Painting: Kim Jong Il Launches Nuclear War

This appears to be a rendering of Kim Jong Il overseeing a Pikachu ICBM nuclear war. I have no idea who the artist is but I love it!

• [Anonymous]

  His hat says “ì•…” which is Korean for ‘evil.’

• [Cynical]

  The “Rocket Monster Kim” thing is an especially cute play on words; it’s only one character different from “Pocket Monsters Gold”.

• [oepn]

  A well done picture, and a clever pun too!

  The artist’s name is Sakkan (サッカン).

• [Genutz]

  LOL! Hilarious!

• [Drew from Zhrodague]

  A glorious color laser print of this very image has been sitting on my desk for a few weeks now — come-on, bb!

  I especially like how the ICBMs have the faces too, but they look like some of the more elaborate marital aids, making it even funnier. Well, for me at least.

• [gmoke]

  The red text in the lower left hand corner seems to read
  “Rocket Monster Kim (Gold)”

  And the Pikachu rockets are labeled “pika-don” which I think means “Boom!”

  The blue text looks like “Let’s go kidnapping!”, a reference to the North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens over the years.

  • [oepn]

    More specifically, pika-don is a reference to the bright flash (pika) and explosive noise (don) of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

• [tzaraat]

  It reminds me of the work of Kenneth Hung.

• [Iron Clad Burrito]

  Reading this in Google Reader and skimming past it, the first thing I thought I saw was Michael Moore.

• [Chris Arkenberg]

  Yay BB crowdsource! I had no idea what the characters were saying and was basically hoping it wasn’t something horribly offensive to Koreans.

• [Anonymous]

  I think “pika-don” is a play on the names of the DPRK rockets, named “Taep’o-dong” (trans “Big Explosion” or some sort).

• [tzaraat]

  Here’s a much larger version:

  http://sakkan.petit.cc/1img/muscat1b_img/img20061106210730.jpg

• [Nadreck]

  The coming of Pikachu is foretold in the Book Of Revelations where it talks about a “Great Horned Beast that shall arise in the East”!

• [benher]

  Oh, what fun neighbors the DPRK are! In my final nanoseconds before nuclear incineration, I sincerely hope my final thoughts are not of Pikachu.

  Pedantic PS – the title reads “Rocket Monster” instead of “Pocket Monster” as a Pokemon propaganda poster might be inclined to read.

  Another Pedantic PPS – Despite NK terrorizing it’s Asian neighbors constantly and consistently with it’s mouth-foaming saber rattling, it was inexplicably removed (by Bush) from the US list of states that sponsor terrorism.

• [Saint Fnordius]

  So it could be translated as such:
  “PokeMon” => “RockeMon”,
  “Pikachu” => “PikaBoom”,
  and “Gotta Get ‘em All” => “Gotta Kidnap ‘em All!” ?