New CZ T-Shirt Grade: F
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 5th, 2009
Sometimes cryptozoology tee-shirt can be beautiful. Frequently, they can convey a great message about the quest.
But once in a blue moon, they just are awful.
Case in point is this new example from Snorgtees!
I didn’t have to look at it long to see several things I didn’t like.
First, the art is hardly creative. The concept of a fight is old and tired.
Was this clothing maker afraid someone was going to sue them? Is that why they misspelled the commonly accepted correct renderings of three cryptids? Come on! Snorgtees, you weren’t even paying attention, were you?
Snorgtees has “Big Foot” for “Bigfoot,” “Lock Ness Monster” for the “Loch Ness Monster,” and “Chupacabra” for “Chupacabras” (which is the singular and plural form). Actually, on the shirt, it is “Lock Ness,” as if the misspelled lake is fighting with their “Big Foot.”
Here, from their site, is the
Description:
In addition to this fight, Big Foot and The Lock Ness Monster have an annual most blurry photo contest.
The choice is yours. You can have your friends, who see you from a distance, asking you what a “FOOT NESS” is, or for the ones closer, asking you if you know it’s “Loch” instead of “Lock.” Remember, you have options in tee-shirts, and this is not on my “Cryptozoo” recommendation list. (Of course, the shirt maker is probably overjoyed to see this negative review here today, because any mention is still, well, a mention. And, guess what, some people might like this monstrosity. But the only way it is ending up in the Museum is if Snorgtees sends me a free one.)
Do something else with your money, Cryptomundians, like buying groceries for your home today. Or surf the net or this site for a tee-shirt that actually knows how to spell the names of the cryptids and has something attractive to display.
Thank You.
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I’ve liked a lot of their shirts but this one is a miss. There is a difference between clearly misspelling something so it’s funny and looking like your spellcheck happened to miss a couple things. Plus this is just boring and not creative.
There is no originality behind this, first thing that come to mind is celebrity death match. If they were going to do this, at least they could have used better art.
That is a shirt that I wouldn’t wear on my body!
A fair review.
I never got into the tshirts that SnorgTees or TShirt-Hell make. I mostly think they’re stupid and trying too hard to actually be funny. This shirt is no exception.
I don’t even wear tee-shirts but c’mon, let’s be fair.
There are several misspellings in the “comments.”
Also, I believe “Loch” is spelled correctly. That is a normal small “H” in that font.
I think the font just makes it look like a lower case K but it’s a small H
I think it’s pretty clear that, while the site may have misspelled “Loch”, the word is spelled correctly on the shirt itself. It is also my perception that “chupacabra” is by far the more common lay term.
Sure, let’s be fair.
“Loch” may be spelled correctly on the tee-shirt, but the very fact the font is so badly printed that it is open for discussion is significant. However, in the description, the word is spelled using a “k” and on the shirt, the word “Monster” does not follow “Loch Ness” or “Lock Ness.” It speaks to the use of the lake’s name fighting, not a monster.
The design is boring, come on, even without the misspellings.
Oh wow, I didn’t even realize they left out “Monster.” Oh man, anthropomorphasized lakes, now thats really scary. Way scarier than “Big Foot.”