Fantastic Blognanza!

Before I proceed, I should mention that today’s t-shirts aren’t available for immediate purchase and are only available for preorder until October 5th. So I guess just keep that in mind.

Aaron Diaz’s Dresden Codak is easily one of my most favorite webcomics. Hopefully, if you peruse the archives for a bit, you’ll see why: in addition to addressing anything from tabletop philosophy to transhumanism to delightfully misinformed time travelers, the comic is just plain gorgeous in more ways than I care to name.

Investing that much effort into a comic strip — especially one that so frequently (and successfully) employs the feral infinite canvas — certainly eats up a lot of time. A quick survey of the archives tells that past updates have been staggered as long as a month apart from one another.

Well, that’s where today’s tees enter the picture! Although Aaron Diaz has offered prints of previous comics in his shop in the past, this is his first attempt at producing any wearable wares — items that, from what I hear, tend to yield much more monies. His ultimate goal is to generate enough income to dump his “regular mindless office job” and scrawl webcomics full time (which, according to Mr. Diaz, would translate into weekly comic updates, which would be awesome).

Anyway, enough chit chat. Remember, these shirts are being sold on a preorder run that will terminate on October 5th. All shirts will be printed on American Apparel jersey tees. And now, here they be, those shirts three:

Tiny Carl Jung at Dresden Codak: $18.45 for Women, $18.99 for Men

Tiny Carl Jung appears in the comic frequently enough, though I’m not sure whether he’s to be counted among the “core cast” or not. The design is pretty self-explanatory — ideal for those of us who always thought that Jungian psychology could stand to be tinier. Available in Brown or Navy Blue.

Historical Preenactment Society at Dresden Codak: $18.45 for Women, $18.99 for Men

Originally mentioned in passing, I have to wonder whether the HPS is a legit exercise in soothsaying or whether it’s an excuse to wear funny silver hats and make raygun noises. Come to think of it, I don’t particularly care either way.

Evolution at Dresden Codak: $18.45 for Women, $18.99 for Men

Admittedly, we’ve all seen our fair share of shirts riffing on the familiar (and probably inaccurate) “human evolution” diagram. I find the image endearing mainly because its original context is so memorable, although strangers to the comic probably don’t share this sentiment. Unless they read the archives, of course.

I could go on — there’s the problem of putting a price value on creative work, for example, which Mitch Clem, another webcartoonist, has mentioned in the past — but I’ll stop here. I’m just freakin’ excited about these tees.

Link: [Dresden Codak's Store]
Expensiveness: $18.45 for Women, $18.99 for Men

Post Script: It’s worth mentioning that Aaron Diaz invented Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day (December 8th).