oh my god we did it. it took like 6+ months but just in time for the 15th anniversary of the release of Punch-Out!! for the Wii, we created our own comic panels inspired by the original ones released alongside the game! a labour of love and extreme hyper-fixation lmao! please read them all because they're absolutely fantastic! and here are all the artists responsible <3 <3
1993: Chicago Bulls fan Don Calhoun makes a 75 foot shot that wins him $1 million dollars. (source)
The insurance company that was required to make the payoff, American Hole 'N One Inc, voided the payment when they discovered that three years earlier, Calhoun played basketball for a junior college (a fact he disclosed and the Bulls did not have an issue with), and said it was a violation of the rules. Fortunately, the sponsors of the event and the Chicago Bulls pledged to cover the prize if the insurance company would not. As a result, Calhoun got $50,000 a year over the next 20 years.
One lasting impact was that Mr. Calhoun was able to use the winnings to help his son, Dr. Clarence Calhoun II, go to medical school.
Punch Out but instead of beating up a bunch of guys you get to kiss beautiful women
Also I was gonna put some gender-swapped names but I think most would be the same. The only ones of note are: Glass Jane, Queen Hippo, Great Tigress, Dawn Flamenco, Erin Ryan, and Janice Louis
These not only took longer than I meant for them to, but they've been sitting in my drafts for a while since I was flipping between different pieces left and right.
If I ever finish the doodles of them defeated in Title Defense Mode, I'll have a rant about the deference and such.
The main reason I wanted to draw them at all was to rant (again) about Aran being all flip'n smiley!!!
what if instead of punch out it was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 out and instead of fighting against boxing opponents you fought against 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 opponents and instead of little mac he was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 mac and instead of doc louis he was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 louis and instead of eating chocolate bars he ate 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 bars and instead of fighting a french dude called glass joe your first opponent was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 freaky joe and instead of your next opponent being named von kaiser that gets beaten by children he was named 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 kaiser that gets beaten by 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 children and instead of fighting a boxer named disco kid he was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 kid and instead of doing dancing moves he would do 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 moves and instead next opponent being named king hippo he was named 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 hippo and instead of eating food he ate 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 food and instead of major circuit there was 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 circuit and instead of piston hondo your next opponent was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 hondo and instead of having sushi he would have 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 sushi and instead of your next opponent being called bear hugger he was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 hugger and instead of drinking maple syrup he drank 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 syrup and instead of your next opponent being named great tiger he was called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 tiger and instead of doing magic he did your mom and instead of fighting don flamenco before getting to the world circuit you would have to fight 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 flamenco before getting to the 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 circuit and instead of having him scream carmen he would scream 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 carmen and instead of having to fight a boxer called aran ryan you would fight one called 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 ryan with 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 horseshoes in his gloves and instead of having to fight soda popinski next you would have to fight 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 popinski and instead of drinking soda made by science dudes he drank 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 soda made by 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 science dudes and instead of facing bald bull next you would have to face 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 bull and instead of him doing his bull charge at you he would do his 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 charge at you and instead of having to fight super macho man you had to fight super 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 man and instead of having sunglasses he had 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 sunglasses and instead of having to finally fight mr sandman you had to fight mr 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂man and instead of being really scary he was really 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 and instead of being the circuit champion you became the 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 champion
i dont quite know where the idea of animal crossing came from but. man the pandemic had all of us playing it. kinda thought itd b funny if they did too u know,,, anyway someone save joe