Kristofferson Whack Bat Illustration

Overview

A small collection of marks and designs from one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Of all the fictional games Whack Bat is one of the best (better than quidditch). The rules are pretty easy:

Whack-bat requires at least thirteen players, consisting of three grabbers, three taggers, five twig-runners, one center tagger, and the player at whack-bat. The center tagger lights a pinecone on fire and throws it to the player at whack-bat. The player hits the pinecone and runs to knock a cedar stick off the cross rods. Then the twig-runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls "Hotbox." Finally, the score down are added up, then divided by nine.