Cats are awesome, therefore I am in the process of designing more kitty themed apparel. Unfortunately, clothing featuring kitties is often the look favored by frumpy, suburban housewives. I’m working cat apparel of a different ilk. So meet the new kitties:

Fuzz Aldrin is a space kitty, exploring the depths of the cosmos with great curiosity. Fuzz has made several missions to mars, the moon and Endor (home of cute space counterparts the Ewoks).

Mr. Meowgi is a wise old ninja, taking on the bad guys with his fast flying paws of justice.

Fuzz Aldrin and Mr. Meowgi are part of a series of upcoming kitty characters to make their way onto clothing and accessories available from Ex-Boyfriend.

Speaking of kitties, apparently the Japanese are also crazy for them. Of course who can resist that sort of cute?

My challenge for the June-July school break (my school is on the quarter system, so come mid-July I hit the books again) is to design 30 tees in 30 days. Yes, my friends, THIRTY. That’s one new design every day. I am going to get prolific. I am also taking requests, because 30 designs is a lot to think up. So if you want me to draw a dragon riding a unicycle let me know. Actually, I kind of want to draw a dragon riding a unicycle, but I may be alone in finding that amusing. Truthfully, you probably want me to draw sparrows or something. I know that’s what the kids like these days. I might do a little of that too, even though dragons on unicycles are far more awesome.

On another note, let me tell you about my cat. The trouble with cats is that you usually name them before you get to know them, or in my case, my cat came with a name. My cat should have been called Caligula, because he has much in common with the infamous Roman Emperor.

Like Caligula, my cat thinks he is a god and demands to be worshiped. He often hops into bed while we are sleeping and tries to push us out by head butting us and shoving us with his paws, as if we are intruding on his space. For a creature incapable of speaking English, he is remarkably capable of making us aware of his wants at all times. Meowing at us in a high shrill pitch until we stop what we are doing and feed or pet him. If we refuse to acquiesce, he attempts to rip our clothing with his claws or chew my comic books.

Also, like Caligula, my cat seems to enjoy killing for amusement. I pity the unfortunate bug or mouse that wanders into kitty’s path. He’ll spend hours terrorizing it before finally crushing it under his mighty paws.

Lastly, my cat is a hedonist. When he’s not sleeping, he can usually be found rolling around trying to find the most comfortable position to lounge in. He also enjoys eating to excess, and then vomiting all over our floor. Thank goodness for our hard wood floors. I’d hate to have him in a carpeted house.

Here is a picture of the beast

After graduation I am either going to get a job in a cubicle or hatch an evil scheme to take over the world. I am leaning towards the latter. To that end, I am going to need some minions, thus I’ve decided its time to advertise to help. If you’re interested in being a minion clickety-click, my friend, and apply for the job.

If you are considering master-minding an evil scheme of your own, you can get a “Now Hiring Henchman” badge for your website or Myspace here. It’s all set up to send you applications from your potential minions. Fun, huh? If you’d like to celebrate your evil in other ways check out the new Intramural Supervillain Tees.

If you’re a parent raising a little rascal whom the neighbors affectionately keep referring to as “Damian,” you may be interested in the brand new “Future Dark Overlord” T-shirts. Let’s face it, they can’t all be future doctors and future Presidents, right?

Top Ten Ways You Can Tell Your Child is a Future Dark Overlord:

1. When you ask your little one what she wants to be when she grows up, she says she wants to be just like Ann Coulter.

2. He keeps pestering you for a tank full of piranhas instead of a puppy.

3. When you ask her if she’d like to come play outside, she replies that she is too busy working on her
death ray right now.

4. Your child exhibits an unhealthy fixation with resurrecting the dead to form an army of minions to do
his bidding.

5. Her favorite television show is the O’Reilly Factor.

6. Mysterious charges on your credit card keep appearing from chemicalsbannedinmoststates.com

7. His favorite book is the Necronomicon

8. Her Christmas wish list includes such things as a rocket launcher or napalm.

9. Inordinate amount of pleather in his wardrobe.

10. She begs you to buy her a “Future Dark Overlord” t-shirt.

I’ve been designing lots of new stuff lately — mostly because I have an “ideas” list a mile long and I am trying to get through as much as I can before I have to buckle down for finals. This is my favorite of the new creations, though:

I’ve actually only recently developed any kind of ability to be handy. I had always lived in apartments until I moved in with my girl. Now when stuff breaks, I have to fix it (or if it’s really bad, call some one else). When this first started happening, lots of frustration and tantrums ensued. But now I’ve kind of started getting the hang of it. My resume thus far includes toilet repair, garbage disposal repair, fish pond repair (Yes, we have a fish pond and it has to be repaired. Who knew? Might I suggest not living in a house with a fish pond, by the way, they are a pain in the ass.) and shower head repair. I can feel the manliness coursing through my veins!

I am also growing quite a container garden. I don’t know how manly that is, but it involves dirt and it involves free herbs for the summer, which I’m a fan of. Maybe I should design some gardening humor tees as well?

Welcome to the new and improved Ex-Boyfriend website! There are lots of shiny new things including this blog. If you’ve been a long time fan of Ex-Boyfriend you may be wondering what the heck happened to our old site and product line.

Once upon a time, I was designing, making, packing, and mailing everything ordered through Ex-Boyfriend. I was handling all customer service inquiries, managing all inventory, and generally drowning in stock and shipping materials. You see, I work out of a tiny studio, and in addition to running this label, I’m also a full time art student and freelance graphic designer.

The demands of this label, school, work and what personal life I had just got to be too much so I decided to turn to outsourcing. For the time being Ex-Boyfriend t-shirts, accessories, and other goodies will be manufactured and shipped through Cafepress for all retail orders. (Wholesale buyers can contact me for more wholesale-friendly pricing.) This leaves me with more time to draw pictures for you to wear and enjoy.