This is a joke even Carlos Mencia wouldn’t steal. It might make you giggle the same way crippling existentialism might make you giggle. Heck, even the kids can get in on the action. Now you can easily get shirts, hoodies, baseball t’s, mugs, and cell phone cases with your favorite Misfits/ convicted rapist mashup. I grabbed this off of the same Facebook page as the others, but it turns out, it is also for sale on. If anything ever required the “lol wut?” response, it is this shirt. These bootleggers are 2 weeks away from just printing shirts with the Shuttershock watermarks still on the pictures. When your business model is “Step 1: Ripoff people, Step 2: Profit” you try to screw as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Do you think the artist will see 1 cent from these sales? I can guarantee that they will not. If you Google “Misfits Muppets” you can see this image showing up in multiple places. Not only does this shirt ripoff The Misfits, but the artist that created it. Sam Eagle and Crazy Harry probably get down to “We Are 138” and “Skulls”. This one I believe has more appeal than the Trump one, but who knows? Maybe this is for actual the Muppets to wear. Once again, the bootleggers going for that specific cross section of fan of the Misfits + fan of random other thing. This shirt takes its picture from a cute little illustration that’s been floating around the internet for several years. It could totally, probably, maybe happen.
Maybe the bootleggers are hoping some of the Fiend Club are also members of private golf clubs. Nothing gets them more excited than exclusivity and eliminating programs for the needy. All the squatters and crusties can talk about is cutting funding for the arts and nominating Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Nothing says punk rock like the guy with steaks and water named after him. It may in face be wheat gluten mixed with paste. I don’t even think that’s actually Trump’s hair carefully photoshopped on to the Ghost. To my knowledge, past and present members of the band haven’t really said anything about Trump. That’s why this (presumably) pro-Trump shirt using the band’s classic Crimson Ghost mascot is so strange. Compared to their punk contemporaries, though, The Misfits are not political. I say mostly because former vocalist Michael Graves is (well, was, anyway) a proud Republican, and some people could interpret some as their songs as having political meaning. The Misfits are a mostly apolitical band. Instead, heap tons of scorn on their shitty, hackneyed products.
While a band like The Misfits won’t see much of a dent in their bottom line, it definitely hurts the smaller or more obscure bands. We’ve seen this done time and time again and it appears that there is no end in sight. So why in the world are there bootleg/mashup Misfits shirts being sold on Facebook and elsewhere? Well, because those sites don’t care and there’s plenty of gullible dummies willing to spend money on shady, fly-by-night “fan” pages.
It’s safe to say that The Misfits have a strong handle on their merchandise, especially now that they’ve buried the hatchet with Glenn Danzig. Guitarist Doyle von Frankenstein even has his own hot sauce. Beyond shirts, hoodies, tank top, sweaters, hats, and gloves, the Misfits also have their own bobbleheads, skateboard decks, masks, bags, lights, bikinis, cardigans, and Valentine’s Day cards. Besides KISS, no other band has splashed their name, logo, symbol, and likeness on more merchandise than the Misfits.
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