T-Slick: Slick Cafepress T-Shirts

For those of you who missed today's news, Cafepress just released the new Cardinal color for "dark" t-shirts. Click on the post pic to see an example of what the new style looks like in a shop.

Slick? We say yes, but we're not terribly excited about having to go through every single black shirt in our shops to decide which designs shouldn't appear on the new "cardinal" (it's crimson in our opinion) shirts. We're guessing the benefit outweighs the cost.

Well, off to manage our own products for the rest of the night (and likely through the weekend). Today's feature item comes to you from Nerdluv. We went with the easy Office Space reference to save some time today... but don't think that means it's any less slick than our other picks.

Where's Slick been? Almost a week without updates... what could possibly be that distracting?

Two words: Fantasy Football

Yes, the author of T-Slick is somewhat of a fantasy football ninja, and has been focused on his 2006 sqaud (and the kickoff of the NFL season in general) for the past few days. Highlights from this year's team include Peyton Manning at QB, Antonio Gates at TE, Cincinnati's Defense, and a combo of Edgerrin James and Chester Taylor at RB. We'll keep you updated on the team's performance throughout the season.

So... what could be more appropriate than a "fantasy football" themed T-Slick pick? We set out to find the slickest example on Cafepress, and found it in the shirt pictured above. A graphic of a sporty Jesus and the bold claim of "Jesus drafted my Fantasy Football team" appears on today's pick. Awesome.

What makes it T-Slick?

- Easily the most original Fantasy Football related design in the CP marketplace.
- A superb "aged" look gives the shirt an old-school athletic feel
- It's hysterical if you're not offended by the Jesus reference (which, obviously, T-Slick isn't)
- This writer plans on wearing one to his end-of-season fantasy league party. You should, too. Unless of course you don't like scoring geek points.

You'll find this one tucked away in the Miscellaneous Section of the Dogs Of War shop. T-Slick wishes them luck with their fantasy team(s) this year.

The public restroom usually inspires relatively crude humor, most often seen in the form of quickly scrawled notes on the bathroom stall wall. However, today's T-Slick is a different story. Inspired by the famous picture instructions on automatic hand driers, Push Button, Receive Bacon brings a new and very slick sense of humor to the table. Or stall.

What makes it T-Slick?

- Original and very unique humor.
- Easily recognizable illustration, with a twist that earns many laughs.
- Bathroom funnies you can share with the kids!

This looks to be the only design available in the basic shop Eat at Joe's, and there's not much more information to go on. Well, congrats and good luck with it. T-Slick gives a big thumbs-up.

T-Slick is taking a little vacation this Labor Day weekend, and we'll be back and ready to take on the rest of September on Tuesday. There's some great stuff lined up... be prepared.

Have a safe and happy holiday!

For those that enjoy twists on corporate branding, we're not sure if it gets any better than today's T-Slick. Combine "ZOMBIES: eat flesh." with the heavily popular Mao-Mart design, and you've got the beginnings of a top-notch parody/satire wardrobe. And don't forget that zombies are hot right now, currently enjoying a bit of a comeback thanks to a popular XBox 360 game and the Halloween season looming just around the corner. Brick-and-mortar shops near us are already gearing up for the October 31st fright-fest.

What makes it T-Slick?

- Solid, easily recognizable parody.
- Try saying it out loud. See? There's a very special slick "ring" to it.
- Zombies are, well, cool (in our book). And definitely not vegans.
- We wouldn't be surprised to see this on the shelves of "Hot Topic" at the mall. The kids will love it.

"ZOMBIES: eat flesh." is one of the designs available at Insanity 'R Us.

There's plenty of chuckles to be had when you peruse the ample content of the Cafepress "Humor" offerings. We have even been known to laugh out loud on occasion. But sometimes something very special happens... a snicker, followed by the thought, "man, that's slick." Today's Pick is a great example of one such design that received that particular reaction. Quite simple, but quite special.

What makes it T-Slick?

- Like we said, it generated a solid snicker when we viewed the design, and is likely to do the same when you wear it out in the real world.
- "I'm a Hoot" is such an old person thing to say... which makes it due for a come-back amongst the kids. Bonus slick points have been awarded for predicting a trend.
- Widely understood reference won't leave many folks scratching their heads. Those that don't get it may need to be removed from the gene pool.

Congratulations are in order for Lush Laundry, the owner of today's T-Slick.

Ha! Today's T-Slick is downright rude... and frickin' hilarious. OK, we'll admit that we've seen this one before, so when we stumbled across it while going deep into Cafepress.com, it was an easy pick. A blast from the past, so to speak, given the retro style of the design, which states "The Jerk Store called... and they're running out of YOU!" next to a classic 50's clip-art image.

What makes it T-Slick?

- It's offensive without being overly offensive. Not that we'd wear it to church, but you technically could.
- Read the text in the design. You know you want to say it now. It's like a movie quote that gets thrown around at the local bar on a nightly basis.
- Combines the classic 90's "so-and-so called" jokes with a great retro flavor.

Did you laugh? Chuckle? Well, if you're ready for more slickness, head over to Monkey Dan Tees to see their full stock of original geeky and retro designs.