Nunchucks? More Like FUN-chucks!
September 14, 2008 | Posted by Chris Sims As regular ISB readers already know from seeing Kate Holden’s brilliant artistic interpretation of them last week, my post on Batman’s nunchucks made of sharks has inspired greatness.
What you might not know unless you’ve been going through the comments, however, is that Kate’s drawing itself inspired even more people to take up the pencil. In the few days since I posted her piece, I’ve gotten two more from ISB readers, including Ley Howell’s shot at refining the Bat-Chuks for swampy adventures with reptilian deadliness…
… and Andrew Bates’ Aparo-inspired throwback to the greatest page of all time…
…and I gotta admit: I want to see more. So you know what that means.
That’s right folks, it’s the End-Of-Summer Spectacular you’ve been waiting for with another ISB Contest! Because really, I haven’t given anything away since Bring It On Week, and that seems like a cheerlifetime ago.
The rules, as always, are simple: Just get out your pencils, pens, crayons, MSPaint or other artistic media and draw a picture of Batman using nunchucks that are made out of something from which nunchucks are not normally made, then send it to me at the address in the sidebar or link to it in the comments section below by 11:59 PM Eastern Time, Friday, September 19, 2008. I’ll pick and announce the winner on Saturday based on radness, and then mail the lucky artist a Fabulous Prize Package consisting of:
One (1) copy of Teenagers From The Future
Some (some) other crap that I’ve got laying around that I think would make good prizes.
And that’s pretty much it. Now get to making some user-generated free content awesome entries!
(NOTE: Sometimes, comments with links in them–especially ones with multiple links–get flagged by Wordpress as spam, but I’m checking the Spam Queue every now and then to make sure I don’t miss any. If yours doesn’t show up and you desperately need it to, just shoot me an email about it.)
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If I could draw, I’d enter Adam West Batman swinging nunchucks made out of twin Burgess Meredith Penguins.
It would be the greatest drawing in the history of drawings.
It’s pretty much a good thing for the world of art collecting that I can’t draw. Otherwise the Louvre would be full of worthless canvas.
Since I can’t draw worth a dime, my entry is for Balahctus’ Hulk dialogue contest from last December:
“Hulk renovate!” as he smashes through someone’s house.
Mister Sims: Do the drawings have to be good? I mean, I have an idea, and could at least make something look tangentially like my idea, but it won’t be a high-quality drawing by any means.
Do the drawings have to be good?
Uh, you’ve seen my drawings, right?
Nope, actual artistic skill is not a necessity. It doesn’t hurt matters if it is, but just like my annual 30 Second Recap Contest, the rule I’m keeping in mind is “it doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be awesome.”
I get the feeling that even the ISB’s vaunted tolerance for animal violence is about to be tested. At least if I have anything to say about it, it will!
AND IF IT HAPPENS TO BE KIRBY INSPIRED
HEY
OKAY
I am excessively happy to have been involved in starting an internet meme that involves people drawing Batman armed with nunchucks made from random crap.
This is a tough but fun one. Trying to out outrageous everyone else is going to be tough.
I like to think that this isn’t a competition so much as a celebration of the limitless awesome that is Batman.
Batman using Bill Finger/Jerry Robinson-chuks to beat the crap out of Bob Kane?
The gator one reminded me a t-shirt by them Dr. McNinja kids
OK, so who’s going to draw Batman with nunchucks made out of smaller Batmen, who in turn are holding nunchucks of yet smaller Batman, etc., etc., until the last Batmen are holding nunchucks made of turtles?
Diplomatic immunity indeed.
This seemed like the obvious thing to do :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/ReaperFett/Drawings/BatmanAndHisNunchucks.jpg
This is really just a race for second, right? I mean, nunchuks made of car batteries – where do we go from here?
Okay – using Photoshop is cheating, but dammit…
FrankenChucks!
Dammit, now all I can think about is that moment in Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist where Odenkirk screams “I need gopherchuks!”
The Joker made me do it:
http://www.popgoestheicon.com/2008/09/because-chris-sims-asked-nay-demanded.html
And to think all this talent is being wasted … ;)
So great. Are we limited to one entry apiece? Or can we submit as many pairs of nunchuks as we can think of?
Try to contain yourself and limit it to one. I know it’s hard, but you’ll just have to pick the best.
I’ve got an idea for one. As for whether I’ll draw it, we’ll just have to see.
you know, with enough prep time, batman could make nunchucks out of anything.
I just thought Chris’ legos and Kate’s drawing were so funny…I was trying to explain it to my husband and couldn’t stop laughing. Especially when his only comment was, “how do the sharks survive?” After I sketched out the gatorchuck picture, his comment? “Well, we can mark this down as the day you officially lost it.”
nickT wins. that is hilarious.
I can draw, but I’m sure not to enter due to busyness and laziness. I think a good entry would be: Batman with nunchucks made of other, smaller Batmen.
“..Batman using nunchucks that are made out of something from which nunchucks are not normally made..”
Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner.
So obvious… but couldn’t… resist…
http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dkr3hz8.png
NickT does indeed WIN. But THIS HAD TO BE DONE !!!!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c80/kilmoonie/simschuks3.jpg
JR
Ack. Try again.
Punchuks
one more try. NickT beat me to this and is due some props, but just for fun here’s my similar one:
http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii242/cornfedcannibal/?action=view¤t=cfc-bat1.jpg
meanwhile this happened:
http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii242/cornfedcannibal/?action=view¤t=cfc-shark1.jpg
I slept on it and there was only one option: Batman with J… er… you better just look.
http://das-ubernerd.blogspot.com/2008/09/batmans-nunchuck-collection.html
The dead parent chucks are my favorite so far…
I took an informal poll at work. No one chose the shark-chuks. Everyone thought Batman having car batteries-chuks was way cooler.
everyone in my office is wondering why i’m stifling laughter. thankyou, nick t.
Elseworld presents a new chapter in the Gotham By Gaslight Saga…
Orphancucks!
I never thought I’d live to see street-urchinchuks. Urchuks.
Urchunucks maybe?
I tried to think of something that Batman himself has been hit (and hurt) with. Soemthing he could overcome and harness for his own arsenal. And since Batman’s greatest weapon has always been his mind…
http://home.iprimus.com.au/censustaker/Earlmade_Batmans_Morrisonunchucks.JPG
What could be a better weapon than… Batman himself?
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh78/crustaceanhate/batchucks.jpg
Forgive my Liefeldian grasp of human anatomy.
I’ve got to say we’re seeing some fun artwork out of this one. Orphan-chucks are spectacular as well.
Wow. I can’t compete with these, but here’s my shot at it anyway:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/psychofish77/Thorchuks.jpg
Damn, somebody else beat me to some of the laffs I was going for in this drawing– but mine is breaking goddamn multiversal continuity so whatever!
http://flickr.com/photos/crstopher/2863054811
p.s. Also, Wayne-corpse-chuks FTW
Can I compete with any of these other entries on pure awesomeness? No. Can I at least wow people with my art? Of course not. Can I do a drawing that stands on its own without captions or a word balloon? Turns out, not so much.
But can I come up with an idea so stupid that people genuinely worry about me? I honestly think so!
I present Batman with nunchuks made of that “Cliff Hangers” guy from “The Price is Right.” Or, if you prefer, yodelchuks.
Cliffhangerschucks make my day so much brighter.
That was awesome!
And everybody has been great so far!
I’d suggest doing another round “X-in-30-seconds” but honestly, I’m not sure there’s enough plot in Secret Invasion to fill all that time
Batman saves the comic book industry with the help of his Kirkman/Bendis chucks.
I just now realized that one of the urchuks/orphanchuks is throwing the horns. It makes me happy imagining the one in the foreground is saying “Please, sir, I’m terribly sorry” and the other one is saying “Ya betta RECOGNIZE!”
And thanks for the kind words!
http://aereopress.blogspot.com/2008/09/frank-millers-batman-saves-comic-book.html
I forgot to leave the link.
Sorry Brian, but I think you fail. It would’ve been fine if you’d stuck with Kirkman, but people make Nunchuka out of Bendis all the time.
Okay, since nobody else has done animals, now I actually feel a bit weird about the level of monkey-related violence in mine. Nevertheless, get ready for a faceful of raw excitement, in the monumentally minimalist MS-Paint manner!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53208639@N00/2864170157/
P.S. Anyone who does Price Is Right yodeler nunchuks is OK in my book!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/AphexTriplet/BatmanJZC01.jpg
Originally was gonna have Batman be saying: ‘Darkseid, you’re fucked you cunt!’ but I didn’t want to make it explicit that this is meant to be (badly drawn) All Star Batman.
Great entries everyone! Here is my submission. I was torn between bears and chainsaws, but then I thought, “Why not bears WITH chainsaws?” and made this.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/andrewg2442/batman.jpg
Also, street urchin-chucks were great and reminded me of this comic:
http://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/medlarge616.jpg
one more time but now in color (adam west one):
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii242/cornfedcannibal/cfc-batshark.jpg
I humbly submit the following entry showcasing my obviously kindergarten-level artistic ability.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/RotundBatman/lastscan.jpg
Best. contest. ever. ,by the way.
http://ninjaink.deviantart.com/art/Batman-with-Chainsaw-Nunchucks-98302978
What better deadly force to use than the atomic fire-breathing King of Monsters and his mechanical counterpart? I give you Batman and his Kaiju-chucks!
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/images/ISBBatman.jpg
As someone who isn’t being humble when he says he has no artistic ability, you guys rock.
Haha, that Godzilla one is NICE. I was going to make a similar one with Unicron and Cybertron, but didn’t.
The greatest nunchucks come from within.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/whitmore_sean/Batman-1.jpg
I e-mailed the picture to you, but just in case, here’s a link to my blogpost featuring my entry, which I call Sidechuks:
http://bifrosts-edge.blogspot.com/2008/09/invincible-super-entry.html
Sorry about the quality of my entry, but I started it 40 minutes ago. Batman hasn’t thought out these nunchucks to their logical end.
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batmangh8.jpg
All right, folks! Contest over! Winners tomorrow.