Here is the preview of one of the designs I want to include in the next batch of Signalnoise t-shirts, the Scare Bear. As I keep working on these shirt designs and jotting down ideas I keep gravitating toward taking things from my past (toys, movies, video games) and adding some distinct heavy metal elements, and I believe this idea came out of a late-night nerdy conversation with my pal Jerko. I like wearing funny things on my chest, and the combo of retro nerdiness and heavy metal makes me laugh. This design falls in line with my previous Black Metal Busters and Metalego t-shirts.

I’ve been asked by more than a fair share of ladies inquiring when there will be t-shirts catering to the female crowd. Well, I’m going to look into offering some lady-sizes with this design to see if it’s in the cards.

More to come as I move forward, and watch the blog for some more preview as I bang the designs out.

• Cal and his daughter Addison sporting their Strange Adventures garb.

The past week has been pretty quiet on the blog because I was in the midst of moving, but I’m happy to say we are getting settled and the new place is starting to look nice and habitable. That being said, it’s time to get back at the blog and get some updates posted on what has been happening. Here we go.

This past Thursday was my good pal Cal Johnson’s birthday. Cal is the owner of the best comic store in the world, Strange Adventures (Twitter) here in Halifax. His wife Sandy approached me about doing a custom shirt design for Cal and the store, and how could I refuse? After waffling on the idea a bit, I decided to make a design based on the old Batman logo from the 70s, but alter it to feature the store and their mascot, Super Snipe. Here is the original and a shot of the mascot drawn by my pal Dave Howlett:

• Batman logo from the 1970s.

• Super Snipe by Dave Howlett.

A big happy birthday to Cal, and be sure to drop by Strange Adventures to say hello to the gang if you ever visit Halifax. It’s a must-see venue.

I’m really excited to announce the launch of the Salvation Army + Signalnoise Blood & Fire t-shirt now available for purchase at WARdrobe Army Apparel. It’s always been my goal to find suitable projects where I can do the work I enjoy and it gets used for a wonderful cause. The Salvation Army is a perfect fit and I was thrilled when they contacted me, great people doing great work all over the world and I’m stoked to be a part of their growing line of apparel. The shirt begins shipping on the 22nd.

100% of the proceeds of this t-shirt will benefit the street meal service provided by The Salvation Army Cariboo Hill.  Their volunteer team provides over 600 hot meals a week to those in need on the corner of Main and Hastings in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver BC. Here’s a bit about the shirt and the project:

Printed with waterbase discharge inks and metallic gold trim on pre-shrunk, super soft Alstyle 5301and metallic gold trim 100% ring-spun cotton. Available in Black or Light Blue. Some other notable Artists involved on the project are Hydro74, Barton Damer, Matt Stevens, Los Fokos, Zombie Yeti, Invisible Creature and Joshua Belanger.

Buy a shirt and win a Signalnoise poster

And to make matters even better, if you order a Blood & Fire t-shirt within the next week you will be entered to win one of 2 Signalnoise posters of your choice (the Tron Legacy poster is included in that selection). I will be announcing the 2 winners on Signalnoise Broadcast 22, which will air next week on Thursday, September 23rd at 3pm EST. Tune in to hear the big announcement, and best of luck!

A big shout out to my good pal Fulton Hawk over at The Salvation Army for making this project happen. Keep rockin’, brother!

Coming soon will be an exclusive Signalnoise t-shirt design created for the wicked folks at The Salvation Army in support of their brand new WARdrobe Army Apparel line. All proceeds of shirts sold will be donated to charity. More details will be coming very soon, so stay tuned.

Reminder, the Signalnoise ‘Back to School’ sale will be ending tomorrow. If you want to place an order and make use of the 15% off code, swing over to the Signalnoise Store and enter the code BACKTOSCHOOL when checking out.

I am happy to announce that there are now three new designs available in the growing family of Signalnoise t-shirts. Now for purchase in the Signalnoise Store are the Mask of Vulcan, the Signalnoise Chevrons and my black metal mascot shows up again in Lego form on the Metalego shirt. All orders are hand-packed by me on my coffee table, and includes a little swag bag full of Signalnoise buttons and stickers. Great for lockers and binders!

On top of that, I restocked a few of the previously sold out posters.

Back to School sale!

Along with the release of my new shirts, I will be having a Back to School sale to make it a bit more affordable for folks trying to get new posters for their dorm room or shirts for their backs. For the next week you can enjoy 15% off all orders, just use the code BACKTOSCHOOL when placing your order at the Signalnoise Store.

Welcome back to school, everyone!

In a short 6 days I will be packing up all my gear and heading to FITC San Francisco to check out presentations by my favorite artists/designers as well as meeting a bunch of like-minded creative folks who read the blog. I can’t wait.

That being said, I will also be packing up some Signalnoise t-shirts that I will be selling to interested people attending the event. This isn’t anything official being put on by FITC, just me and a suitcase. The print shop has assured me that the new Signalnoise t-shirts will be all done before I depart, so those of you at the event will have first crack at the supply before it hits my online store. I’ll also have a complete restock of my sold out Signalnoise Classic t-shirt. Here are the available designs:

Since my t-shirt supply will be limited by the size of my suitcase, I need to ask a favor of all those interested in grabbing a shirt from me at the event. Please send me over an email or leave a comment here stating which shirt you would like to purchase and what size. That way I can pack the necessary shirts to ensure I have what I need to get these into peoples’ hands. I will be charging $25 per shirt, $45 for two which is a bit of a savings from ordering online, and you will still get a swag bag containing Signalnoise stickers and buttons. Cool?

I’ll be on Twitter the whole time I’m at FITC San Francisco so I will be sure to let you know where I am and when I am selling my wares. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Since I launched the Signalnoise t-shirt line 3 weeks ago I have been getting no shortage of tweets, emails and comments in support of the designs and the new venture as a whole. The reaction from the creative community has been overwhelming, and very unexpected. I was caught quite offguard by the amount of t-shirt orders I received on the launch day and spent the past 2 weeks sitting at my coffee table folding and packing t-shirts to ship out.

Another surprise was what design customers were interested in. I spent a great deal of time creating original works for print on my t-shirts, but the biggest seller turned out to be the Signalnoise logo shirt. I’m humbled by the idea that so many want to wear my little rainbow sun on their chest, and for that I would like to send out a sincere thank-you to everyone who ordered shirts and took the time to send me encouraging notes and comments. This has been a wonderful experience thus far.

That being said, I’ve been working on some new designs over the past little while and have sent 3 to print yesterday as well as a re-print of my Signalnoise logo shirt. It sold out quickly, so a restock will happen very soon. I’m also looking into adapting the website a bit more to my apparel needs, as well as updating with some more detailed information regarding the shirts including a sizing chart for those who asked for it. You will see a few little changes to the site over the next little while.

Thanks again, everyone! I’m working hard to bring more designs to this growing project. Stay tuned!

Here are a few preview images of the upcoming Signalnoise t-shirt releases, dropping in August. The response to the launch of the t-shirt line has been nothing less then overwhelming so I immediately started on the designs for the next installment. A couple of these designs call back to my childhood which was full of cartoons and playing with Lego on my bedroom floor. I enjoy creating things that are funny, interesting and nostalgic … with a bit of metal thrown in for good measure.

I will be working on moving these designs (and perhaps one other) into production over the next week or so once the designs and numbers are finalized, and they will be available in the Signalnoise Store after the full shipment is received. Stay tuned for these ones, kids.

That being said, I am working hard to fulfill the many orders I received over the past 2 weeks. I never expected to have so many orders to send so quickly, which is a good problem to have. :) However, all orders are being taken care of as quickly as possible and I appreciate your patience as I get your wares to you.

Thanks so much for the continued support, everyone! You really turned this new Signalnoise venture into a super fun ordeal.