Monthly Archive for April, 2007

Impractice Makes Imperfect

Today’s featured site comes straight from Humbolt Park in that windiest of cities, Chicago (Illinois)! “ImPerfect Articles,” it’s called, and two gents by the names of Noah Singer and Mike Andrews run the whole operation. The shop itself boasts a vast array of artists (more than fifty!) whose copious designs span a vast array of classical t-shirt archetypes — everything from “Intricate Geometric Designs” to “Scenes From Nature” to “Words That Make You Stop And Think For Awhile.” It’s a varied and extensive catalogue, so you’ll definitely want to check it out for yourself.

Let’s enter the fray, then, and gander at some designs. I found this next one rather endearing, myself:

Amy Chan
Come, avian comrades! Let us make merry in the suburban underbrush! Art by Amy Chan. Buy it here for $30

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All the World Over, so Easy to See, Shipping Everywhere Just Wanna Be Free!

We here at Fantastic Bonanza! are getting into the April/mid-May spirit. Whether this means rain, a little more sunshine, or the final stretch of the school year (or anything else, for that matter), this time of year is a time to celebrate. And what better way to kick it off than with freedom?

Free Worldwide Shipping at Fantastic Bonanza
Free shipping on all orders at Fantastic Bonanza!

That’s right: shipping has the right be free, and we’re delivering. From now until May 13, 2007, shipping at Fantastic Bonanza! is free: any number of shirts, anywhere in the world. Shipping to the continental U.S. is by USPS Priority, elsewhere by USPS Airmail.

Expensiveness: $19
Link: [Fantastic Bonanza!]

P.S. If you can’t stop thinking about ‘People Got to Be Free’ by The Rascals, now… well, you can listen to 30 seconds of it at Amazon.

Fantastic Bonanza Free T-Shirt Contest IV: It Came From Outer Space

As we bid farewell to the debauchery of March and welcome April’s soggy prelude to May’s flora, another Fantastic Bonanza contest has come and gone. Merry March, we will always remember you fondly. We will also remember the entries to last month’s contest very fondly as well.

As usual, we had a tough time sorting through the responses, and we’ve picked the three bestest-of-the-bestest responses:

call me George: A guy like the one at the hotels who makes omlettes to order, except that he follows you around everywhere and makes tasty omlettes to help you tackle any obstacle.

Rjmanujan T. Scurmot: A golden trophy 25 miles high, five miles across and 5 feet wide (so that it would be easy to store).

Juan Dominguez: A gift pack containing some of the rarest world artifacts:

1. Hen’s teeth
2. A good Bush Administration decision, carefully preserved in amber where is was trapped a very long time ago.
3. A 3 minute tape containing funny jokes performed by Gallagher and Carrot Top.
4. Jimmy Hoffa
5. A live Yeti, complete with cage

Congratulations, gentlepeople! You are the proud recipients of some fantastic t-shirts. On with the show, then, as we present you, our loyal readers, with the prompt for April 2007:

In order to combat crime worldwide, Fantastic Bonanza! has decided to commission its very own superhero. Problem is, we’re short on ideas for criteria! If Fantastic Bonanza! added a superhero to its ranks, what would his or her superpowers be? Or should we not be satisfied with a paltry single superhero and seek a whole team?

Be sure to leave your email address in the “email” field when you respond. Otherwise, we won’t be able to contact you if you win! Wouldn’t that be horrible?

People Like Us: Restocked!


People Like Us Collective’s ‘White‘ Range

As of April 6th, 2007, all sizes of all the designs in People Like Us’s ‘White‘ collection are restocked and available! They are super-colorful, super-detailed, and super-limited (only 100 of each design).

Expensiveness: $69 AUD (~$51.75 USD)
Link: [People Like Us]

Dinosaurs Riding Bicycles at Noisebot

For those of you who don’t regularly check Katrina’s t-shirt blog or Noisebot for updates, you might have missed out on the fact that they have ten new designs available for your purchasing pleasure. They’re pretty snazzy! My personal favorite is the one that has dinosaurs riding bicycles. Because let’s face it: it’s DINOSAURS. Riding BICYCLES. Also, there is a volcano.


dinos
Did I mention that they are dinosaurs riding on bicycles?

Additionally, it seems like you can get 15% off your order until the end of April if you use the coupon code “AprilAwesomeness”. (Don’t necessarily hold me to that, though—I’m just repeating what I’ve heard elsewhere.)

Link: [Noisebot]
Expensiveness: $17.95

New Shop at Beautiful/Decay

Although this is the first time we’ve blogged about Beautiful/Decay, you’re probably already aware of the veritable trove of quality goods for sale at their store1. What you may not have known is that yesterday, right beneath our noses, perhaps even while we slept, they updated their online store. Those sneaky devils!


new beautiful decay shop
Clicky-clicky for an instantaneous and painless journey to Beautiful/Decay’s fancy new shop.

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Patterns!

It seems like patterns within elements of t-shirt designs are becoming more and more common these days; and I’m certainly not complaining, because I think they’re pretty cool! If you can’t visualize what I’m talking about (and I won’t blame you; I wouldn’t be able to, either!), here’s an example from Your Favorite (about whom I’ve wanted to blog for a while now, anyway):

To the Edge! - Your Favorite
To the Edge! at Your Favorite ($20)

Using a white/green plaid for the ship works really well here. It’s already absurd for it to be sailing through the clouds (even though I think it’s going to the edge of the world, hence the title), so there might as well be something odd about the ship itself. Why not make it plaid? I like it. To the Edge! is not the only instance of this phenomenon that I’ve noticed, however. Here are three more that I think are cool:

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