t-shirts
Comic Couture | Mighty Fine releases expanded line of comic shirts for women
In the halcyon days when I was a young comics fan, getting a comics-themed T-shirt was hard to do; you might find a stray shirt in your local Spencers or might order a shirt by mail from Graffiti Designs, but even then your selection was small — and essentially non-existent if you were a woman. But with the advent of cheap t-shirt printing and the internet, that’s not a problem for today’s comic fans.
Earlier this week, T-shirt makers Mighty Fine expanded their line of women’s shirts with a number of unique designs, such as the Phoenix seen at right. These classic designs, plus some inspired by art nouveau Alphonse Mucha and 1980s fashion artist Patrick Nagel, make this the perfect place to buy gifts for the geek girl in your life.
- November 23, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by Chris Arrant
Comic Couture | Aquaman vs. literal litter on new shirt
Marine Litter
Just when you thought Aquaman might be getting a little respect–his New 52 book has been one of the highlights of the relaunch for me–along comes Threadless to hold him back. The King of the Seven Seas offers a reminder that you should always cut the plastic rings on six-pack holders before throwing them away, because you never know where they might end up or who might get stuck in them. I imagine Black Manta is working on a giant net made of them right now …
The shirt is available for purchase here.
- October 31, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Cloonan, Nicolle, Vasquez, Goldberg design robot T-shirts
"Making Friends is Easy"
The T-shirt site Threadless has released a third round of “Comics on Tees” on their website, featuring the work of Becky Cloonan, Ethan Nicolle, J.R. Goldberg and Jhonen Vasquez, who wrote the four “issues” this time around.
This is the third “volume” of comic shirts from Threadless. The first volume featured artwork by Jill Thompson, Cliff Chiang, Tony Moore and Art Baltazar, while volume two featured Eduardo Risso, Lee Bermejo, Matheus Lopes and Dave Johnson, with a story by Brian Azzarello.
You can buy all four of the volume three shirts as a set for $79 or individually for $20 each. You can find artwork for all four shirts after the jump.
- October 17, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Chiang, Crabapple, Cavallaro support Shirts For A Cure at NYCC
Shirts For A Cure, a project started by the Syrentha J. Savio Endowment to raise money in their efforts to provide financial assistance to underprivileged women who cannot afford breast cancer medicine and therapy, sells exclusive shirts for various bands and musical artists on their site. And they’ll be at the New York Comic Con this weekend selling shirts created by artists like Mike Cavallaro (his design is shown above), Molly Crabapple and Brian Ewing.
In addition, Wonder Woman artist Cliff Chiang will hold a signing at their booth Friday at 4 p.m., where you can get one of the last 50 of his limited edition Wonder Woman print.
And even if you can’t attend the con, go check out their site … they’ve got some cool shirts for a great cause.
- October 13, 2011 @ 11:30 AM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Remember the time I almost became a superhero?
Author and blogger Sean Kleefeld is getting into the T-shirt business as well, with a series of shirts that show “slightly less dramatic results” for various superhero origins. For instance, maybe a certain radioactive spider bite didn’t result in someone getting spider powers … it just resulted in a rash:
Almost a Superhero
The shirts, which also include riffs on the origins for Thor, Batman, Green Lantern and Hulk, are available through Cafe Press.
- September 14, 2011 @ 10:00 AM by JK Parkin
Everyone was wearing a Disney shirt but me: Day one at D23
D23 2011
We’re back in our hotel room after a day at Disney’s big D23 event in Anaheim, and what a day it was … you can check out some pictures from it after the jump.
- August 19, 2011 @ 09:47 PM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Show your mutant love with X-Men tees
The X-Men have had a pretty good summer so far, what with the cool, retro X-Men: First Class flick and the grand start to the Schism event. So what better way to declare your love for mutantkind than with one of Mighty Fine‘s new X-Men T-shirts. In addition to the above Young Mutants in Love shirt, they’ve also got two nice character-oriented shirts for Iceman and Nightcrawler, two “90s rock” shirts featuring Professor X and Storm, and a “We can get along” shirt featuring mankind and mutantkind shaking hands … well, we know that won’t last long. But one can hope.
Check’em out after the jump.
- August 2, 2011 @ 01:00 PM by JK Parkin
SDCC ’11 | Second ‘Comics-On Tees’ features Azzarello, Risso, Bermejo, more
T-shirt website Threadless has released another round of “Comics-On Tees,” this time featuring the artwork of Eduardo Risso, Lee Bermejo, Matheus Lopes and Dave Johnson. The four shirts tell a story that was written by Brian Azzarello, called “Sorry Babe…”
You can find all four shirts on the Threadless site.
- July 22, 2011 @ 09:00 AM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Marvel teams with the Dallas Cowboys for apparel line
I think if I mention the NFL and Marvel Comics in the same blog post, there has to be a reference to NFL SuperPro. Union rules, or something. So there you go.
With that out of the way … Marvel and the Dallas Cowboys announced this week a line of T-shirts, hoodies and other apparel featuring the football team and Marvel characters. “Through an agreement that enables the Dallas Cowboys to license Marvel’s Super Heroes, the team will develop co-branded merchandise featuring Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, and many other Super Heroes decked out in Cowboys’ team colors, logos and jerseys.” What, no Rawhide Kid, Two-Gun Kid or Kid Colt?
If you’re thinking these might be popular with comic retailers in the Dallas area, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram had the same thought, as they reached out to Lone Star Comics owner Buddy Saunders, who owns six stores in the Metroplex. “Sports fans are predominantly male, and comic fans are predominantly male. It’s sort of like branding yourself with two things — the team you like and your favorite superheroes,” he told the paper.
This isn’t the first time that Marvel has crossed over into the world of sports merchandise. Marvel characters have appeared on several NBA shirts, including the Hulk on a Celtics shirt and of course the infamous one for the (cough, cough) world champion Miami Heat.
- July 7, 2011 @ 05:00 AM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That’s all, bub
He’s the best there is at what he does, and what he does is look cute and cuddly.
Artist Rocco Rabar provides Threadless with this fun old-timey animated Wolverine T-shirt. Logan would look right at home in an old Merry Melodies or early Disney cartoon … sans claws, of course.
- July 5, 2011 @ 10:00 AM by JK Parkin
SDCC Wishlist | Cliff Chiang’s Epic Proportions shirt
by Cliff Chiang
I already have one Cliff Chiang shirt in my wardrobe, and hopefully come San Diego I’ll have another — the above shirt from Epic Proportions, a Comic-Con exclusive. EP has a whole line of signature tees by artists like Walt Simonson and Geof Darrow, so hopefully this will just be the first of many from Chiang.
For more on the shirt and Chiang’s upcoming run on Wonder Woman, head over to PopCultureShock for an interview.
- June 27, 2011 @ 09:00 AM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Stussy debuts second wave of Marvel shirts
Eternity
Stussy showed us the first wave of Marvel shirts they’re doing back in April, which used “classic” Marvel artwork. I have nothing against a John Romita Jr. Wolverine shirt, not in the least, but throwing a Stussy logo behind Logan and charging me $36 for it doesn’t get me excited.
More tempting, though, is the second wave, which features new artwork by Will Sweeney (whose Eternity shirt is seen above), David Shrigley, Bill Plympton, Gary Panter, John K., James Jarvis, Todd James, Mister Cartoon and Noah Butkus. Check them out for yourself on the Stussy site.
- May 10, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | Marvel and Stussy team up for T-shirt line
Dr. Doom
Marvel’s teaming up with the Stussy clothing line for a series of T-shirts. The first series in the “Stussy x Marvel” line will feature classic versions of Dr. Doom, Wolverine and Ghost Rider, among others, while the second series will feature designs by Will Sweeney, David Shrigley, Bill Plympton, Gary Panter, John K., James Jarvis, Todd James, Mister Cartoon and Noah Butkus.
Each shirt retails for $36 and will come with a pack of trading cards, which may or may not offer a glimpse of the second line of shirts (an Eternity shirt would be pretty cool):
- April 25, 2011 @ 09:00 AM by JK Parkin
If your last trip through airport security was bad, at least you aren’t Wolverine
Threadless revisits the age-old question of how Wolverine gets through airport security (which, IIRC, Chris Claremont once addressed by providing Logan the proper papers), which seems to have a bit more topical relevance nowadays. The T-shirt costs $20 on the site; I’d suggest wearing it locally vs. on your next trip, as some TSA agents might not find it funny.
- April 18, 2011 @ 10:30 AM by JK Parkin
Comic Couture | XXX (meaning “30,” not “dirty”) X-Men T-shirts
yours truly
I’m a multipurpose nerd: In addition to being a big comics person, I’m also a t-shirt devotee. I started a (sometimes NSFW) Tumblr about them and everything! As such one of my favorite t-shirt purveyors is Found Item Clothing, which has dedicated itself to painstakingly accurate recreations of t-shirts from cult classic movies. (“STEPHEN KING RULES” from The Monster Squad and “BULL SHIT” from The Jerk are my all-time faves; right this very moment I’m wearing the now out-of-print “Double Deuce” bouncer uniform tee from Road House.)
But today, the Found Item blog has turned its attention to the funnybook realm, and rounded up 30 great X-Men t-shirts. Some are authorized, some bootlegged, some are one-of-a-kind homemade affairs, some are worn by Sir Ian McKellen, some are super-rare Al Milgrom-illustrated affairs available for $200 on eBay, and many of them are simply wonderful. Go take a look. How many do you own?
- March 31, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by Sean T. Collins