Cool Stuff: The Audacity of Joke T-Shirt

James Lillis has created a t-shirt with a design mash-up of the popular Obama Hope poster and Heath Ledger as The Joker from The Dark Knight.  Available on Red Bubble for $25.94.

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  • Haha, I like it.
  • "Why so serious?"

    Vote Joker 2012.
  • Elissa
    Dammit, girls like cool t-shirts too!!! Where's the baby T version!?!?
  • septemer11th
    at first i was going to say 25 dollars for this shirt is a bit ridic, but i suppose anyone dumb enough to want it would be dumb enough to throw down that kindof cheddar
  • prophecy_projectz
    People could so take that shirt the wrong way
  • Suess
    I love the image, but I'd like it way more as a poster than as a T-shirt.
  • Andrew
    the button definitely channels the Comedian (probably unintentional, but fun just the same).
  • Aidan
    Are they calling Obama a Joke?
  • Suess
    No, it's more just that the Heath Ledger Joker has become something of a meme, and it's a funny juxtaposition with one of the most ubiquitous images of the past few months.
  • I'm counting on people taking it as Obama being a joke.
  • Wall•E Plays Pong
    I think it's a great mash up of two pop culture images today, but I could see it being interpreted unintentionally as a criticism of Obama unfortunately. It kind of makes people equate the two together if the imagery is linked so strongly. Hard to take it as it is, but awesome looking regardless.
  • SOLID
    Well it's not that clever but lol anyway.
  • Ghost
    It should have been a flower, instead of the Comedian's Watchmen Smiley pin. But oh well.
  • El Bart-O
    It looks cool, but I don't like the idea of The Joker leading our country. I can just imagine his campaign slogan: "Introduce a little anarchy..."
  • charles
    Joker > Obama
  • prophecy_projectz
    Hey McCain supporters.....why so serious?

    You lost!
  • TheDaftPunk
    prophecy_projectz, by the attitude of your comment, you seem to think that McCain supporters are now worse off. However, you feel that Obama will bring great things to this country, so how exactly do McCain supporters "lose"? You are contradicting yourself if you believe Obama will make America and Americans "win", but then say McCain supporters lost.

    I think it's a good shirt, a little overpriced for a regular image tshirt, but still cool.
  • Conor
    Decided to buy it, I voted for Obama and volunteered for 10+ hours a week since august, I can see people thinking it disses Obama but I don't.
  • rachel summers
    i think its awesome! i bought it.
  • Nick
    prophecy_projects you are a retard because no one said anything about McCain in these comments until you did.

    This shirt is bad ass. Yes it is making fun of Obama, give me a break. It may not be making fun of Obama himself, but it is definitaley making fun of his ridiculously corny and vague slogans that people fell for some how ("Hope," "Change" -- He might of well have used "Peace" or "Love"). Regardless, I will probably buy it despite the cost.
  • Pill
    I laugh everytime I see someone wearing a shirt with the Joker on it, because everytime, without fail, its some overweight geek who would likely boast about how many times they saw The Dark Knight in Imax.
  • really cool stuff!!!
  • Shut up man...I saw it twice in IMAX and I'm not overweight, I'm just big boned....
  • Parsons
    lol so many bitter mccain crybabies.

    Regarding Obama as a 'joke' just two days in, following the worst president in world history.


    stop whining next time pick a VP with you brain not your c.o.c.k.
  • Nick
    Speak for yourself Parsons. I might have supported McCain, but I can't say I'm crying. Obama is the president and I support him now despite who and what I think he is. And you are obviously either an innocent teenager who has no sense of history or a moron with no sense of history if you think Bush was the worst president in "world" history. Tool.
  • marley
    Haha you fools r jokes..love the shirt love the joker lovin obama some people may be angry for the shirt but obama isn't getting dissed cuz joker n obama r both fckn badass!! and Y-E-S that pile of turds some like to call bush was voted WORST PREZ ! :) peace fckrs
  • Bob
    Ha Ha I love how some Obama supporters hate this shirt. Forbid free speech, forbid if anyone (dares to) riffs a cheesy Obama poster. Why So Serious?
  • jokah
    I worked for the Democratic Party on Obama's campaign, and I love this shirt! It's simply a fun pop-culture amalgam. There are others. This shirt is definitely not anti-Obama (or even anti-McCain, for that matter), but simply pro-Heath Ledger as the Joker.
  • artofglam
    Shirt is dope.... totally has nothing to do with obama ... stop over thinking... there's another one with McCain on it that says " NOPE " .... lmfaooo ....also another dope tee....

    Fuck bush he's outta here soon anyway...let's all go help him pack
  • Seth
    What a great move by this artist. It would be protected as parody from all three angles. The Joker is a cultural icon as is Obama and Shepard Fairey's HOPE poster. Though Shepard has stated that he is going to sue artists like this woman. Shepard is the real joke if you ask me. He is a copyright infringing fool.
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