknames of all time.
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It would be pretty easy to pull off I think, especially in the two toned B&W scheme Johnny Q was talking about earlier in the thread. Make his face mad as all hell, and even if people don’t necessarily get the reference, as long as the cartoon looks cool it might sell out of the BoC demo. Bob could represent pretty much any working stiff that’s fed up with his job and snapped after having one too many drinks.
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I just lifted this dude out of the last Bobby Ryan cartoon — he turned out great.
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 14, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If you make his tie blue, the chair black, and take out the background, I believe you could call that a two color print.
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Ha, with less effort I can go down to one color — here’s the untouched scan:
But yeah — especially on some of these recent cartoons I can recolor however I want. Unfortunately, though, when my old laptop died a lot of the old scans died with it.
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For the record, if State Rape gets made into a shirt I WILL buy it. I have several friends from Minnesota.
I have several friends from Minnesota.
Wear that shirt often enough and you’ll have to conjugate this sentence into the past tense. :)
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thats clever right there earl..what u just said
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 15, 2010 5:31 AM PDT up reply actions
What the fuck??? I had never seen that post of Earl’s garage wall. Mostly I just sat there looking at the drawings with my mouth open. You creative people just blow my mind sometimes.
I think a black and white cartoon would be best – first of all, because of the cost issues, but second of all, because I just really love the simplistic feel of crisp clean black and white. I’m less into the silly inside jokes of some of them – they’re funny, but not necessarily something I want to wear on my chest.
One of these days I’m gonna get the Duck Call Anaheim Calling T-shirt. When I stop being cheap and grabbing $5 monocolor t-shirts as I’m walking out of Wal-Mart and stuff.
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Yeah, it never really struck me that colors cost money — c’mon, t-shirt technology. Get with the fucking times.
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I didn’t realize it either until when my rec league hockey team discussed actually getting matching jerseys and shit (but then we’d be, like, official and stuff!) and as team captain, I was forced into checking out what screen printing costs.
I’m pretty sure its bullshit though, and probably just the kind of stupid thing that someone figured out they could charge for, without honestly affecting the price of manufacture as anywhere near as much as you see on the purchasing end.
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Actually it’s a legit cost. When silk screening, printers have to create a stencil for each color and then lay down each color seperately. It’s just more work. So, it makes sense. A photo is just a digital print. I’ve never seen them do it, but the quality usually goes down. Depending on what you do though, it might actually be cheaper in some cases to do a digital print then a silk screen. I would have to ask the printer. There have been jobs for work that I’ve done where doing a digital print was cheaper then going color by color. Don’t ask me why.
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Also – I don’t know about t-shirts and junk, but similar to what Gray does with regards to doing custom prints and stuff, I would probably lay some dough down or bid on an autographic Earl Sleek comic print (I know it’s not your name, but dammit, it has to legibly read “Earl Sleek”) or a custom made Earl Sleek comic. Of course, if you did something like, you’d probably feel obligated to put some amount of effort into it or something equally unfun. Kind of a double-edged sword, there.
Really though, if you guys ever get involved in some sort of silly charity thing or something (most likely pushed down from SBN overlords), I bet BoC could make a few bucks for a good (or bad) cause by auctioning off an original Earl Sleek print, a Megalodon created personal wikipedia entry, or RudyKelly’s copy of Dog Fancy magazine with all the pages stuck together.
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See, but Grey draws finished products — my crap is just some sharpie on a paper or two and doesn’t come together until PowerPoint.
I do send one BoC doodle to James Mirtle annually, though, when I send him my fantasy league payment, so I guess it’s something sometimes. I think this year I sent him the Barstool Bob pic — that one looked cool.
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I don’t know much about it, but I believe even if most of your work is done on the computer, you could still set up nice big prints of things or whatever. You might want to check on that, not sure what SBN vendors can do outside of t-shirts, but you might have an option there, and it’s probably more flexible than the t-shirts in terms of content. Neither me or my fiance is big on anything resembling normal art, but she spruced up our apartment with a couple of very nice prints of a couple of her favorite webcomics. This prompted further discussion of decorating our home with more such “art” – particular favorite cartoons or comics. Paintings are for artfags, cartoons and the fun and looseness they imply are for real people.
Of course, I think you’re also free to use copyrighted material for your own expressly personal non-profit use – so potentially I could just download a favorite comic, take it to a print shop, and have them make a print, but then that cuts you out. I could also presumably do this with a Calvin and Hobbes strip too I think, and I would eventually like to actually do so, but I’m lazy. Arthur, is that right?
Speaking of Mirtle’s fantasy league, you never responded to my email a couple weeks ago asking if there were any plans for a potential BoC league!
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There are plans — developing as we speak.
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 15, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If anyone listens to the Adam Corolla podcast, the newest episode (with Kristen Schaal as the guest) features them playing an audio drop of a very disinterested Teemu Selanne over and over again. It’s pretty funny.
“Teemu, aren’t you excited about our honeymoon?”
“Wow. That sounds awesome.”
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
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Mahalo, Meg! I’m a big fan of the podcast and listen to it daily during my lunch break. Yesterday’s episode with DAG was hysterical, and I’m now looking forward to listening to today’s episode with the Teemu drops.
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 15, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great stuff on the podcast..
Taylor Morgan: “Teemu, my abortion was botched!”
Teemu Selanne: “Wow. That sounds awesome.”
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 15, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Teemu’s audio was a running joke. It was great.
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This is unrelated, but this is a fascinating post — sounds like Eric Belanger got really screwed over by the Caps.
Weird glimpse into some of the pre-signing conversations that happen in UFA-land.
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MC79 offers a slightly more lawyerly look at things — still fascinating.
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Here’s a view from the Capitals perspective. Sounds like everyone was a bit shady, or at least wasn’t helping themselves. If Belanger’s side leaked that he was going to be signed he fucked himself.
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Maybe, but I don’t know what sort of trade falls apart because another GM gasps at the notion that the Caps have Eric Belanger in the bag. There’s plenty of reasons that trades don’t happen — this doesn’t seem like the plausible cause. Probably because as usual, trade return expectations were unreasonably high.
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Plus, if the trade did fall apart for that reason, it took a month to do so. I don’t think I buy that.
If the leak was the cause, tell the guy to shove off before it got to this point.
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It’s interesting for sure — and hey, the more that east coast teams end up looking like scoundrels, the better off the BoC is next summer.
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The Kings ended up having to throw in a draft pick in the Patrick O’Sullivan/Jason Williams deal because information leaked early. I’m not saying it’s Belanger’s fault but it sounds like his agent wasn’t very good during this and probably the Capitals weren’t either. I just wish the Coyotes wouldn’t of benefited.
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Oh, look! I’ve participated in another blog-collaborative effort! What a sellout I am!
You can guess which three I wrote, but I don’t know if it’s that much of a challenge. The hint is that I don’t know crap about Jersey Shore. :)
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psstt … you’re suppose to make a fanshot about this and put it on top … that way it draws more attention to yourself instead of hiding it away in another post … :)
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Tomorrow — for now it’s only a sneak preview for the comment-diggers.
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like me…ill click on old blog post even if its only 1 new comment…im tragically obsessed..there I said it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 16, 2010 5:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Should I be offended by your comments, Earl? It was a pleasure working with you, and apparently, the pleasure, was all mine! :)
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Heh, no — I’m kidding as nearly always. Good times, though we may have to take a break on the power couple angle — Arthur’s already hitting me up for more nonsense next week.
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damn earl i was gonna invite you to “la patinoire de hockey sur glace”,,,I thought we’d be the preiminent “power couple” there…owell nevermind
the kings and sharks are power bottoms!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 16, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Arthur’s already hitting me up for more nonsense next week.
I’m a jealous mistress. Most people dig that about me.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Sep 16, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Commenting a bit late, but I’d totally get that hybrid goaltender shirt (if whatever site would be used ships to Finland, that is). Awesome pun.
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