Spurs' Tim Duncan to be featured in Marvel's Punisher comic

[Budkin]

http://projectspurs.com/2014-articles/photo-spurs-tim-duncan-to-be-featured-in-marvels-punisher-comic.html

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[Dex]

Awesome. I bet Tim is all giddy and shit about it.

For those of you who have been living under a rock the past 3 years, Tim's custom painted knee braces:

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/913/516/timmy_original.jpg?1371137782

[Fireball]

fucking awesome ... as I am a fan of both Timmy and Marvel Comics ... yeah, I am a nerd

[RD2191]

Dope as hell.

[Spur|n|Austin]

That's pretty cool, it's definitely gonna give TD a nerd boner.

[B-Hath]

That .... is badass.

[lil'mo]

Nerds

[wildcardX]

Whoa! NICE!! Now if Marvel can only spinoff a Punisher series on Netflix from the upcoming Daredevil series and then cast Timmy for brief appearances as the Punisher's mechanic. AWESOME!.............................Ok, back to reality. Lots of wishful thinking there.

[Chinook]

That's pretty cool. You know that it's like a dream come true from Duncan.

However, they need to add a few more rings to Tim's hands.

[BatManu20]

This is actually pretty rad. I bet he's geeked about it (no pun intended).

[xellos88330]

Cool. I am going to have to buy this comic and get it autographed. :D

[spurraider21]

as if he would need a nametag :lol

[Splits]

Should be wearing all five rings instead of just one tbh

[Silver&Black]

Hell yeah....way to go Timmy.

You know Tony Parker is jealous...he's a big comic book fan too.

[KL2]

What a great year for Duncan.

[SupremeGuy]

That's pretty cool, tbh.

[RD2191]

Would be cool if Kobe made an appearance as a bricklayer.

[TE]

Holy shit that is awesome.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

The next panel will be Tim handing Frank a personal trainer's address.

[HI-FI]

What a great year for Duncan.
this, especially after all the shit he dealt with last year. icing on the cake. I bet this has to be one of the coolest things for him. Punisher is taking down the kobes of the world while TD is a partner. fkin awesome.

[Kuestmaster]

Whoa! NICE!! Now if Marvel can only spinoff a Punisher series on Netflix from the upcoming Daredevil series and then cast Timmy for brief appearances as the Punisher's mechanic. AWESOME!.............................Ok, back to reality. Lots of wishful thinking there.

That would be the coolest shit ever.

Cast Tim for recurring appearences and show him teaching The Punisher the fundamentals of shooting. Or viceversa. I don't care as long as happens.

[Russo21]

Hey may not bring home MVP's anymore but 17 seasons into his illustrious career Tim Duncan is still the League Most Important Player MIP

[100%duncan]

Dope :tu

[hooperflash]

Hell yeah....way to go Timmy.

You know Tony Parker is jealous...he's a big comic book fan too.

He loves the movies, not much of a comic book reader.

[Silver&Black]

He loves the movies, not much of a comic book reader.

Well....when Timmy stars in the new Punisher movie....TP will really be jealous then. LOL

[spurspokesman]

Good for Tim. I dig the punisher knee brace to, now he can wear his own comic knee brace.

[hooperflash]

Well....when Timmy stars in the new Punisher movie....TP will really be jealous then. LOL

I can see that happening :tu

[BatManu20]

Should be wearing all five rings instead of just one tbh

[BatManu20]

Between his love for the character and his knee-brace, how was Tim never given the nickname "The Punisher" tbh.

[BatManu20]

Here's the backstory on how Timmy being on the cover came to be:


Tim Duncan’s passion for comics and automobiles will come together this October when Duncan will appear on the front cover of Marvel's The Punisher. The front cover of the comic was drawn by Mike Choi, a San Antonio-native and self-proclaimed “bigger basketball nerd than comic book nerd.” Choi, who has been illustrating comics for Marvel for almost a decade, shared details with Spurs.com on how the front cover came to be:

“None of this would have happened if Tim wasn't a huge Marvel fan and The Punisher specifically. I really love that he's proud of the fact that he's a big comic book fan, and I always got a kick out of reading about him dressing up as The Punisher for Halloween, and incorporating the Punisher's logo on his knee brace. Everyone who knows about Tim Duncan beyond what he does on the court knows that about him, and as a comic book guy myself, I think that's awesome.

Basically he and the guys at his BlackJack Speed Shop, along with the guys at the comic store Heroes and Fantasies, got together to put forth the idea of custom making a car that the Punisher might drive, kind of like the Batmobile is for Batman, but more gritty and realistic. The Punisher, whose real name is Frank Castle, is a grizzled, old-school vigilante dispensing justice, and while sometimes he has to remain incognito while staking out bad guys, when it comes to the actual "punishment" so to speak, he likes to make a big show to instill fear in his targets. Hence the big skull on his chest, and now his car.

When the idea was presented to Marvel to see if they could have the car be an actual part of the Marvel universe, what basically started off as fan-fiction or basically "car-cosplay" (cars-play?) now became a part of official Punisher lore after Marvel said yes. The idea was to depict this on the cover of an official issue of "The Punisher" with Castle being given the car by Tim himself, after having had it built by San Antonio's own BlackJack Speed Shop.

Marvel then asked me to draw it after the guys at Heroes and Fantasies recommended me. I've drawn comics for Marvel for almost a decade now, having spent years on books like X-Men, Thor, and Fantastic Four, and now drawing covers for the new Superior Iron Man title, but I'd never drawn the Punisher before. So even before I knew the specifics of the projects I would have loved to have taken it on, but as a huge San Antonio Spurs fan, having grown up in San Antonio, and with my parents still living in San Antonio and running two local Japanese restaurants off NW Loop 410, after having watched the Memorial Day Miracle live from the nosebleed section to suffering through Ray Allen's dagger, to the Spurs coming back to dominate this year's Finals for our fifth NBA Championship, I jumped on the chance to draw Tim Duncan in a real-life Marvel book! Also, the Heroes and Fantasies store on Pat Booker in Universal City was my first regular comic book store, so it really felt like I'd come full circle.

I loved drawing this cover. It took about three days, beginning to end. It was important to me to get Tim's face and demeanor right, it was really hard to try and capture his look without being able to put him in a #21 jersey! But I'm really happy with the final product, and I'm really proud that although Marvel asked me if I could put a prominent Punisher skull on the car keys, I chose to sacrifice that in order to draw big fat championship ring on Tim's hand instead, and put that in the center instead!"

BlackJack Speed Shop announced via Facebook that the shop is building a replica of the car featured on the cover. The car will be auctioned off and all proceeds will be donated to a local San Antonio charity.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/140918_tim_duncan_marvel_comic

[Silver&Black]

Even Timmy's son is getting into the act....

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tim-Duncan-knee-brace-son-shirt.jpg (http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tim-Duncan-knee-brace-son-shirt.jpg)

[mudyez]

Boring!!!

Kobe was featured years ago:

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/9116/1126714-untitled.png

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

The next panel will be Tim handing Frank a personal trainer's address.

:lol Nice!

[Darkwaters]

This is pretty awesome

[Brox6]

The championship ring ��

[RD2191]

Boring!!!

Kobe was featured years ago:

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/9116/1126714-untitled.png
:lmao

[ace3g]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0ztTj-IYAAGAmm.jpg:large


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2kH0aT8hXk8

[ace3g]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Fans-go-wild-for-Tim-Duncan-Punisher-at-Heroes-5847501.php