My awesome green cephalopocalypse shirt didn’t go through the wash, so I’m not wearing it yet. I like to wash newly-printed shirts before I wear them. That makes them softer and nicer.

Marty struts in wearing his. I glower at him for forgetting to put mine in the wash, too. I am intensely jealous of his green biohazard-ness.

Marty: “I’m wearing my t-shirt. Why aren’t you wearing your t-shirt?” He plants his fists on his hips and juts out his chest, like Captain Hammer. And he promptly answers his own question: “Because you’re too fussy!”

I give out a righteous and indignant gasp.

Marty deflates, immediately conceding defeat. “Okay, because you have standards…”

Story of my life!

A little over a year ago, Marty submitted his Swiss Army Octopus design to Threadless in the hopes of getting it printed. A ton of people we knew got excited and turned out to vote for it, but it didn’t end up going to press (there are some fantastic designs on Threadless, and we knew it was a toss up). In the last few months, however, we found a company who was willing to work with us to get a batch of t-shirts out in 4-color, and this week we started taking pre-orders for Swiss Army Octopus t-shirts—“Eight Legs, No Waiting” indeed! The shirts are for sale on Marty’s site, and they’ll stay at the pre-order price until December 1st. It’s a limited batch, so if you crave this shirt and want a specific size, I’d jump in and grab it before someone else does.

We’ll most likely print more after the New Year, but now we’re seeing people getting excited about it again and that feels good. That’s a lot of fuss over a doodle, I’d say. Pretty freaking awesome doodle.