T-shirt #44: What happens when a T-shirt dies?

T-shirt #44 - The Death of the Vess T-shirt

What happens when a T-shirt dies?

How does it know it's dead?

What qualifies as "death" for a T-shirt?



Dust rag.

This T-shirt is now a dust rag.



T-shirts actually make quite effective and nicely sized rags for dusting and other related cleaning tasks after they are too worn out, threadbare, and old, no longer suitable for wearing even as a work shirt or as PJs.

Were you expecting something a bit more phantasmagoric about death and T-shirts? Something existential? Something related to Quantum Physics? Maybe next time. I have a pile of rag T-shirts waiting to be photo-documented.

This T-shirt had originally featured the Charles Vess creation Book of Ballads and Sagas.I am not sure if the shirt was always a faded misprint or if its design meant to replicate some kind of ethereal image that fades in and other of our material world. I cannot find confirmation for the shirt's design online. The one image I did find is much darker and in different colors than mine ever was, so I am not sure if the image I included here is the original T-shirt image or not.

I quite admire Charles Vess and his art, which may be found in collaboration with Neil Gaiman (Stardust, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Sandman) and his own creation, the Book of Ballads and Sagas.

That's all for today, dear readers. I am off to a faculty meeting in Lansing (yes, on a Saturday!). So, today's entry is short. However, expect a DOUBLE-sized, monster entry tomorrow (though no actual monsters will be featured) that fills in that secret gap in my T-shirt collection, a beloved popular culture icon not yet featured. Any guesses? (HINT: I have already featured FOUR shirts for its main competitor.) It's also worth noting that this is the first blog entry that I started the day before the posting day. I knew I would not have an abundance of time this morning.

Oh, and HAPPY FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
- chris tower - 1305.04 - 7:16