Mister Black and The Children of the 80s

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     80s t-shirts, 80s tees, Ghostbusters, Mister Black Tee, Spanish t-shirts, cartoon tees, graphic tees, retro tees, robot tee, toon t-shirts

Spanish tee label Mister Black celebrate the lowbrow visual culture of the 1980s, harking back to a time when the Internet was still a military/educational project, the nearest Brits could get to Anime was Battle of the Planets, when a Walkman was the nearest you’d get to an iPhone, and almost every action packed Hollywood blockbuster was aimed squarely at the funny bone. It’s in this slice of history that you’ll find Mister Black’s diorama of mass cultural iconography and artefact, scraped from the underbelly of nostalgia, and jazzed up for our now far more sophisticated palettes.

If you like your art to lean decidedly on the toon side, wallow in the veritable delights of TV and movie nostalgia, and have an eye for sharp swift graphic illustrations, then Mr. Black has what you need. All the tees on offer are large prints, superbly detailed (I’ll include some photographic proof of that in a moment), cartoon friendly and essentially a lot of fun! I love the site/store design too, the house style is very reminiscent of the artwork of animator Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of classics like Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory. Just check out Mr. B’s Xmas logo to see what I mean.)

All the tees come in a range of blacks, well what did you expect? Available for guys and girls at (around) €22.99 to €24.99 each although the listed prices on the homepage are correct, the prices displayed in the men’s and women’s sections are incorrect so that needs some fixing! However you can get yourself some free shipping by using the code MERRY XMAS at the checkout until the 7th of January! Anyway here are my faves…

Gonna Call Tee

Yes, if you’re a Brit then Ghostbusters will have been ruined for you by the heavily advertised directory services company The Number. Still, this cool tee should help deprogram you and get you back on track for some fond and funny memories. Love the detail on this one, in fact nearly all Mr. B’s tees are amazingly detailed.  Sorry girls this one is sold out… but if you’re into Gonna Call then there’s a few more tees like this one including the Action Tee, the 007 Tee, and the Director Cute  Tee.

Big Robot Tee

Perhaps my overall fave, this one’s cheaper at €21.99 each for guys and girls. I’m a sucker for robots, although not in the way some guys love their vacuum cleaner. The girls’ version is sold out, there’s a another version called Big Robot II. but there are only guys sizes left – I have a feeling that the highly organised female collective mind might have bought all their tees early for Xmas.

Face Tee and Doll Face Tee

If the Mr. Men and Little Misses had been French they’d have looked as stylish as these two!

Afrodita Tee

Here’s one just for the girls, seeing as Mr. B has sold out so many others! “For those who are like Sayaka Yumi!”. Only available in sizes M-XL though :/

Mister Black is definitely a popular label, especially with the ladies, he must be a very smooth talker ;) See more, read more, buy some at www.mbtee.com.

Super Shredder Tee

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If you’re a toon connoisseur, like your art street, and have something of a twisted sense of humour then you’re sure to love the Super Shredder Tee at TTOFS (Try This On For Size). There’s rather a amusing description on the product page, I don’t normally quote verbatim but this deserves repeating:-

“When we put them on, we became super and mutated as well; getting all jacked up like we were in the first row of a Vanilla Ice concert! (is there even a second or third row?). Next thing we know we were underneath a dock, doing our best to smash said dock to bits all the while cursing the Ninja Turtles!“

Super Shredder Tee

So be warned, even if it is the coolest take on a Superman Tee in donkey’s years its effects still might drag you into a long running fight with some of the worst superheroes ever conceived. Turtles that like pizza and martial arts and live in the sewer where they jibe on each other about being fat, lazy, and vain. None of them ever get drunk or stoned or have girlfriends or  curse so I am guessing they’re a little bit hard line religious too. Shredder had the right idea as far as I am concerned, but as usual, toon baddies never win. Dammit. If there are any cartoon characters with a chip on their shoulder reading this blog please can you murder the following:

• Jerry
• The Road Runner
• TMNT
• Itchy, actually just do the whole cast of The Simpsons – they need retiring!

Anyway all the tees are $18 each – Guys: 8.5oz 100 % cotton tubular pre-shrunk jersey (S-XL) – Girls: 7.5 oz 100% ringspun cotton. Super soft with slight stretch longer length, slightly scooped neck (S/XL).

Baby Monster Tee

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Check out this little oddity, cute but rather terrifying, I expect to see big things in the future from the spanking new Brit t-shirt label Brutal Manic Apparel . I also expect to see small things, ugly things, mutant things and well you get the picture ;) Here’s what they have to say for themselves:

“The aim has always been to take the doodle style artwork and transform it into something awesome and fashionable. Our original goal was to solely create the designs and then sell them to bands, but we later realized that we wanted to sell the stuff ourselves instead and from their Brutal Manic Apparel was formed. Our goal is to grow and grow with lots of fresh new designs that UK stores really seem to lack in accomplishing for some reason.”

Baby Monster Tee

A rather strange blend of cute and abhorrent oozes from every pore of BM’s Baby Monster Tee. Kinda’ like aww… ahhh… uuugh…. arrgghhh! A lavishly doodled yet uniquely weird t-shirt available for guys and girls at £12 each in various sizes and colours.

Discounts at Aaitski

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The super cute Aaitski t-shirt label, famed for it’s cartoon character tees for kids and, well, ‘big kids’, is offering discounts galore. If you’ve got the World Cup blues, I don’t even like football normally yet I’m sharing in the national grief we’ve experience in England after being beaten (yet again) by the Germans, then don’t worry, you can get 15% off all Afroboy tees at www.Aaitski.com until the final match on the 11th of July.

What’s more Aaitski have kindly offered Buy Tees readers a permanent discount on their whole range of iconic tees, whatever sporting disaster you might cope with in the future you can always cheer yourself up with a 10% discount. Just enter TWITSKI at the checkout and save some dosh!

All of their tees are manually silk screen-printed in Belgium to a very high quality, If you’ve got kids or are a big kid at heart then Aaitski are here for you! Normally available at €25 each you can get any of their shirts at Let’s take a look at some of their latest designs. Prepare to be supercutified:

All these and more are on offer to kids (up to 12 years) and big kids (S-XL) for €22.50 (with the Buy Tees 10% discount). See the rest today at www.Aaitski.com!

Tuck Into Pyknic’s Tees

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Pyknic, Pyknic Clothing, Pyknic t-shirts, Pyknic tees, cartoon tees, comic art t-shirts, picnic tees, www.pyknicwear.com.Pyknic Andrew Stephen

Here’s a rather tasty review for you featuring the fabulous t-shirts of Pyknic Clothing at www.pyknicwear.com – serving a great sense of humour alongside some fantastically well drawn designs, the two guys behind the label Andrew Marshall (aka The Chef) and Stephen Thompson aka (The Butcher) have created a unique branding concept that literally has their fan base eating out of their hands. Their slant on the t-shirt market has gone from strength to strength as they turned their backs on the traditional surf/skate market a few years back and headed off in a weird and wonderful alternate reality where fashion and food collide in a frenzy of colour and creative flair. Even their site is a veritable feast for the eyes, mocked up to closely resemble a retro diner, the graphics are smart, the impact immediate, the navigation a breeze, the prices highly competitive (check out their sale) – this label has their market nailed and are going from strength to strength with a wide range of retailers stocking their goods across the world in the USA, Europe, Australia and well just about anywhere you’d expect to find a cool t-shirt store. In fact even Hot Topic stock a few of their tees, so you know they’ve hit the big time, let’s hope the recession doesn’t begin to cut back on their plans for world domination, somehow I doubt it will make any difference.

Most of their designs, though conceptually conceived by Andrew and Stephen are illustrated by a variety of top artists under their wing, and it’s obvious by the startling diversity of style and composition that they’ve most certainly got an eye for talent. What’s more Pyknic are extremely adept at building a phenomenal brand with a wide variety of social networking hooks to pull in the punters including their blog, a popular Myspace page, Andrew’s Twitter as well as a whole heap of bands who adore their clothing that together make the Pyknic Family. They also offer a mailing list at their store so you can keep up with all the latest news on sales and if you really want to bug them for all they’re worth they openly invite your questions via AIM – their username is PYKNICwear. But before you do maybe you should check out exactly what all the fuss is about, so hand me your plate and I’ll pile it high with the best of the best from the crazily creative camp at Pyknic! read more