Getting Ready for the 2018 Saturnalia Season

I've been thinking about making a Saturnalia logo or artwork to make my own Saturnalia stuff - Hallmark DOES NOT respect the holidays like this - so I went and made this:

Thing is, it just... sits there. Kinda underwhelming.

I think I need to add more wine and gambling imagery.

Anyway, I got a little shop up on CafePress to see about getting myself greeting cards printed up.

Update: DISREGARD

It's been awhile since I've said anything about this, but my WittyLibrarian shop of items - mugs, mousepads, shirts, and more - is still up at CafePress (and I think you can purchase through Amazon.com now).

UPDATE: ongoing problems with managing the CafePress site has gotten the better of me. I've closed the stores down. I'll be moving my WittyLibrarian logo to better climes...

Trying To Come Up With Replacement Logo For The Horde of the Lost Battalion

Or is that Lost Battalion of the Horde?  I think Lost Battalion of Platonic Conversationalists is too 2008... gotta update, gotta update...

I have dire need of a graphic artist.  I can do font design, but actual artwork is... well... I'm stuck at poorly rendered 2D figures.  Find me an artist, then we can get a 2014 Horde logo up that people will like.

Re-Designing The Horde's Lost Battalion Logo

To all the Ta-Nehisi followers on this thin raft...  I am looking to update the Lost Battalion of Platonic Conversationalists' logo for the swag getting sold on Cafepress.com.

To that end I am working on the next Font to use for the logo design (the artwork will take longer...unless I can get a graphic artist who's good with drawing Elves' Tools (DAMN YOU DISQUS!)).

These are the fonts I've chosen for the moment.  They are in order from top to bottom:

• AntiGrav
• Autodestruct
• LibertyD
• RedFive
• ThirteenOClock
• VillageIdiot
• WinterInGotham

If anyone's got a better Font to use as the "For the Horde!" battlecry, please name it and let me know if it's free downloadable somewhere.

And hey, Mr. Coates, would it hurt to have an Open Thread at Noon again?  Just for... old times' sake?

For Everyone Looking to Shop Til They Drop

As mentioned yesterday, Mrs. Coates wanted a t-shirt logo, and what Mrs. Coates wants Mrs. Coates gets.

So now, at Cafe Press, we have the I Heart Metrosexual Black Lincoln store, complete with t-shirts, drinking glasses, tablet covers, one hat, some wall decor, and a keychain.

As a refresher, the front logo is this: 

Additional items to be added in the future.

By the way, I need to add links to the Lost Battalion merch store and maybe my ebook locales...

For the Benefit of Mrs. Coates

Somewhere on the Twitterverse, Ta-Nehisi asked for a t-shirt logo for "I Heart Metrosexual Black Lincoln" in response to the aborted wingnut attempt to insult Barack Obama for being Pro-People.

In response, I crafted both a front design and back design for a t-shirt:

To your left, the logo for the front t-shirt.


















To your right, the message for the back t-shirt.

I need input.  Does this look good?  Readable?

I need suggestions of possible improvements, maybe something more concise to say on the backside of the tee.

I hope to get this up in a new CafePress store by tonight.

Let me know!