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Oktoberfest Tshirt

Bearman — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:46:20 +0000

Long time readers may remember this shirt but given it is a top seller at the store, it is one I like to highlight each year. This is the first t-shirt I ever designed for the store: it depicts a guy in lederhosen carrying a large sausage. The back say’s “Grab your Sausage and Have Fun”.

Why highlight an Oktoberfest shirt the end of August? Well, while Munich Germany’s Oktoberfest actually runs into October (Sept 18 – October 3), Cincinnati celebrates it smack dab in September (the 18th and 19th) and Covington, KY (right across the river from Cincinnati) celebrates the weekend before.

Quick trivial facts. Cincinnati has the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States. Last year an astute commenter indicated that it was Canada that held the distinction of the largest outside of Germany. However, he is wrong according to my spot Wikipedia sources. The largest celebration outside Germany is in Blumenau, BRAZIL! But here is where Cincinnati gets back some of it’s swagger. Estimates for the Canadian and Brazilian Oktoberfest are in the 700,000′s. However each lasts about a week. Cincinnati pulls in around 500,000 people in just 2 days. Now who drinks more?

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I’m Just a Healthcare Bill Tshirt

Bearman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:03:43 +0000

Don’t know about kids outside the USA, but in the US we were exposed on Saturday mornings to little blurbs between cartoons called School House Rock.

These little ditties taught me the different between an adjective and an adverb, what the preamble to the US Constitution is and one of my favorites, was Bill. It told the story of how a bill becomes a law on Capit0l Hill.

Unfortunately many bad bills get made into law and many good bills sit forever never becoming law.

Those of you who remember School House Rock…what was your favorite???

Oktoberfest T-shirt

bearmancartoons — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:14:14 +0000

Cincinnati is known to have the largest Oktoberfest celebration outside of Germany. Now while Germany’s lasts over several weeks and actually runs into October, for whatever reason Cincinnati’s is over a weekend and always in September. So that is why I highlight them now.

The very first t-shirt we put on WackSack.com was this Oktoberfest shirt that shows a guy in lederhosen carrying a large sausage. The back say’s “Grab your Sausage and Have Fun”. It has consistently been one of the top sellers.

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Later we added these a few more designs which have done pretty well in their own right. Click on them to go to their respective product page.

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Dexter T-shirt

Bearman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:31:10 +0000

So I finally posted a new t-shirt design after about 6 months to Wacksack.com. One of my favorite shows is Dexter on Showtime. Cafepress put out a call for shopkeepers to create designs promoting the series return on September 27.

For those unfamiliar, Dexter stars Michael C. Hall (previously on Six Feet Under on HBO). He plays a forensic expert for the Miami police but he is also a serial killer. The twist is that he only will kill those who are more evil than he is. The new season has John Lithgow coming in as another serial killer. Can’t wait.

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