Regular commenter MJR sent me a couple of presents yesterday. I never really considered whether TUAK needs a logo, but do appreciate the thought.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Not as far as I’m concerned…. just more to scroll down from. Your header looks just fine to me as it is. 🙂
I like it. If you just glance at that font, of course, it appears to be a very coarse word; this is either a feature or a bug, depending on one’s mood.
Like everything else, it needs a dog. Preferably with the rear leg lifted! {;>)
Ditto what wolfman said. The “T” looks sort of like an “F”, and the “A” has the right shape to be a “C”. The U and the K are even in the right places.
If it were mine, I would use a different font, or spell the slogan out, or something.
If you add the dog, he should be targeting a deluded narcissist or some other “majestic” figure, but now you are looking at artwork that requires talent and skill and stuff, not to mention that the whole thing gets a lot busier.
other random thoughts: add a dunce cap, a jeering and pointing jester, some Groucho glasses, a blunderbuss with a flag out the end saying “ha ha”, or any other icons of slapstick humor.
I don’t really think of Joel as a long gun sort of guy, so two of them on a logo might be a bit much. I like Bailey’s and Joe’s ideas of comic touches though!
While designing a logo was a kind and thoughtful idea from MJR, and fine tuning his creation makes a fun group project, in the end I think that MamaLiberty might have it right. We don’t really need more things to scroll past to get to Joel’s content.
The proposed logo is OK,but the rifles need to be an AK and an AR,and the beverage should be bourbon.
About the possible misunderstanding due to the ornate script … I think it’s fine just the way it is. Let the leader sort it out; it says more about the reader than about the design. Plus, I misread it the first time, too … so now you know where my mind runs.