There are no shortage of blogs and online forums dedicated to t-shirts; by one estimate, there are more than 100 such sites. One of my personal favorites is Thunderfrogs, a U.K.-based site that aims the spotlight on unique tees with sci-fi, cinematic and action-adventure motifs from around the globe. In the course of the last year, I’ve developed a friendly relationship with Andy, the editor of said site, mostly via e-mail and the occasional Facebook chat. I recently sent him some general questions about tee blogging and he graciously took the time to respond with thoughtful answers, which I’ve posted below. Thanks again, Andy!

Andy, in full-blown pirate gear.

IG211: “So, tell us a little bit about yourself (i.e. name, age, day job, where you live).”

Andy: “Name: Andy, a.k.a henryv
Age: 28
Day Job: Financial Accountant
Location: Manchester, UK.”

IG211: “What lead you to start blogging about t-shirts and when did you start Thunderfrogs?”
(more…)

…and as much as I’d like to, I can’t take any credit for this.

Our very popular Toxic Waste tee was used last week by online media behemoth Gawker as a visual accent in a blog post riffing on fallout from the market meltdown. The piece doesn’t really address the shirt in any way — it’s a metaphor, you see — but any press is good press (or so the mantra goes). We commend Gawker, apparently the site for NYC-related gossip, for their good taste in tee shirts.

Major props to FIC superfan Anne Lewis for bringing this to our attention here at It Goes To 11. On a related note, let me use this as a convenient opportunity to segue into a final word on FIC tee-spotting. If you scout our shirts somewhere cool (in print, on-stage, the web, tv, etc.), please, by all means, let us know. Photographs, video clips, links — the more specific the evidence, the better. If it’s something we don’t know about or arranged ourselves behind the scenes, we’ll hook you up with some FIC swag. No joke, yo.

Gawk freely: travis@founditemclothing.com.

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As if our Facebook page wasn’t enough, Found Item has extended its presence on the Internet with a Twitter account. If you haven’t heard, the tremendously popular website is a “service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

We’ll use it every so often to post info about new products, share office gossip and riff on whatever is occupying our time. Follow us here.

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Hey hey. I’m baaaack with some FIC news bits.

First off, Andy over at the newly-redesigned Thunderfrogs did a nice write-up on our non-movie shirts (which you should buy as gifts for your loved ones). On a related note, we’ll have an interview with Andy about t-shirts and relevant topics in the near future.

Secondly, It Goes to 11 has been added to the mix over at Alltop.com, a self-described “online magazine rack” that collects and aggregates posts, articles and news on all manner of subject matter from various sources around the web. If you couldn’t guess, we’re in the t-shirt category, which as other tee bloggers have noted, is a rapidly growing online community.

Finally, observant readers will note that we’ve added a new sidebar, entitled Greatest Fits, to the blog. This plug-in spotlights some of our best, most distinguished (read: popular) posts and entries to date, thereby rescuing them from the proverbial bottom of the (blog) pile. Give ‘em a read if you have a free moment. BTW, we’ll change them up every so often in the interest of freshness.

Ta ta: travis@founditemclothing.com

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It’s always reassuring when people say nice things about you.

For instance, the Amsterdam-based editors at Typo Tees featured our Dicknose shirt in a post earlier this week. I really like this blog and its specialized niche; if you couldn’t gather from the title, they spotlight tee designs that include unique copy, slogans or fonts with some brief, spot-on commentary. Thanks once more, Thijs.

Next, we got a huge plug from Andy at Hide Your Arms, one of the more prominent and established tee-cum-hoodie sites on the Web. He had very kind words of praise for both our new shirts and the overall FIC strategy:

“For those of you that are unaware, Found Item Clothing faithfuly recreate t-shirts that are worn by people in movies, usually totally awesome movies from the 80s and early 90s like Tron, Revenge of the Nerds, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off… I really like that concept because it takes liking a film to a whole new level.”

Needless to say, we’re flattered and we urge you to eyeball HYA at some point, if you haven’t already.

Flatter me: travis@founditemclothing.com.

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