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Thriller + More Zombies = Very Yes

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Joe
on October 30, 2007
in SEIBEI, new releases, t-shirts and webcomics
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I have to admit, I’ve seen neither Thriller nor Dawn of the Dead. But that doesn’t stop me from knowing that they’re both probably really awesome, because two awesome people like them: David Murray and Chris Hastings.

First up, David Murray:

Thriller Was a Documentary - David Murray - SEIBEI
Use coupon code FANBLOG for 10% off Thriller Was a Documentary NEW! at SEIBEI ($22)

Yeah, that’s right. A really sweet Thriller/Dawn of the Dead mashup t-shirt, featuring Michael Jackson’s visage on the classic poster. And check out how sweet that gradient is! It’s very pretty.

Last up, Chris Hastings:

He writes The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, which is a most hilarious webcomic. What does that have to do with Thriller? Everything. (If you’re confused as to why a zombified clone of Benjamin Franklin is dressed up like Michael Jackson and dancing Thriller accompanied by a cast of zombie ninjas… I guess you should start here. And prepare for laughs!)

Link:

Use coupon code ‘FANBLOG’ for 10% off!


Expensiveness: $21-$24

New T-Shirts at Sam and Fuzzy

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John
on October 26, 2007
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(Preface: today’s post isn’t so much about the first shirt as it is about the second. The more you know.)

Sam and Fuzzy is another one of my very favorite webcomics, although these new designs by webcartoonist Sam Logan don’t carry quite the import that Aaron Diaz’s did. After all, ol’ S.L. has been running his online store for some time now. Not to devalue his new threads, of course! It’s just familiar territory for the guy is all.


Dr. Crab Can Fix YOUR Problem at the Sam and Fuzzy Online Store:
$19.00 for Men, $20.00 for Women, $41.00 for Hoodie-Folk

The first of these new designs falls comfortably into the “amusing in-joke probably only intelligible to loyal readers and few others” category that most webcomics frequent, dependent upon its non sequitur appeal as far as anyone else is concerned. A great deal of Sam Logan’s shirts follow suit, in fact — enough to warrant some meta-commentary on the subject in shirt form,1 at any rate. While I enjoyed Dr. Crab’s eccentric antics, I’m far more excited about this week’s other t-shirt offering:


Ninja Showdown at the Sam and Fuzzy Online Store:
$19.00 for Men, $20.00 for Women, $41.00 for Hoodie-Folk

I’m glad Sam finally decided to deviate from his tried-and-true “simple-image/witty-text” formula — you can read his thoughts on the subject in the rantspace here if you really want to — and can’t help but wonder how I can convice him to deviate like this more often.2 One of the reasons I continue to patronize3 this webcomic is its attractively ornate inkwork, and I’d certainly like to see more of it represented in Sam Logan’s commercial endeavors.4

Anyway, those are the shirts, there are the links, so visit the shop! But, as I said earlier, you might be pretty confused by what you find. Although, if you find that you want to purchase precisely three shirts, then be sure to check out this nifty Three Pack and save!5

Link: [Sam and Fuzzy Online Store]
Expensiveness: $19.00 for Lads, $20.00 for Lassies, $41.00 for Whatevers (I mean Persons Predisposed to Purchasing Hoodies .. or PPPH)

1Whoaa, so postmodern! Kind of?
2You don’t want to deviate too much, though — that’s when the crazies start to set in.
3The good kind of “patronize”!
4Man, I can’t help but think of Bill Watterson, but his objections to cartoon syndicates’ penchant for shameless licensing doesn’t really apply here because the strip is independently owned and operated? That sounds about right.
5Seven dollars, specifically.

A Triad Of Tees At Dresden Codak

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John
on September 28, 2007
in new releases, t-shirts and webcomics
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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:

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Sometimes T-Shirts Turn Up in Unexpected Places (Like Webcomics, Sometimes)

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Joe
on April 16, 2007
in Threadless, t-shirts and webcomics
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If you happen to read webcomics with any regularity, you probably know that many webcomics will have shops that sell t-shirts; in fact, a lucky few artists are able to support themselves from the sale of merchandise alone. A lot of times you’ll find that these webcomic shirts are based on some paricularly popular strip, printed by the artist based upon readers’ requests. This sort of close author-reader relationship you find with webcomics is really cool, and another example of why Internet is such an exciting place.

But webcomics selling t-shirts is hardly a newsworthy phenomenon. What is interesting (to me) is when the webcomics themselves explicitly discuss t-shirts. So that’s what this is about: the exceptions (all four of them), out of the webcomics that I read. (Oh, and sorry in advance for the images being too large to display completely in-frame, but displaying smaller versions would just be a waste of space, because they’d be unreadable.)

The first webcomic that I want to look at is Wondermark, by David Malki !, because he happens to discuss the kinds of t-shirts that I myself think about fairly regularly.


In Which Harvey Is a Hater

Let’s start off with Threadless; why not! I guess, um… I guess this particular one isn’t such a critical commentary (I think it’s funny, though!), but there are three things that I wouldn’t mind talking about: 1) I do kind of agree with the ‘wannabe-hipster’ sentiment. 2) It seems like Threadless might be the first (successful) implementation of a Web 2.0 t-shirt site of the sort that Harvey is complaining about, which kind of exempts it from being an overhyped knockoff (not exactly what he says, I know). 3) If the Threadless folks are to be believed, they care about fun, not $$$s.


A Moral Dilemma

Man, Hot Topic… one of my least favorite stores ever. I’m pretty sure some people buy clothes specifically trying to get things that people won’t think are from Hot Topic. I think if somebody asked me if that’s where I got a certain shirt from, I might stop wearing it. It’s really great how Hot Topic and mall punk go hand in hand… eegh…


In Which a Lost Elephant Is Easily Found

It’s true, some people do wear things just to be ironic. It’s pretty… ironic? As Malki ! points out, it is extra ironic that the design they’re discussing was turned into a shirt that is actually for sale (which presumably some people have bought)!

On to the next webcomic (xkcd)! There are three more in store.

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Pixellated Humor and Logiferous Languages

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Greg
on February 20, 2007
in blogs, meta and webcomics
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I’d like to take a moment to point out two recent additions to the blogroll.

First, we have the webcomic Pixel, by Chris Dlugosz. It sort of reminds me of Dinosaur Comics in its content, albeit more absurdist. There’s also quite a bit of self-reference and recursion. So it’s got that going for it.

Also, there’s the Language Log. On the off chance that you are interested in language and linguistics and you haven’t already come across this blog, I’m throwing the link out there so you can go check it out. It’s frequently updated, always interesting, and perfectly accessible, even if you have no background in linguistics. Give it a look.