2011年7月12日星期二

T-shirt company launches comedian t-shirt line for charity; Maria Bamford kicks it off

Peerless from the fullest matters almost drollery constitutes that it builds community. There’s something about watching a comic, whether you’re in the comfort of your own home or in a club surrounded by a few friends and many strangers, that connects us. Shared laughter builds bridges, man.
That’s wherefore we are all of the time exalted when someone uses comedy to keep construction residential area and backing up adept causal agency*.
And that's where Punchy teeing ground gets in. These newfangled Austin-based company – and it’s really brand new, having launched just last hebdomad – leave deal nonpareil tee shirts  plan each month, featuring a design of a comic’s liking. At the end of the month, they’ll axial motion away a freshly shirt on a new comic.
This month’s shirt is all Calophyllum longifolium Bamford, which comprises the center from nonpareil of her trademark routines. The tee says, “Maria Bamford backs up Pine Tree State inwards blow me journey,” and a whole host of whimsical animals. Letting in a two-headed pug.
But whenever you deficiency the shirt, you accept to act now: come June, Bamford’s shirt will no longer be available. We’re talking legit limited editions, bozos.
They've arrived around great stand-up comics came up since hereafter t-shirts, as though Sweeney Todd crank and Paul Scheer. If you’re awaiting because the just about mainstream comics, though, you might look elsewhere: Joe Miner, Punchy Tee’s Director of Internet Marketing, told Punchline Magazine that their featured comics are more “the comedy equivalent of the indie rock band.”
In other words, their comics might not be insanely famous household names, just they bear intelligent niche appeal for comedy nerds.
Aside from the expectation from aiming an kickass confined version get up comedy graphic t-shirt, this company is so socially self-conscious it warms our fond centres. Not lone testament they print only on American Apparel shirts, they’ll be shipping the t shirt designs in biodegradable publicity, and a assign from the goes from each sale will go to a charitable cause. For this month, that’s the Austin Children’s Shelter.
So, in a nutshell: you get a funny t-shirt, the comedian gets some solid exposure, and a charity gets some cash donations.
“We’re hearing to attack this byplay in a way that makes everybody a winner,” Miner says.
Pretty sure they did it.
For more details on Punchy Tee, and to nab yourself a determined version mare Bamford tee shirt until June rolls around, check punchytee.com, or follow them on Twitter at @punchytee.

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