T-Shirt Hell has gone to pot

This is another example of how T-Shirt Hell can produce t-shirts that are not so offensive. A tee with some drug related humor mixed in with a Leprechaun probably would be more suitable around Saint Patrick’s Day though.

This design is available on a huge selection of t-shirt which you can choose when you are ordering.

Arrest the Pope

T-Shirt Hell specializes in t-shirts with controversial designs. That’s their shtick. They don’T mind who they offend and they are happy to offend someone as long as it generates interest in their store that result in sales. It is a pretty cool business model that many have tried to emulate but few have been successful. I find a lot of their tees funny even if it is just the shock value. It doesn’t mean I would wear them but I am entertained by them.

This tee though, neither shocks nor amuses me. I don’t want to wear it either but I am in total agreement with the message. I do believe the Pope should be arrested. In fact not only should he be arrested but she should be locked up for a long time for his part in the protection of pedophile priests who have destroyed hundreds if not thousands of lives. I read somewhere than there are some people in the UK planning to do just that if he steps foot in their country although I am sure a citizens arrest would be very difficult. Some say that because the Pope is the head of state that he cannot be arrested but others say that the Vatican is not officially an independent state so he can be. I’m fairly sure he won’t be arrested but I wish he was. How many people can get away with this type of crime?

In one case it is clear that he aided and abetted in the cover-up of a priest who molested 200 deaf children in his care. How can he even live with himself much less masquerade as God’s representative on Earth. If I were God I would look for a new salesman.

Last Chance to get Tuba Hero T-Shirt

T-Shirt Hell have announced that they will be pulling the Band Geek section from their website in a week so if you have been procrastinating now is the time to act. You don’t want to miss out on the chance to wear Triangle Hero t-shirt.

They say they are pulling them for good and maybe they are telling the truth but I doubt it. I have a feeling that the Band Geek T-Shirts will make a reappearance sometime in the future.

T-Shirt Hell’s Big Gay Sale

T-Shirt Hell is holding a Christmas sale that is only open to homosexuals but they probably won’t know and I doubt there is a checkbox at the checkout so even if you aren’t heterosexually challenged you can probably take advantage of the 20% off they are giving at the moment.

Tuba Hero T-Shirt Back at T-Shirt Hell

I guess these tees are back for the holidays and I imagine they sell pretty well. Once upon a time they had their own dedicated site but now they are a simple page on the main T-Shirt Hell website.  Anyway, they are not a new idea and there are similar ideas all over the web but these are done really well so if you want a band geek hero t-shirt for yourself or want to get your holiday shopping out of the way early you might as well grab a couple of these while they are still for sale.

Band Geek Hero T-Shirts at T-SHirt Hell

Unscheduled Hiatus

Well, I took a break. Don’t worry. It wasn’t because I was bored of talking about t-shirts. My wife just had our first child and things have gotten pretty hectic.  As you can imagine, I may not be posting as frequently as I did before but once my wife and child are both home from the hospital I may have a teeny bit more time and I will try to keep you posted on what’s happening in the world of t-shirts. I have been keeping an eye out. Here is some of what I have been observing without having time to write about. I hopefully will be able to write in more detail later though.

Artist and designer, Jimiyo, has taken a job with Design by Humans. I hope he continues to submit designs to the various contests in his spare time. His design was recently sold on a shirt.woot tee and I just recently received my very own Jimiyo t-shirt from Uneetee.  More about that later.

Speaking of Design by Humans, they are holding a Quicksilver design contest and the second of the DBH music series. This time it is the more hip than Fleetwood Mac, Kings of Leon. I hope the designs are better than what I have seen of Fleetwood Mac.

Spreadshirt scored €10 million investment capital and have added some cool and cute stuff to their site. I imagine we will see more and more dramatic changes over there now that they have some spare cash. I will probably talk about it at my relatively new site: POD Helper rather than on the T-Shirt Review. More about POD Helper later.

Oh, and T-Shirt Hell didn’t close down after all. It was a prank. Owner, Sunshine Megatron, says it was a strategy to generate income. Read more at T-Shirt Hell be warned, it is not for the faint hearted.

Yet another contest site will be opening up soon called Teextile. Sorry guys. I didn’t have time to check you out. I will keep an eye on you though. I came across another new t-shirt contest site, a Christian one, but I may have lost the link.

They guys at Zero Boutique sent me a couple of tees to review which I received this morning so that is something to look forward to.

I also came across a picture of the love of my life, my darling wife on a t-shirt blog. It was a bit of a surprise. She is wearing Uneetee’s King Leo. Shirts on Sale if you are curious about the mother of my baby. (Edit: The pic was changed and no longer features my wife.)

Well, there was more and I will tell you about it in more detail later.

PS. For people who have emailed me and haven’t gotten a reply I’ll try to get back to you very soon.

Hell still open!

It seems that the closing of T-Shirt Hell has attracted quite  a lot of attention and probably drummed up quite a bit of business for them as well as they have decided to postpone their closure until February 16th. Here is their email.

You people are crazy.  To the tens of thousands of people sending us love right now, right back at ya.  The last two weeks have been overwhelming and with so many people requesting old shirts and for us to stick around just a bit longer, fine.  You get one more week.  As of Feb 16th, 2009…we will have descended into the pits of where we originally came from.  Use your time wisely ; )

Here are the final 9 shirts we are bringing back from the depths.  Merry Fistmas to all and to all a good night.

Last Chance to go to Hell

As previously mentioned, T-Shirt Hell will be closing its doors permanently on February 10th 2009. So you don’t have very much time left if you want to get your hands some of their tees. Yes, they have a lot of t-shirts that are offensive to a lot of people but there are also a lot of just plain funny t-shirts. Below are some of the offensive tees that were brought back as a thumb on their noses to T-Shirt Hell’s detractors. There is also a 10% discount at the moment.

T-Shirt Hell – Setting the record straight

Now that T-Shirt Hell is saying goodbye to the world it has gotten more attention from t-shirt bloggers than usual. I think I probably mentioned T-Shirt Hell more than any other blog and the reason is that they had many many great tees. Yes, they had t-shirts that might be offensive to people from various backgrounds but they also had many downright funny and well-designed t-shirts including some of the best parody t-shirts on the web and this stemmed from their willingness to push the envelope. Below are a few of the best. They have all been featured on the T-Shirt Review before.

I made this post because I don’t want T-Shirt Hell to be remembered just for it’s offensive tees. Check out my previous T-Shirt Hell posts.

If you are interested in getting some T-Shirt Hell t-shirts you’d better hurry as they are closing February 10th.

T-Shirt Hell Closing Up Shop

T-Shirt Hell has been going strong for about 8 years selling their brand of irreverent humor but they announced today that they will be closing down for good on February 10th. I did mention in December that all was not well in the T-Shirt Hell family and I guess I was right but I really did not imagine that this store would close down. According to T-Shirt Hell owner, Sunshine Megatron (yes, that’s his real name), the store will not be sold off for the millions of dollars it is surely worth but that it will just cease to be. So you have two weeks or so to get any T-Shirt Hell t-shirts that you want and to sweeten the deal he is giving 10% off everything. Below is the message posted by Sunshine Megatron explaining why he is doing what he is doing.

I’m done. I’m finished. I can’t take the stupidity anymore, so I’m leaving and I’m taking my website with me. As of Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009, T-Shirt Hell will be no more.

No, I’m not selling out to some douchebag corporate entity. No, we’re not being sued by any of the over 40 companies that have sent us cease and desists over the years. No, I’m not going to jail (yet) and no, it’s not because of the economy. Although, the recent dip in sales certainly does make the idea easier to accept, even though we still sell over 3000 shirts a week.

I started this company in June of 2001, nearly 8 years ago, with the intention of producing the best satirical, the most controversial, the funniest t-shirts on the internet. Generally speaking, I feel I’ve accomplished that and am satisfied with what we’ve put out. I made a shitload of dough along the way. I’ve done cocaine off the better body parts of supermodels. I’ve even raped and killed a mountain panda in the hills of Shaanxi. But these perks are besides the point.

I just don’t feel like dealing with idiots anymore. I’ll give you an example of the kind of misguided morons we deal with on a regular basis at T-Shirt Hell. We released a new shirt a couple weeks ago that says “It’s not gay if you beat them up afterwards”. I will not explain the irony or the social commentary of the slogan because anyone with half a brain should be able to handle that on their own. Problem is, we’ve been besieged with emails from angry people complaining about the “fact” that the shirt is hate speech or that we’re promoting gay bashing and should take it down immediately.

Comments like:

Now, I can’t say I’m surprised we’re getting hate mail from people who have nothing better to do than to start half-assed campaigns because of their lazy, just enough passion for an email, ideals towards a misguided cause. It happened when we did our first really controversial shirt, “The School Shootings Tour”, it happened when we did our “What About All The Good Things Hitler Did” shirt, it happened when we did our “Arrest Black Babies Before They Become Criminals” shirt (boy did it happen then). It used to happen all the time when we did more social commentary and didn’t give a fuck about what anyone thought and did shirts that did not leave anyone out. Unfortunately, as a concern for the safety of my employees, we don’t push the envelope as much anymore…and I can’t say I feel good about having caved in.

Anyway, rather than cater to the masses, I’m just going to stop making shirts. It’s not enjoyable anymore and I have enough money to move on to something more rewarding. Maybe I’ll start my own hooker farm or maybe I’ll practice sleeping. Whatever I decide to do, it will be better than this.

Attention any venture capitalists or independent investors/business assholes who are about to inquire about purchasing T-Shirt Hell. Don’t. You won’t do the company justice and I won’t take that chance. I’m putting it to sleep. It’s over.

That’s right, I’m crazy. I’m pulling the plug on a company I could have sold for millions. Why in the fucking world would I do something so stupid? Because I can. I don’t care about money. This is the way I’ve always done things…my way.

So, to all the kickass motherfuckers who supported us and REALLY got what we were trying to do, thank you (no, not you, you racist idiots who thought we actually had racist intentions and no, not you, you dumb as a stump fucks who just think any shirt with the word “fuck” on it is as right as rain). Thanks to all the people who contributed to my vice fund and at the same time helped make a funny statement about the world today.

As a final farewell, I’m going to bring back some of the top selling Worse Than Hell shirts as a fuck you to those who forced me to remove them. To those who are offended by them and to those who think I’m racist, promoting rape, a nazi, homophobic or just the world’s biggest asshole…well, at least you think I’m something, which means I’ve achieved what I wanted.

Thanks to Gary, Mika, Jacob, Greg, Bob, the black lady who writes our newsletter, and to everyone else who was part of T-Shirt Hell. Time to move on to even greater things. I’ll miss you (by miss, I mean, it’s going to suck not being able to give you my excellent reach arounds when you least expect them).

Fuck you,

-Sunshine Megatron

Below are some of the most controversial t-shirts at T-Shirt Hell. I do cringe when I see some of them but I do understand the humor. For some people some of the tees are pretty funny. I have to admit that I have chuckled at quite a few designs from T-Shirt Hell but I also understand that some people would be offended by them so wouldn’t wear them myself. That said there are plenty of tees that I would wear there too.

I think this is a great opportunity for someone now to open up a similarly themed T-Shirt site as this was a very popular store with no real competition. Let’s see what happens. Unlike Torsopants, T-Shirt Hell’s sister site, I think T-Shirt Hell will be missed and people will talk about it long after it’s gone.

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