Our Slick new site is almost ready!

Time to go back to basics and re-design our site from scratch. My buddy Mark & I built the 1st one together. At this point we're pushing ourselves in a new direction and with the shirts already in full swing production, we need to be ready to accomodate both customers and all kinds of new people researching us etc. It's still edgy with a corporate side boasting some great new technology that will allow for our customers to manage their orders, sell online and promote our brand. Stoked to get this all built and launch it.

Wanted: Dread or Alive...

Who doesn't like Reggae music?! I have never met anyone who didn't like it- seriously? In August, 1983: Peter Tosh was the most popular reggae singer in the world (Bob Marley was dead). His credentials were myriad and impeccable. After all, he was a founding member of The Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer in 1964, in the Trenchtown slum of Kingston, Jamaica. He taught Bob Marley to play guitar!! He left the Wailers in 1975 to pursue a successful solo career which was peaking with the Mama Africa Tour of 82-84, which played every continent of the world except Antarctica. The circumstances surrounding his death were chilling. He once said in an interview, "Jah flows through me. We are responsible. I live music. It rises spontaneously from me. Compositions appear, mon. In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life." [During the conversation, Tosh carefully cleaned, pruned and rolled a spliff the size of a banana. He lit it, blew a volcanic stream of smoke at the ceiling and smiled.] RIP PT.

J.F.K. = M.E.R.D.E.R.

Down to the last 2 shirts! YEAH! Second last is my version of the murder of J.F.K. It was tricky to design, after all we're talking Kennedy here. Not just any president, but the last respected president the USA has seen in along time. He often spoke of the truth about government secrecy & influence on the people of America. JFK had a lot on his plate. I wanted to portray the Cuban Missile Crisis, Jackie O, Lee Harvey Oswald (who was later murdered himself), The procession in the limousine & some good old Americana. Hard to believe there was once a time when people would listen to an articulate & intelligent President. Maybe that's why Barak Obama is such a refreshing alternative for America. On the other hand, wtf do I know?!...I live in Vancouver...meh.

Mighty Murdered Marvin...

I grew up a house that listened to Marvin Gaye pumping though our 2 speaker JVC 8 Track. In March of 1983, he gave his final performance in front of his old mentor and label for Motown 25, performing "What's Going On". He then embarked on a U.S. tour to support his album. The tour, ending in August 1983, was plagued by health problems and Gaye's bouts with depression, and fear over an attempt on his life. Then the tour ended, he isolated himself by moving into his parents' house. Marvin said he wished being famous had some useful function—such as preventing constipation. Gaye didn’t like being a celebrity. He thought it would destroy him. It eventually did. He threatened to commit suicide several times after bitter arguments with his father. On April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th birthday, Gaye's father shot him after an argument that started after his parents argued over misplaced business documents. Gaye was killed by a gun he had offered to his father as a gift. (Whoa! That part was creepy) Marvin Sr. was sentenced to six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered Marvin Sr. had a brain tumor. Spending his final years in a retirement home, he died of pneumonia in 1998.

Lady Di part deux...

After I finished this design I realized it was easily my favorite. Maybe that's why it took the longest? Because the first one posted here was done for a black t-shirt, this one was made for white. I have decided to release 2 shirts for her. Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Henry (Harry), are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms. Starting in the mid- to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became well known for her support of several charity projects. Diana was noted for her sense of compassion, style, charisma, humour and high-profile charity work, yet her philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by her difficult marriage to Prince Charles. The circumstances surrounding the death of Diana have been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. A jury recently decided on April 7th 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the grossly negligent driving of chauffeur Henri Paul & the relentless parazzi photographers.

Juice there it is...

The Story of O.J.Simpson hit the world in the summer of 1994. Ex NFL Superstar & movie film star, is accused of not only killing his wife, but her lover as well. There were the bloody gloves found, blood stains in the car & the chase itself. Actually, nobody was chasing anybody: it was a more of a parade, not a pursuit. A squadron of police cars 'delicately' followed O.J. and his friend Al Cowlings around the L.A. freeway system while O.J. (Who was obviously innocent hiding in the backseat!) past the airport, and finally to O.J.'s Brentwood house, where everyone sat still for hours, except some of us tv watchers who occasionally went to the kitchen or the toilet to take a piss. During the 'vehicular parade', the cameras occasionally cut to the people bunched up along the freeways and at exits cheering O.J. on. WTF?! Even more insane - was the trial itself? Johnnie Cochran was a maniac in that courtroom. At the end of it all - he got O.J. off all charges and he was free as a bird. In retrospect, the verdict in the O.J. case seems inevitable. The bottom line was that the police were clumsy with the evidence. Finally he had the 'juice' to release a book titled: 'If I did it'. Holy shit! Well all I gotta say is this "It's good to see you in the courtroom again Juice, looks like Kharma got the best of you after all? This time, you're going to the Big House for sure & there will be some big ass ni**ers waiting for you."

411 on 911...

Well today was a very appropriate day to show off the mass murder of 911. Not one of my favorite topics, but definately one that had to be drawn. I have been to NYC several times & had some of the best times of my life there. Actually, I have been up the Twin Towers 3 times. I don't want to get in a whole debate about this, trust me, don't get me started. It hurts and I STILL LOVE NEW YORK. If you haven't been - go. New Yorker's are the some of the most resilient people in America. The power of the human spirit lives stronger than ever in NYC. This shirt commemorates that spirit and that fateful day.

Lady Di part one...

Princess Dianna was my friend Francois idea. It was a really hard shirt for me to design. This is the front in it's final vector form. The relentless paparazzi with her crown to be screened on the shoulder. I'm re-doing the back print now, it wasn't good enough for me to release. The hard part for me about this one, was that her tragedy was insane, really. How do you illustrate it? I mean it went on for 10 years in the courts - powerful. I remember being in total shock for days about it. She was an amazing woman, that's for sure.

Merder is watching the WATCHMEN...

Man, this is one of those crazy opportunities I couldn't believe was happening. Uncle Landon hooked us up to design the MPC VFX Team shirt for the Watchmen crew, they are working on the film as we speak. This happened today actually, I just finished the mock ups tonight & sent it off to him. If they approve, I'll make the order and hopefully, Land-O gets one signed by the man himself Zack Snyder!

Ku Ku Katchoo...

Weird past few weeks. I gotta say, creating a dream job is never easy. Life is overwhelming and full of surprises - at least mine is! Oh - Hung out with my new partner in slime, Landon at the Zack Snyder dream factory! Saw some top secret crazy shit that blew my mind, The Watchmen will deliver the next way directors will aspire to make movies about Super Heroes like The Dark Knight just did recently. Hold on, actually, now that I think about it, I'm quite relaxed and focused. I guess we're 90% done with all 48 screens (nice work Jacob), I guess it's time to print some damn t-shirts! Yeah!! Got some great feedback " The Ts are unlike anything I've seen - disturbing and powerful yet stylish, or in other words... f**king siiiiiiiick! I especially liked the Marvin Gaye, The John Lennon, and the 911 presses." - Jay D. Dude, I just totally re-designed all 3 of those shirts for vectoring (that's the NEW Lennon up top) and let me tell you my son, they are f**king siiiiiiiick!