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John’s Top Ten Tees of Aught Seven

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John
on December 30, 2007
in Beautiful/Decay, Enclothe, Fantastic Bonanza, Oddica, Threadless, Uneetee and t-shirts
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As Joe mentioned yesterday, now is the time for more Top Ten Lists. Specifically, it is time for a Top Ten List from me, John! There’s a disappointing consistency among most of my picks, I’m afraid. I’ll have to expand my shirtish horizons in 2008.

10. Music Connects Us Through Space from Uneetee

Every once in a while, Uneetee will catch me off guard, much to my pleasant surprise. I guess the childhood dream of starting a rock band in space hasn’t yet lost its appeal, though it’d certainly be difficult to get NASA to pay for a recording session.

9. Roboto Mori by Joe Infurnari from Bountee

Greg yakked this one up a while ago.

8. Deus Ex Machina from Threadless

Though we never reviewed it, Greg did mention this shirt briefly when chronicling his trek to Threadless IRL.

7. Silent Weapon for Quiet Wars from Beautiful/Decay

I took a quick look at this design along with three other t-shirts that were, at the time, fresh additions to Beautiful/Decay’s Artist Series.

6. Nessie from Bloo Empire

You can read a li’l about this t-shirt back here. I wanted to list Keeley Carrigan’s Monster Tree, profiled here, instead, but that would be breaking the rules. Since, you know, it was pre-2007 and everything.

5. Robot Anatomy v2.0 from White Frog T-Shirts

I really wish I could remember how I happened upon this shop, but I can’t. Its 789 might have something to do with it, though. Possibly. Like, someone else linked to it as part of a “seven ate nine” post—maybe?

4. Conezor Attacks from Fantastic Bonanza

Did you guys know that you can get this in Men’s Large now? You guys probably already knew that. Anyway, click here if you want to revisit Conezor’s debut.

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Joe’s Top Ten Indie T-Shirts of 2007

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Joe
on December 29, 2007
in 2K by Gingham, Design by Humans, Enclothe, Fantastic Bonanza, Imaginary Foundation, Monsieur T., SEIBEI and t-shirts
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As the year comes to a close, it seems fitting to look back and reflect on some of the best t-shirts from 2007. This is the list of my top 10 tees in the past 12 months, and you can expect lists from John and Greg in the next couple days. Some of these designs didn’t receive the attention they deserved until now. Enjoy!

10. Ampersand from Ser-vice

Ampersand - Ser-vice

Read my original review of this logographic t-shirt.

9. Sandwich Dinosaur from SEIBEI

Sandwich Dinosaur - David Murray - SEIBEI

Although the design isn’t new this year, Sandwich Dinosaur is available in more colorways than ever, and now even comes in kids’ sizes! (As always, don’t forget to use coupon code fanblog for 10% off.)

8. Hot Dog from 2K by Gingham

Hotdog - Marc Atlan - 2K

Although this t-shirt is sadly no longer available, you can still read about my obsession with hot dogs.

7. Abe from Enclothe


Read John’s smartly clever review of this smartly clever t-shirt.

6. Antler Girl from I’m Smitten


Read my in-hand review of this adorably creepy t-shirt, and check out the multiple colorways now available on I’m Smitten. (My mom tells me that Lili Taylor wore this shirt a lot in Starting Out in the Evening.)

5. Poseidon’s Rage from Monsieur T.

Poseidon’s Rage - Ryan Berkley - Monsieur T.

Because Poseidon’s Rage is from Monsieur T.’s old line, it’s only available as a t-shirt in small and medium from the Monsieur T. Treasure Bin, though it sees new life as a hoodie.

4. Birdman from Imaginary Foundation

Birdman - Nick Philip - Imaginary Foundation

I under-appreciated Birdman until I was thinking about my favorite t-shirts of the year. This t-shirt is one of my most-worn from Imaginary Foundation!

And now, get ready for my top 3 best indie t-shirts of 2007…
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Conezor Attacks: Men’s Large!

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Joe
on December 28, 2007
in Fantastic Bonanza and t-shirts
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If you are a person of the men’s large variety, and you’ve been itching to get your hands on Conezor Attacks, well… um… now you can!

Just like all of our new tees (the ones with all the pretty colors), Conezor is printed on Continental Clothing blanks, which are like American Apparel but have a better fit and feel (in my opinion). And they have a tear-away country-of-origin neck tag, so you don’t have to worry about scratchy tags! Thanks to Jimmy of Print My Tees for printing this small batch of t-shirts for us!

Fantastic Bonanza Free T-Shirt Contest X: Voyage Into Sector X

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John
on December 7, 2007
in Fantastic Bonanza, contests and t-shirts
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I can safely say that last month’s contest was the most difficult to judge. And that’s not just because I’ve been busy compulsively irrigating my ear canals in preparation for Take It In The Ear Day—no, it’s because so many of this month’s entrants really showed their stuff, making our jobs a lot harder than we anticipated.

Still, we had to choose a Winnar—such is the nature of contests—so we now present this month’s Free T-Shirt Contest winner: Marissa Perna, with her tenuously medical entry:


How many people want to inject Fantastic Bonanza directly into their circulatory systems? Show of hands!

I cannot stress enough how incredibly close this contest was. You guys owe it to yourselves to gander at this month’s other entrants, if only to see what Graffiti is capable of these days.

Enough words! It is time for the December Contest to show itself:

You know what’s ridiculously simple to write? A haiku. Think about it! Just five syllables, and then seven—and then five more! And you’re done! I mean, yeah, there’s the problem of conveying nuggets of profound wisdom or sublime natural wonder in such a limited frame, but come on—who does that? Seriously!

So here’s your challenge, Bonanza Cadets: write a haiku that is somehow related to Fantastic Bonanza! No need to use the words “Fantastic Bonanza” in your entry, of course. You could even write about, say, Conezor or Joe or something if you really wanted—it just has to be Fantastic Bonanza-related!

Post your poetic masterpieces in the comments section and we promise to read all of them all of the time. Well—not quite. Don’t forget your email address, either—otherwise we can’t inform you of your prestigious win!

Pelicans? Pelicans.

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John
on December 6, 2007
in Enclothe, Fantastic Bonanza, Squidfire and t-shirts
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Smells a bit fowl to me.

Hah. See what I did there?

Actually, I should probably avoid making stupid animal jokes simply for the sake of punnery. I may one day encounter a repugnant chicken, after all—and just where would I be then? Punless, that’s where: north of Tongue-Tied, east of Mumblin’ and Fumblin’, west of Johndoesnotusewordscleverlyville. Man, I hate that town. It’s like they have a grudge or something. All I did was accidently introduce a strain of West Nile Virus into their marina.

Hey, speaking of birds, have you noticed that the pelican is starting to carve a place for itself in the shirtosphere?1 It’s true! I first noticed the phenomenon while browsing SquidFire’s new winter lineup of hoodies and jackets.


Pelican Hoodie at SquidFire: $45.00

The design is straightforward enough—sure to please any ornithologist who harbors a soft spot for—well, for harbors. SquidFire seems content enough to admire the pelican from dry shores, but a certain other clothing line does not appear to find this adequate.

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33% Off Everything at Fantastic Bonanza!

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Greg
on November 23, 2007
in Fantastic Bonanza, on sale and t-shirts
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33% off Fantastic Bonanza Holiday Sale!

Well, the title pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Everything’s one-third off at Fantastic Bonanza! That’s 33%! That’s a lot of percent! So if you’ve been a-hankerin’ to nab one of our t-shirts, now’s definitely the time to do it!

The sale lasts until December 18; this also happens to be the Christmas delivery deadline, so if you want to get someone a Fantastic™ gift this Christmas, be sure to place your order by then!

Incidentally, if you want to guarantee that your Fantastic Bonanza t-shirts will be delivered by December 25th, here are the deadlines:
orders to Africa or Central & South America: December 2nd
all other international orders (including Canada): December 9th
all U.S. orders: December 18th

Link: [Fantastic Bonanza]
Expensiveness: $12-16 during sale!

Fantastic Bonanza Free T-Shirt Contest IX 2: Bloodlust With A Vengeance 2

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Joe
on November 21, 2007
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Free t-shirt contest! The other current one really sucks, so we’re doing one that is way cooler. The winner gets a free t-shirt from Fantastic Bonanza! Here’s what you have to do to win:

1. Sign up on Facebook (if you don’t already have an account).
2. Become a Fan on Fantastic Bonanza’s Facebook page.
3. Draw a sweet picture using the Graffiti application on that page! (Please keep all entries PG… we’ll have to delete your drawing if it’s too vulgar, and that would make us cry a little.)

It’s as simple as that. The entrants will be judged based on a complex 100-point scale of Awesomeness, which is a combination of Artfulness and Good Idea-ness, with a pinch of Effort-ness thrown in for good measure. The winner will be announced December 7th. Good luck!