Cap'n Crunch.

Size M, Cap'n Crunch promo



This shirt was from a free promo from Cap'n Crunch cereal. They wanted something like six UPC symbols, which for some people would probably have been a big deal, but I go through phases when I can eat six boxes of Cap'n Crunch (specifically, Peanut Butter Crunch, but I also like Crunch Berries, though somehow less so after they added all those weird colors) in a month.

The shirt, you can probably guess, is not made from the highest quality cotton/acrylic blend, but it has a nice, soft feel and the heather blue is pleasant. The rings around the sleeves are snug and would probably look really nice on someone who has actual biceps. The logo is an actual screenprint, not the cracking iron-on type that usually comes on these sorts of free shirts.

Weird fact: Cap'n Crunch is made by the Quaker Oats Company (in turn owned by PepsiCo), but if you go to the Quaker Oats website (and really, why wouldn't you?) there is no mention of any Cap'n Crunch products. They have all the hundreds of old-man-Quaker branded oats, bars and cereals as well as Life Cereal and some presumably-regional brands like Quisp or King Vitaman...but no Cap'n, anywhere. Weird.

Exterminated.

Size M, Teefury



I actually got this shirt way back in January 2011, but somehow it has missed being on the blog until now.

Daleks defeat all! How many of the the destroyed robots surrounding the dalek can you name?

Daleks defeat all, but the Doctor defeats the daleks! So there.

The Colonel.

Size: L
Jimmy got this for free at NYCC from the nice people at redbubble.com. He knew I liked shirts so he gave it to me. I like my friends. I also like shirts. :)



This shirt was the winner of Redbubble's 2011 NYCC Design Challenge! According to the story behind the shirt, the famous story of Koko the Gorilla was actually just a cover/smokescreen for a "far more sinister" project involving another gorilla. One look at the shirt and you can guess that this secret project wasn't anything the average person would want to know about. You and I, on the other hand...

This is a great shirt, but I have two tiny comments about the design: 1) the placement of the dismembered head front and center is a bit odd, and because of the perspective it almost becomes the center of the shirt, taking attention away from what should be the main subject (and it's not easy to take attention away from an armored, giant gorilla holding an enormous space-gun) - honestly, the first couple times I glanced at this shirt I really had no idea what I was looking at; 2) the red and green, especially together with the silver and gold, feels a bit "holiday".

Jack's Mannequin - People and Things.

Size: M
Part of pre-order package for Jack's Mannequin's last record "People and Things", but also currently available separately for purchase at jacksmannequin.com (while supplies last).



Nice, retro-ish design and fonts on a pretty bright blue. I like it. Good record, too.

Leonardo.

Size: M
Johnny and Harlem got this for me on their honeymoon.



Leonardo's famous "Vitruvian Man" drawing is named as such because it is based on the work of ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, who spoke of ideal human proportions and geometry and such. The drawing is an ideal example not only of Leonardo's interest in proportions, but also of the blending of art and science of the Renaissance as a whole.

Modern scientists, in close examination of the drawing, have determined that the subject appears to suffer from a left-sided inguinal hernia.