Booster Pants Zombie Shirts

At Buy Zombie we ALWAYS love showing off independent zombie shirts that are available to the masses (such as those by Above The Pants. While we’ve been doing a decent job at trying to keep you up to date with the latest zombies clothes you can buy online there are so many distributors we of course can’t find ALL of them. (Or… can we…)

This being the case we’ve found a shirt company that loves putting out zombie shirts that we’ve completely missed until now! Booster Pants is a new (for us) shirt company that we wanted to show you now that we’ve seen them. They have a great style and their use of typography in a few of their zombie shirts just looks amazing!

Behind The Scenes At Booster Pants

We sat down and did a brief interview with Matt Peppler of Booster Pants to give you an idea of what inspires them to bring you the undead on shirts!

BZ: What Inspired you to create zombie themed apparel?

Matt: I have been designing shirts for a very long time because it is something that I love to do and I have been a huge fan of George A. Romero movies since I was able to watch them so I have always been a fan. I wanted to create clothing around what I love, whatever it may be it is not just narrowed to zombies, however it seems that the only thing on my brain right now is zombie shirts. What I find interesting is how the idea of a zombie has permeated our pop culture in such significant ways. The first two that I created for my store were “I Heart Shooting Zombies” and “Zombies Just Need Hugs”. These two shirts went over great with customers. For a while those were the only two that I had created and it was several months before I came back to the zombie theme. At the time I did not want my store to just be about zombies and I went away from it. Two months ago I had some more ideas for more shirts, and one idea led to the other and then another. It kept going but this time I decided to act on the ideas that I have been getting. I don’t know when these ideas will run its course, but I don’t see a slow down anytime in the near future.

BZ: Which of the shirts that you have put out is your favorite and why?

Matt: My favorite zombie shirts that I have created are the “rules” shirts which I titled “Hurry!” parts one and two. One night about a month ago, I was driving over to a
friends house, and then it hit me. People in the movies and video games who survive a zombie horde or attack have rules, if they follow the rules they will survive. From that initial idea spawned a huge brainstorm during the ride. When I arrived my first words to my friend were not “hello” or anything, I told him that I need a pen and some paper. Then for about thirty minutes we had a hilarious conversation about rules and what to do. Some reference movies and revolve around some awesome moments in video games. One that I am working on right now references a Left for Dead map. They are my favorite because of the text design that came from it. It was a constant work in progress, and I kept adding more and more elements so it was not just text. I think that end result for those two shirts is very interesting and people who see these designs become interested in it because people want to read what it says.

BZ: What is your favorite zombie movie?

Matt: The original Dawn of the Dead movie by Romero. It is such an epic movie and so many zombie stories steal from it all the time! This movie paved the way for what is done today, not to mention that Tom Savini’s special effect work for this one is amazing.

BZ: What is your favorite zombie book?

Matt: One of the better zombie books had to be World War Z by Max Brooks. It is so serious about a zombie apocalypse! Everything that occurred in that book was a logical response to what could happen. From the initial outbreak, how easily it could spread, and the destruction of a useful military. How he wrote it too was impressive because the narrative was from several accounts from different perspectives of the greater event. It was all chaos!

BZ: If you had to pick 3 celebrities to be stuck with during a zombie
outbreak who would they be and why?

Matt: Conan O’Brien would be great to have along with me! He would be able to keep the morale high with his comedy and ability to make everyone laugh at the inappropriate. Hunter S. Thompson(if he were still alive) because he already enjoys shooting guns and now he could actually have targets instead of firing madly at nothing. He could also write the best damn account of what has happened, but it might not all be true because of his astronomical drug habits, however it would be the most interesting literature based on the zombie apocalypse ever. The last person that I would have bring along is Scarlett Johansson just for the extra eye candy.

BZ: Do you have a zombie escape plan? If so what is it?

Matt: Get guns. Get Ammo. Get weapons that do not require ammo like a sword. Something that has a sharp blade and can cut through just about anything. Team up with other survivors that share my goals and can take care of themselves. Escape the city and find an area that has resources and a low population, like a farm. Clear the area of undead. Set up shop and defend it from zombies and people who want what I have and try to take it by force. Try to live a normal life.

BZ: What is your favorite zombie shirt from another company?

Matt: http://store.mediocoreclothing.com/product/zombie-white

I found this shirt one day when I was searching for what others have created out there. What I love about this one is all the references to other zombie movies that are on the shirt. All the great ones have their place on it and the illustrative quality is fantastic!

Zombie Shirts For The Masses

You can pick up the shirts over at the Official Booster Pants Website as well as follow Booster Pants on Facebook or Booster Pants on Twitter for updates!

Dezombifier Shirt

Try This On For Size gave us a 15% discount code for you to use if you buy anything from thir site – ZOMB2010. Now before we had posted about the Bill Murray Zombie Shirt that they had released but today we’re showing you the second zombie option for your wardrobe that they have!

When hell is full, the dead will walk the earth.
Truly the last uniform you will ever wear. Either because the zombies have taken over the world and you are killing them and that’s your job or the zombies have eaten you.

This is the official uniform for the Dezombifier. The Dezombifier is the last line of defence against the zombie apocalypse (known as a zombocalypse). When the zombies take over the world (and it’s not if they take over, it’s when they take over) be prepared to fight the evil un-dead. Wearing this uniform will broadcast loud and clear to all those soul less zom’s that you will be blowing their head clean off their shoulders in 2.8 seconds flat. Join us in the preperation for World War Z.

Included with your shirt is a Dezombifier licence that you slap your picture on, laminate that sucker, and tuck it in your wallet. So when the Zombidom (Zombie Domination) starts you will be equipped with all the proper gear to be authorized to kill the un-dead.

Prepare like its happening!

Available at Try This On For Size and remember to use the following code for 15% off of your order: ZOMB2010

Checkered Zombie Shirt

Zombies are not pretty at the best of times. They love to rip your flesh and devour your brains. No matter what you do to them it wont change that fact that they’ll just keep coming.

The latest shirt from abovethepants.com shows just how nasty they can be with this fast and furious zombie with a face only an undead mother could love on the first all white shirt that they are releasing.

Available in both mens and womens from Above The Pants

Bill Murray Zombie Shirt

Oh the Zombieland memories.. A shame Murray won’t be in the sequel!

Bill Murray certainly earned his stripes in Hollywood by portraying such roles as Ghostbuster Dr. Peter Venkman, Steve Zissou, Herman Blume, Carl Spackler and Bob Wiley, just to name a few.

But it was his albeit brief, but brilliant cameo in 2009’s Zombieland that inspired us for this design. We love zombies and we sure as heck love Bill Murray (so does Tallahassee!)

So it’s only fitting (great pun) that we make a tee with Zombie BILL MURRAY!

But, wait? He’s not really a zombie, right? Of course not – IT WAS ALL A PRACTICAL JOKE!

It’s bittersweet that because of his penchant for clowning around it cost him his life to be immortalized in this role, but it’ll only cost you $18 to wear Bill Murray!

Available at Try This On For Size

My Fair Zombie Shirt

What happens when you take classic films and add zombies? Greatness!

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the brains! Henry Higgins is in for more than he bargained for with this less than fair lady. T-shirt comes in Red and Black.

Available at Split Lip

Every Night I Have the Same Dream Issue 4, Vol. 1 Shirt

I posted last week about the first couple shirts in this Threadless series of awesomeness and realized I forgot to post the last one. So here it is, the zombie invasion being beaten down. Enjoy!

Available at Threadless

The Undead Are Online.. And On Your Back!

Our central company, iScream Productions, has recently created a new company to create horror shirts for the masses – Above The Pants! Original horror themed art for everyone to wear for lovers of horror everywhere, specially for zombies!

To launch Above The Pants has a few shirt styles available for consumption. For YOU though we have three zombie themed shirts lined up! The standard Buy Zombie logo that you all know and love is up first. Secondly we have a Buy Zombie logo being clenched by the hand of an undead. Third and finally we have an image of a zombie covered in blood shuffling forward as only a slow zombie can!

So if you are interested in supporting Buy Zombie be sure to pickup a shirt today from Above The Pants! You can also follow Above The Pants on Twitter as well as Above The Pants on Facebook!

Zombies On Bikes Shirts

The Dark Cycle Clothing shop has a ton of fun animals on bike shirts. Really though there is only one ‘animal’ that we love here and that is the zombie. As you can see above they have zombies on bikes as well (terrifying thought I know.)

ZOMBIES ON BIKES!!! ARRRGHHH!!! BRAAIIINNSSS BLEH!

Not much in the description but really the picture says it all (think how terrifying bike zombies are. Just think about it.)

Available at Dark Cycle Clothing in the Punk and Sci Fi Geekery (in multiple colors!)

Every Night I Have the Same Dream Issue 3, Vol. 1 Shirt

As I had mentioned earlier int he week Threadless has some great new zombie threads ou in a series that’s very comic book themed in shirt form. Well here is the second in that series and it holds almost as much joy as the original just in a vastly different style.

I’ve been buying Threadless shirts for years, so when Jill asked me to design one, I was definitely in! I had part 3 of the zombie story, which shows our hero using her superpowers. In designing the character, I tried to draw something that had some obvious superhero flair, but not so over-the-top that you couldn’t proudly wear it on the street, y’know?

The first sketch I did had about a million colors. It looked great as an illustration, but as a shirt, it just didn’t seem to have any style. You can walk into Target these days and get a pretty decent, vintage-y superhero shirt, so the bar is actually pretty high. I also thought a lot about it being a unisex design. I wanted a shirt that both my guy and girl friends would wear. Since the shirt came out, I have to say it’s a pretty awesome feeling to run into someone wearing your shirt!

I took a step back and started to think about the shirt as a whole design and not just an illo. Things started to click when I reduced the palette and softened the whole look. After a little work, I was pretty happy with the drawings themselves butI did feel like the shirt was missing something. A friend suggested the barcodes, which really opened the design up so all the negative space felt intentional. If you scan the codes, they actually say “Threadless” and “Chiang”!

I had a blast doing this, and it’s been really cool to see all the other radically different designs that Jill, Tony and Art came up with. Hope I get another chance to play with Threadless again, and I might try to submit something soon. What do you think?

Available at Threadless!

Every Night I Have the Same Dream Issue 2, Vol. 1 Shirt

Threadless has a new little project out on telling a story with a single panel or a group of panels in comic book format – on a shirt! 3 of the 4 first ‘issues’ are all zombie related though this one is my favorite. A combination of the art, style, and color used it just screams perfect for zombie shirt lovers everywhere!

When Jill Thompson asked me to join this project with herself, Cliff Chiang, and Art Balthazar, I was very excited. Threadless is a mainstay around my house, and the other contributors are all professionals I’ve known and admired for quite some time. But then there was the reality of standing beside those fine folks, and with the company that brings so many great shirt designs to life, and when that hit me, I was actually pretty terrified. It was a fun challenge to tell the story at hand and still concoct a design that I thought people would actually want to wear. A bit out of my comfort zone, to be sure, but I hope you guys enjoy it.

Available at Threadless.