Now here's something you don't see everyday!

Last year my husband, a huge sci-fi and comic book fan (who's actually a comic book writer/artist himself) came up with the idea of a t-shirt with icons/symbols to represent common "super powers" exhibited by various heroes we've all seen in cartoons, comic books, movies, and tv shows.

So we launched our original "What's Your Super Power?" t-shirt in February 2007:


(See this design in more t-shirt styles and colors HERE).

Earlier today, in anticipation of Heroes season 3, I was looking at official Heroes t-shirts and chanced upon this:



Now does that look almost exactly like our design or what? The symbols have been re-imagined but the illustration style and typeface that was used are very similar to ours. I found these shirts here, here, and here. UPDATE: Edited to erase links.

Oh well...*shrugs*

I'll just leave it up to you now, dear customer. If you want an official but commercial Heroes tee, then go ahead and click the links above*. If you want to support indie designers like ourselves, you may purchase the original but non-Heroes-centric "What's Your Super Power?" t-shirt from our shop ... and thus have our undying gratitude. :)

*But if you really must have an official Heroes tee, I'd rather you check out the following instead (these are pretty cool):



Heroes Hiro Master Sword T-shirt



Heroes Primatech Paper T-shirt



Heroes Helix T-shirt


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We have more pop culture graphic tees @ PoptasticTees.com

Ahh, yes! It's an exciting week for Twilight news followers because as most of you know, Stephenie Meyer herself and the cast of the upcoming movie were panelists at this year's ComiCon's opening day and if you check out the videos at Youtube, they were rather well-received to say the least LOL. They also let slip a couple of juicy tidbits to quell the thirst of rabid fans.

1) It is now confirmed that the much-anticipated "Bella's Lullaby" is Robert Pattinson's own composition. OME!
2) Muse, Stephenie's and Bella Swan's favorite band, will be in the movie's soundtrack.

An extended video of the dance studio scene was also shown during the Con. Fortunately for us who weren't there, it's already online-


(Caution: shrieking becomes louder as Edward enters the scene!)

And then of course, there's only 7 days to go 'til "Breaking Dawn", the last book of the series, is released. Ms. Meyer has requested that all forums be shut down a few days before August 2 to prevent leakage of spoilers, but she admitted to leaking a bit (okay, one teensy bit) to EW.com and it will be revealed by the site on Monday, July 28. So mark your calendars, my Twilighter colleagues.

And of course it's not too late to order your Twilight t-shirts to wear to the Breaking Dawn release parties, book signings, book club meetings, and other events, whether Twilight-related or not.


Check out all of our designs HERE.

If you already purchased a t-shirt from us, please send us a photo of you wearing it and we'll put it up in our gallery!


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This week, Entertainment Weekly cites the 25 most swoon-worthy gestures in movies since 1983 and the first one on the list is John Cusack blasting Peter Gabriel outside Ione Skye's window in 1989's Say Anything.


How can Diane resist this?

Say Anything is one of my favorite movies from the 80s and no matter how many times I watch it this scene never fails to tug at my heartstrings.

Which is why I just had to make a t-shirt out of it.


"In Your Eyes"


In Your Eyes Jr. Jersey T-Shirt

See this design on more t-shirt styles and colors HERE.

Related links:
- Retro/80s shirts @ Poptastic
- TV/Movie tees @ Poptastic


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Our design for Tuesday Teez this week is "Who's Your Action Hero?"


Whether it's a drunken martial arts master, a governating ex-bodybuilder, or a yippie-kay-yaying urban cowboy, he's most likely on this shirt. Take your pick, action flick fans! A Poptastic original.


Who's Your Action Hero? Dark T-Shirt

Try and identify each of the action hero icons! (To give you a headstart, why don't you take a look at this list).

See more t-shirt styles and colors with this design HERE.


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As I was surfing through some Idol fansites on the net, I found this really great photo of David Archuleta signing autographs for his fans.

(Portland Tour photo from FanBlaster Jennifer)

Upon closer inspection, I noticed this:

The girl holding a camera is wearing one of our "No One Sings it Betta Than Mistah Archuleta" t-shirts! I'll recognize that design anywhere (well of course I will, I made it. LOL).

OK fine, so I may have been over-reaching with that photo but I certainly am not with these following gems courtesy of the lovely Lindsay:

Lindsay was very lucky indeed to have met ALL the idols like David Cook -


... Mr. Jeff Archuleta (ok, the dad of an idol) -


... and Mistah David himself! Awesome.

Don't the three of them look adorable?

There are more pics with the other idols on her Myspace.

Lindsay is wearing out "Mistah Archuleta Sings It Betta" tee in navy blue

See this design in other t-shirt styles and colors HERE.

If you've bought a shirt from us, please send us a photo of you wearing it. It's really always a pleasure to see our designs on happy customers.

Related entries:
- She be rockin' our Word Nerds Rock t-shirt
- David Archuleta fans wearing Poptastic's Archie tees
- American Idol 7 Tour shirts
- Idol shirts @ Poptastic


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We're still on a Batman high alright so as a follow-up to my my entry yesterday listing great deals on Officially Licensed Dark Knight tees, I will now enumerate some good quality Dark Knight / Joker-centric designs I've found at the Cafepress* marketplace.


Hyam's Amusement Park by Strk3


Let's Put A Smile On That Face by Kahuna Graphics


Joker Quote by Creatures of the Night


The Man Who Laughs by The Paranoid Cow


One Bad Day by Hect Dogg


Joker card by Joke 2007

Related links:
- Why So Serious? MORE Official Dark Knight/Joker Tees
- Why so serious? Great deals on Officially Licensed Dark Knight / Joker t-shirts

*To the uninitiated, Cafepress is a t-shirt printing fulfillment service that allows anyone with a computer and design program to create t-shirt designs of their choice as long as they adhere to the CP Terms of Service.

The Dark Knight is easily the most awesome Batman movie there is! I don't know about you but I was still gasping for breath even after we exited the theater - that's how exhilarating the ride is. Add to this the fact that the late Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker is seriously one of the toughest acts to follow in cinema history and is one that you should NOT miss.

So in honor of Mr. Ledger (whom I've admired since 1999 in 10 Things I Hate About You), I took it upon myself to scour the net for excellent officially licensed The Dark Knight Joker t-shirts. Here are a few from Stylin Online. The shirts go for $16.98 apiece but why be content with one when you can get two for only $30.00. What a great deal huh?

Click on the images to view the product pages. (If the t-shirts pictured below are not in stock, please see Part 2: More Dark Knight / Joker tees)
















If you've got a little more money to burn, here are more Dark Knight Joker tees from Hot Topic, starting at $19.00.










Related links:
- Why So Serious? MORE Dark Knight / Joker Tees (part two of this entry)
- The Dark Knight / Joker inspired Tees at Cafepress