It Had to Happen: Behold the BOMP T-Shirt

Show the world how you BOMP!

By now I assume you’re all familiar with the BOMP saga. I’ve decided that this storyline is so wonderfully absurd and absurdly wonderful that it deserves to be immortalized on the first-ever Inconspicuous Consumption T-shirt.

The shirt design is based on E’s original BOMP photo. My friend Scott M.X. Turner did the rendering, based on my art direction. It’s available here in four colors: black, black heather, dark grey heather, and — appropriately — asphalt (which is the color in the mock-up shown above).

Also: If you look closely, you can see that the IC logo, featuring the eternal Brannock Device, is on the inner collar! Cool, right? That’s a fun option offered by Printful, which is the print-on-demand operation that I’m using for this shirt. It’s my first time working with them, but I’ve heard good things.

Would I like you to buy this T-shirt? Sure! But I’m putting it out there as a fun creative project and as a way to spread the BOMP gospel, not as a moneymaker. Just sharing the design with you is satisfaction enough. It’s like BOMP is our secret password!

I know for sure, however, that at least two people will be going BOMP-clad: E and myself. If you’d like to join us, you can get on board here.

(Special thanks to Nathan Haas for helping me get set up with Printful.)

Paul Lukas has been obsessing over the inconspicuous for most of his life, and has been writing about those obsessions for more than 30 years. You can contact him here.