The Phantom Kangaroo

The Hyper Aggressive, Saw Toothed Roo That Refuses To Be Caged

Whether it be a symptom of mass hysteria, a ghost, a Candarian Demon in animal form, a long lost, out of sorts zoo animal or simply a pet on the lose, The legend of the Phantom Kangaroo has become a worldwide phenomenon. At it’s core the legend is simply this: it’s a kangaroo that appears somewhere that a kangaroo isn’t supposed to be. And at it’s most complex its a predatorialy aggressive saber toothed monster that can teleport its way through solid walls and trade punches with the toughest Chicago cops (really one supposedly came to blows with two cops in a chicago alley in 1974 and escaped!). And refuses to be caged by location, reportedly being spotted from Germany to Japan and a multitude of sightings in the US mostly clustering in the south and midwest…

Now whether you draw an innocent lil joey lost in a snowy Wisconsin wood or a prison hardened boomer just out of a year long stint with a carny…. Know this: They are considerably more aggressive than average kangaroos, including home invasions and charging automobiles… they are said to have large sharp protruding teeth, and occasionally long sharp claws and need I remind you this is a beast taken outside of its element and if you’ve ever seen First Blood, you know how dangerous that can be!

judgement Is Complete

our judgeOur Judge this week was Chroma K8, a hair colorist/stylist, small business owner, momma of a toddler, metal head, people lover. I’ve known her husband from chicago bars n shows for, god, probably creeping on forever now, and years ago k8 used to work with steady contributor Lil Katie but now she’s running her own shop on north Lincoln ave! Check it out at www.chromak8.com. In my opinion they are damn fine people!

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The First Place Phantom Kangaroo Entry

You know its got the trademark beautiful Seanist face, and beast favored jean shorts … but I’m still relatively confident this is just a dick drawing! But if like me, you are willing to look past the obvious, the best part by far s the lil old man front butt/pouch below his waistline!

Judge’s Commentary – I love how this is 1/2 man, 1/2 beast.. it makes me laugh. The imagination of this artist is just awesome. The scruffy beard and crazy ears coming out from the hair, The tiny t-rex hands coming out of the body and the fact it’s wearing jeans! LOL It’s. just . the bomb

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The Second Place Phantom Kangaroo Entry

How cool is it that he’s too stoned to properly emote viciousness but somehow still with it enough to punctuate his own talk bubble quite effectively! And while I think that’s a duck in that lil jeans pocket sized pouch … I’m secretly hoping its a platypus, cause generally platypuses make most things better.

Judge’s Commentary – This was a close 2nd. It’s like a stoned version of a phantom kangaroo, The heavy stoner eyes are my favorite part.. the fact that he’s speaking like he just took a puff of his pipe and his chunky curved fingers look like they are suppose to scare a lil kid, the large nostril hole that says “I’m ready to rumble” AND I, like Chip would like to think this is a platypus in the front pouch, what a cool creature!

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The Third Place Phantom Kangaroo Entry

So I’m not entirely sure if this is a phantom kangaroo or the commonly confused giant bipedal wart-rat in the foreground but I am pretty confident that the bartender and the dancer are playing frisbee!

Judge’s Commentary – This looks like it was drawn on a computer or an etch-a -sketch, I love the stick figures in the background pole dancing, the kangaroo looks like a big crazy rat… after looking at it for a few seconds it made me burst into laughter

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 1

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 1

Adorable red boxing gloves or hands stained red with the blood of the innocent?… kinda hard to tell with those eyes…

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 2

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 2

You think anyone has done like a retrospective of the wound up punch? It’s one of those things I wonder about but shouldn’t… I mean who was first to learn how much more power a blow would have by generally circling your fist the air in the direction you’re punching… mimes do it, cartoons do it, 1950s tv stars do it… but did cavemen do it round the fire whilst retelling the days adventures? And all that aside… I’m pretty sure this ‘roo is gonna sock the hell outta something!

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 3

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 3

Haha! the ole switcheroo! For those unaware, somewhere round about 250 miles north of Chicago on highway 45, there’s a giant red eyed fiberglass badger accompanying what I can only assume at its core is a trailer wrapped in a fiberglass log and topped with an easily 15 foot long squirrel… nowadays it draws in passersby for a cleverly named strip club… but I assume it was originally hand built by god simply to make my drives up north more enjoyable… you know, mysterious ways and whatnot…

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 4

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 4

Yes! So ghostly! I’m not sure if it’s in fact wearing the Phantom’s costume or just coincidentally similar but I know those eyes are piercing …And you gotta love that its almost a lil Cat-garoo.

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The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 5

I mean you gotta go someday right? and at least you know he means to make a man feel pretty on the way out?…

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 6

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 6

“Move over Daniel Danger, Greg Brookens is ripping off your art style!” – Ha I’m glad you went with the hand scratched style, the full on zillion straight edged lines on that stuff he does makes me worry for his soul sometimes… all that aside I F’ing love the moonlike ghost-a-roo!

The Phantom Kanagroo Entry # 7

The Phantom Kanagroo Entry # 7

“Not only did the teleporter company send poor Mabel to Dayton instead of Daytona for spring break, but they also lost her luggage. She proceeded to get sh*thammered on long islands, and fight anyone within striking distance.” – yesss!!! But watch out for the famed long island stingrays lil ‘roo!

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 8

he Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 8

Hahaha man, so I’m betting american babies must have just gotten a 5 star review on Kangaroo Yelp or if they dont they will soon… though I’m gonna go as far as to say that scalp looks a lil chewier than i generally prefer to deal with! Also this one’s named “Baby Micha Lundgren” which our judge next week will get, but possible a lot of the rest of you will miss, so think Cleveland and think hardcore and you’ll get there eventually!

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 10

The Phantom Kangaroo Entry # 10

So the way that eye is shaded it almost makes me think this is a night vision shot? but everyone knows McDowells only serves babies from 5 am til 11… Big fan of the fat limb/thin limb thing you got going this week!

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