Witzkrieg Battle Shirts

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Witzkrieg, battle shirts, funny tees

Witzkrieg is the imaginary war child (okay it’s a t-shirt label) of the rather popular comic artist Mark Seydewitz, and just before I continue, if you’re looking for bullet proof military armour or even an upgrade for your W.O.W character, you’re reading the wrong post, if you’re not, rest assured you’re going to love this brand! The inspiration for Witzkrieg, as with all great ideas, began with a question, the all-time classic “who would win in a fight between X and Y?”. Witzkrieg takes the concept the whole way too.

Each match-up has two shirts, both shirts share the common front match-up graphic and on the back of the each shirt is the winner.  And of course the customer gets to choose who they think would win – with a winning version for each contender! Their tees are already selling well, and with titles including Tesla vs. Edison and Teddy Roosevelt v. The Brazilian Manfish it’s no wonder! They’ve just came out with a one shot design of the terrifying Robo Jesus – who I suppose doesn’t have a contender, although ‘Chainsaw Buddha’ might have been a nice addition – lol. New battles are added frequently and the next battle to be released will be H.P. Lovecraft v. Edgar Allan Poe!

All the designs at Witzkrieg are quality printed on 100% cotton American Apparel t-shirts and are available for $15-$18 each in sizes S-XL (unless they’ve sold out). Here’s a few battle shirts to get you in the swing of things…

David After Dentist T-Shirt

admin    Charity T-Shirts, T-Shirts     David After Dentist, YouTube, charity t-shirt, funny tees

Probably one of the most famous videos on Youtube has to be “David After Dentist” where the then 7 year old boy David DeVore Jr. was filmed by his father after leaving the dentists. It’s had nearly 65 million views so far and David who on the drive home asks “Is This Real Life?” has become something of an Internet craze in itself. The catchphrase has even hit the small screen – the Devores family have already appeared on many shows including the Today Show, Tyra Banks Show and The O’Reilly Factor. David DeVore Sr. has decided to sell t-shirts to celebrate the hilarious video, and for those who might think he’s just cashing in the family have already raised $6000 for the charity Operation Smile which provides cleft lip and palette surgery for over 200,000 children in over 50 countries so far.

Before you all start hailing the Devores as saints, the bulk of the money doesn’t go to charity, however it will go towards the school and college education of their two sons, which when you think about it is fair enough seeing as they’ve both provided an enormous amount of entertainment for millions of Youtube fans. Still, I suppose you could argue for and against, though I have no qualms. What’s more one of the t-shirts on offer is actually rather cool, a great comic style and at a good price too.

David After Dentist (Is This Real Life?) Tee

Available for both guys and girls in purple (all sizes) for $15 each here.

If you want to check out more of their hilarious videos click here.

Ruby Red Tees

admin    T-Shirt Designers     RubyRed, Star Wars T-shirt, funny t shirts, funny tees, graffiti tees, redbubble, shirt woot, t-shirt designer

I’m doing it again, breaking my own rules by featuring this designer as he doesn’t own his own indie store, however I have to give Roger Denyer the graphic wizard behind Ruby Red Design the kudos he deserves, besides he’s based near me on the coast in Brighton so call it community spirit if you will. During the week he works as Senior Designer for an international media company based in the UK. He’s responsible for the design and branding for many exhibitions and publications. T-shirt design provides an all together different kind of creative outlet. However Roger likes to spend his spare time designing t-shirts, he enjoys the freedom of creativity and the lack of corporate pressure involved in creating tees. “If I like what I create, I sell it, there’s no client to disrupt the flow.”

RubyRed t-shirts have won prizes at many t-shirt crowdsourcing sites including Teefury, Shirt.Woot, Ript Apparel, Goodjoe, TeeInvaders, many of which have evolved into top selling lines. Here’s a couple of my fave available tees by RubyRed right now at the Ozzie tee community RedBubble:

AT-AT Anatomy Tee

The AT-AT Anatomy tee reminds me of Moist Production‘s posters such as his creation (Hello) Kitty Anatomy. An extremely popular tee, you can get this hilarious shirt at $30.71 / £16.16 in all sizes and colours here.

Space Race Tee

This shirt is just superb, I’m actually working on a new piece myself which features a Space Hopper, so I can totally relate. I was even at the UK premiere of the very first Star Wars movie showing at Leicester Square in London in the 1970′s, this shirt is just about as tailor-made for me as they get. If you’re thinking is along the same lines you can buy the Space Race t-shirt for $30.71 / £16.16 in all sizes and colours here.

Soft Inside T-Shirt

Ouch! This t-shirt bites, but in the best possible fashion! I’ve seen dodgy Chinese toys on Watchdog, featuring dangerous springs sticking out the neck and a bit of bad stitching but this is a new one one me. You’ll never look at a soft toy in quite the same way again.You can buy the Soft Inside t-shirt for $30.71 / £16.16 in all sizes and colours here – but do watch your fingers :p

Graffiti Bombing

I absolutely love this one, wordplay taken to a new level, expertly designed with some very nice half tones and a great image over all. Get your graffiti bomb (in t-shirt form) in all sizes and colours at $30.71 / £16.16 here.

You can keep up with all things RubyRed at his blog – keep an eye out for more of his tees – he’s everywhere!

All Day Sale At Pyknic

admin    T-Shirt Discounts     Pyknic, Pyknic Clothing, funny tees, graphic tees

The guys at Pyknic Clothing are holding an all-day sale on all their tees today, get a whopping 50% off any and all of their products including tees, hoodies, shorts, cut-offs and bracelets. Grab a bargain today by using their code “FEARLESSFRONT” at the checkout. Here’s one of their latest t-shirts as a little reminder of the culinary fashion talent that is PYKNIC.

Flying Toaster Tee

Another future classic by the gourmands of the t-shirt world, the Flying Toaster Tee is available in sizes XS to L for $12.50 today (reduced from $25) when you use the code “FEARLESSFRONT” at the checkout…

For loads more bargains visit www.pyknicwear.com today!

Animal Farm Tees

admin    T-Shirt Discounts     Animal Farm Tees, funny t shirts, funny tees, t-shirt discounts, t-shirt voucher, voucher codes

Brand new label Animal Farm Tees are determined to make their mark in the industry, they’ve a whopping 250 tees on offer already, and although some are more original than others, you’re sure to find something to tickle your funny bone. To start off they’ve made the right move in offering a permanent discount to Buy Tees’ readers, their voucher code has been added to our permanent t-shirt discount section, quote “BUYTEES” at their checkout for a 10% discount! They’ve set up their own blog and feature new designs modelled by fans and friends, and with free S/H for the USA and flat rates (no matter how many tees you order) worldwide they’re determined to crack the international market too. You can pick between the cheapest option of a unisex tee to a higher quality American Apparel fine jersey tee for men and women, plus sweats and hoodies for every design.

Don’t expect beautifully illustrative designs, it’s more about the humour for Animal Farm Tees, still I’ve found a few that should appeal to many of you out there. Personally I’d clear out half the collection, there are too many generic funny tees out there right now, it’s originality and humour that’s going to launch this label ahead of the curve. If I was running the show I’d look online and each and every design that’s on offer somewhere else I’d strike off the books, still check these out, AFT definitely has a lot of promise!

For more bargain funny tees visit www.animalfarmtees.com.

Drunk As Lords

admin    T-Shirt News     DAL, Drunk As Lords, Hulk T-Shirt, Hulk tees, Michael Jackson t-shirt, funny t shirts, funny tees

Straight out of the pub and off the printing press are the spanking new t-shirt brand Drunk As Lords. Set up by four friends who met in Chapel Hill, NC. they decided to form a t-shirt label so they could keep in touch share ideas, a few laughs and a few long distant beery cheers.  They include their influences from a whole variety sources, pop culture, indie rock, comic books and real-life anecdotes being a few.  They’re pretty new at this, and class their first four designs as their “freshman” effort, but are already working on new designs which they promise will be out soon.  Designs are printed on American Apparel tees in sizes S-XXL.

Here’s a couple to wet your appetite…

Shamon T-Shirt

In Britain we’re well familiar with the late Jacko’s uninterpretable catchphrase (amongst other things), but that’s more down to the superb comedy Bo’ Selecta’ by the brilliant comedian Leigh Francis. Shame he’s just an idiot presenter on ITV these days. Anyway here’s DAL’s jaded tribute to Michael Jackson in the form of their Shamon T-Shirt. Available for $20 in sizes S-XXL.

The Incredible Drunk T-Shirt

If you have a drinking problem you probably shouldn’t wear this one, even if you are a Hulk fan :p I’m not too much of a drinker myself, in fact hardly ever ,but I did used to watch Hulk on TV as a kid and I think I actually had a Hulk tee way back in the 1970s. I love the retro style of The Incredible Drunk T-Shirt, right down to the Plastisol print. I’m not usually a fan, I’d rather screen printed water-based stuff, but seeing as it’s harking back to the authentic vintage tees back then I can live with it. Yes it’s silly, it’s wordplay, but what the hell, it’s fun. Definitely in keeping with the DAL’s raison d’être! Available for $20 in sizes S-XXL.

Get sloshed on funny fashion tees at www.DrunkAsLords.com. Also keep up-to-date on all their lairy news at Facebook.

Milk and Eggs Co.

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Milk & Eggs, Milk and Eggs Co., abstract t-shirts, abstract tees, funny tees

Yum, sounds like someone’s making French Toast. Actually it’s a little better than that, well, a lot better. Milk & Eggs Co. design some of the best modular and abstract graphic tees out there right now. It took me a long time as an artist to appreciate the sublime simplicity of abstract design, most likely because I see it everyday and don’t notice its perfect form and functionality. For instance I saw a programme about British road and motorway signage designers Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert the other day and realised just how effective their iconography really is. To most of us it seems like it was always that way, but it wasn’t… this is what it used to be like in the UK and this is what it’s like since K and C worked their designer magic.

Still, I’m going way off point, or maybe not, I just wanted to prep the uninformed about the beauty of simplicity in functional abstraction, or in other words, ‘how to say the most with the least information’. Not one of my own personal strong points I know, but it all adds up to a variety in life :/

Milk & Eggs Co. are Ade & Dave of Burbank, California. They launched their label in February of 2009, and find their highly humorous inspiration in everyday life. They cite some of the folks that have influenced their style including the illustrator/graphic designer Charley Harper and the abstract artist Büro Destruct. Why the name? They say that milk and eggs are essentials on their shopping list, and so they’re hoping the same will apply to their t-shirts! Still not sure how well the lactose-intolerant will take that one on board. Heh.

Self Portrait T-Shirt

This tee is probably my favourite at M&C’s store. A perfection of simplicity and a nice visual gag too. Only large sizes available at $18 each. Get your Self Portrait tee here.

Rearview Mirror T-Shirt

A really smart abstract design, the Rearview Mirror tee is for sale at $18, only small and medium sizes left!

Cat & Mouse T-Shirt

A very sweet abstract graphic, the Cat & Mouse tee is available at $20 in sizes XL/2XL here.

Peace T-Shirt

A lovely retro design, very cute vintage typography, pure nostalgia wrapped up in a simple logo. Get the Peace T-Shirt for only $14 in sizes L/XL here.

They don’t just sell tees, they also knock out a fine range of graphic buttons and write a groovy blog too. Go nuts for Milk & Eggs!

History Is Vicious

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     chaz matses, funny tees, horror t-shirts, vicious history

Taking a wry look at humanity and the foibles that entails our collective Vicious History – this label offers a range of superbly designed tees with the aid of top creatives including Oatmeal, Killer Napkins, artist/musician Keaton Henson and Craig Robson. Spearheaded by Chaz Matses, a 22 year old guy from Boston, who not only has a great eye for design and for upcoming talent, he also makes sure his unique brand portrays history with a post-modern tongue firmly in cheek. Their line of hilarious tees are all hand printed by Storenvy and are all on offer at a very respectable $20.

Napoleon T-Shirt

A light hearted look at one of the greatest tyrants (an oxymoron if ever there was one) in the history of the world. Bonaparte’s looking a little worse for wear in VH’s interpretation . Still, vertically-challenged dictators and  megalomania aside, it’s a great t-shirt. Available in sizes S to XL for $20 here.

Bird of Prey T-Shirt

Not sure how this one ‘displays the evolution of birds from their origins in the Jurassic Period over 150 million years ago‘, but it’s a cool illustration all the same. Available in all sizes for $20 here.

Grave Robber T-Shirt

A lovely title and an authentic slice of typographical savvy makes this simple logo tee a cut above the rest. Speckled and grungy, probably from the dirt of a thousand open graves. Wooooohhhh…. Get the Grave Robber tee in all sizes and gory glory for $20.

Reign of Science T-Shirt

This has to be my fave at Vicious History right now, it reminds me of the strange cottage museums my dad would insist on stopping by on the way to the coast. Usually run by mad old witches with a selection of conjoined twins, humans and animals, snakes, dried and pickled and pieces of wood that were supposed to look like the devil. Okay maybe it was all just a bad dream. If you like jars of body parts then feast on this fine example of Victorian era style design, beautifully ornate yet disturbing. Hey I like it so who cares. Get this tee in all sizes for $20 here.

Check out all the latest discounts on offer via The Tee Directory and then head on over to Vicious History in order to add a little gore and humour to your wardrobe!

Stop The Press – Headline Shirts

    T-Shirt Reviews     Headline Shirts, funny t shirts, funny tees, humor tees

It’s been a while since Buy Tees has featured a funny t-shirt brand, so to pick up the mood and welcome in the Spring let’s have a few laughs at what’s on offer at Headline Shirts in San Francisco. Don’t expect intellectual debate or beautiful art, Headline Shirts create funny t-shirts inspired by the news. Be it pop culture, politics, music and of course history. They always have discounts on offer such as their $10 deals. Also look out for their extra special deals such as St. Stereotypes Day when every green t-shirt is just $10. Their postage costs are $5 for USA and Canada, $10 for international customers.

Personally I prefer the more cynical sarcastic tees on offer, everything from the US prison system, football violence, evil dictators, geekdom and the environment are tackled by Headline’s top team of highly facetious chimps. (Okay not really but the logo says otherwise). You can get all the latest from HS via Facebook, Twitter and RSS as well as their mailing list.

Proceeds T-Shirt

Sarky, snarky, funny. It’s true, so many celebs and politicians on the bandwagon, the thing is most of them ask the public for the money, funny how few shell out a decent amount themselves. I suppose that’s because their “time is so precious”. Get the Proceeds T-Shirt for men in S to 3X in red for $19.99.

Censored Document T-Shirt

There’s nothing like an open government, and this is nothing like open government. If you want to know the truth about what’s going on in the Middle East, rely on Headline Shirts to put you straight. It seems that everything is actually fine, no one has died and… “The troops are having a blast here”. Great concept, love the message, get the Censored Document T-shirt for men and women in various sizes in white for $19.

You May Already Be A Loser T-Shirt

This one made me laugh, You May Already Be A Loser T-Shirt tackles one of my pet hates. My late father used to waste a small fortune on scratch cards. It’s like they are the most paltry form of entertainment in the world. At least if he was hooked on the geegees he get to see a race. Paying for the pleasure of scratching silver gunk off and eternal disappointment doesn’t appeal to me. Get this cool shirt for just $9 in Headline’s sale, available M for men (black) and just one Small red tee left for the women!

Cro-Magnum T-Shirt

Loving this one, imagine if you mixed up Planet of the Apes and the Dirty Harry movies? This is probably what you’d end up with. I really like the clean vector style in the Cro-Magnum T-Shirt too, available in all sizes for men in white for $19.

Go on, have a laugh, check out Headline Shirts.

New Glenn On The Block – Aled Lewis

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Aled Lewis, Glennz, Threadless, funny t shirts, funny tees, illustration, woot

You’re probably all aware of Glennz tees, run by Glenn Jones, a highly talented and humorous Australian illustrator who has for the main part cornered his area of the market with a wide variety of pithy pun-based t-shirts illustrating much of the ridiculous in society and the media. However you might not have heard of Aled Lewis, who for all intensive purposes is as about as close to an apprentice if not challenger for the place as king of comic tees.

Their styles are interchangeable, both Aled Lewis and Glennz being masters of graphic design, sticking to the old adage that ‘less is more’ both manage to convey t-shirt designs packed with humour and artistic reference without cluttering their work with excessive details and effects. Pure as purest vectors can be. The only real difference I can spot is that Alex has a decidedly more British sense of humour, featuring such British icons as The Tardis from Doctor Who, medieval humour and old school punk rock in the form of a male chicken.

Aled doesn’t have his own store as such however you’ll be relieved to know that all his works are available as winning designs (sometimes in collaboration with others) at Threadless and Shirt.Woot. Let’s take a look at some of Aled’s funniest creations and see exactly why this guy may become the new t-shirt king of comedy!
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