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The Full Stop After ‘Meh’: Reading the Loudest Quiet Shirt in the Drawer

Oct 20, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing the garment preview shows is scale. Large, bold, white lowercase letters, set against a dark ground: meh.…

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The Cat, the Lollipop, and the Word ‘Huzz’: Reading the Greetings Huzz Shirt

Oct 19, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing to notice is the arch. On the Greetings Huzz cat shirt, the word GREETINGS is set in…

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The Composition Notebook Shirt and the Costume That Argues With Itself

Oct 18, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The rectangle is black-and-white speckled, the kind of speckle that in a real notebook comes from recycled pulp and in…

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The Chihuahua and the Wolf: Reading the Shadow on the ‘I Got That Dog in Me’ Shirt

Oct 17, 2026 Clinton Morrison

Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The shirt prints four words and a picture, and…

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The Smiling Root Vegetables Have a Second Meaning, and the Shirt Knows It

Oct 16, 2026 Clinton Morrison

Four root vegetables sit in a row, smiling. A carrot, a radish, a beet and an onion, each drawn with…

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The Warning Sign You Wear: Reading the ‘Not Friendly Do Not Touch’ Shirt

Oct 15, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The graphic is a warning sign, and it is doing exactly what a warning sign does. Across the chest, in…

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Reg Mombassa’s Two Jobs: What the Record Actually Shows About Mental As Anything, Mambo, and the Art-Pop Crossover

Clinton Morrison

Reg Mombassa is the pseudonym of Christopher O’Doherty, a New Zealand-born Australian artist and musician. He is a founding member…

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