East of Here and West of There

J.R.R. Tolkien quote for my Readit-2-Wear series

J.R.R. Tolkien quote for my Readit-2-Wear series

The M1 Abrams is an American third-generation main battle tank named after General Creighton Abrams who commanded the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division in World War 2. The battalion motto is "Courage Conquers."

"In World War II, Marine Corps Major Greg 'Pappy' Boyington commanded a squadron of fighter pilots. They were a collection of misfits and screwballs who became the terrors of the South Pacific. They were known as the Black Sheep." The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Corsairs were flown by the "Black Sheep" Squadron (VMF-214, led by Marine Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington) in an area of the Solomon Islands called "The Slot". Boyington was credited with 22 kills in F4Us (of 28 total, including six in an AVG P-40, although his score with the AVG has been disputed). Other noted Corsair pilots of the period included VMF-124's Kenneth Walsh, James E. Swett, and Archie Donohue, VMF-215's Robert M. Hanson and Don Aldrich, and VF-17's Tommy Blackburn, Roger Hedrick, and Ira Kepford. Nightfighter versions equipped Navy and Marine ...

Tears In Rain. Inspired by Roy Batty's monologue in Blade Runner. Available as a t-shirt at East of Here and West of There.

Who's To Doom? Inspired by Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick Or the white Whale. Available as a t-shirt at East of Here and West of There. "Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?" Ahab's words are a blasphemous condemnation of God as an unjust creator and his war on the whale is a war against mortality and against God and for God.

Flowrs. Tshirt design inspired by Flowers For Algernon, a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel.

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Taken at FCBD ( Free Comic Book Day) at Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street; Taguig

Tshirt illustration for Spoofs Ltd; Mixed media original

Souvenir shirt from the Battlestar Galactica shop at Universal Studios Singapore. A birthday gift from the wifey. She knows I'm a fan:)

Chewbacca rocks. 'Nuf said.

My Mao tee shirt, a souvenir from Sandie's trip to Shanghai

T-shirt illustration; 2011

I'm a fan of the Dr. Who series and I wanted a Dalek tee. Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, genetically engineered mutants integrated within a tank-like or robot-like mechanical shell. Daleks  are a bent on universal conquest and domination, utterly without pity, compassion or remorse. EXTERMINATE! Cleanse the unclean! Total obliteration disintegrate! The Dalek tees were printed for me by Serigrafx.

Inspired by my toy soldier hobby and features the ubiquitous Airfix American Marines a lot of guys my age had as kids. I still have these in both 1/72 and 1/32 scales:) Printed by Serigrafx.

The t-shirt bug bit me. A chance visit at a local t-shirt store sparked an interest in t-shirts and now I've begun a collection of shirts. My criteria for choosing the shirts is short and simple: 1. It's funny 2. Or it's well illustrated/designed 3. Or it appeals to my geek interests 4. they have it in my size:) this is a deal breaker... So here goes: The design's a spoof of the WW2 British poster that says " Keep Calm and Carry On." The original design was released in 1939 by the British Ministry of Information and was intended to be distributed in order to strengthen morale in the event of a German invasion of the UK. The very British sentiment of keeping cool even under extreme duress made the design popular and was the decorative theme for a range of printed products. The parodied design above is in colloquial Filipino which roughly translates into " Keep calm and DENY EVERYTHING " -- a witty and tongue in cheek dig at Pinoy machismo ...

Rajah Lapu Lapu v2; Digital Mixed Media; 2009

Death of Rizal; Digital Mixed Media; 2009

Acrylic on board; Private Collection; 2005 Spoof of Harry Potter book cover; Mass marketed as t-shirt for Spoofs Ltd Inc.