From: tyg@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Thomas Galloway)
Subject: SQUID: 2nd t-shirt run info
Reply-To: tyg@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Thomas Galloway)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 05:25:37 GMT

...or to put it another way to my mailbox...INCOMING!

I've talked with both Eddie Maise and Ty Templeton, and we're ready to
start up towards doing a second run of Suicide Squid t-shirts.

The same acclaimed basic design of the first run will be used. The central
figure is a morose looking gray squid wearing a headband with SS in red,
surrounded by fine black lines on white creating an ink cloud effect.
In Squiddy's tentacles are an open bottle of sleeping pills, a noose which
is around what passes for a neck on a squid, a gun pointed at his head,
a knife stuck in a toaster, one tentacle slitting another one with just
a hint of red blood, a book titled "Selected Moaning and Groaning" by 
Franz Kafka, and my personal favorite, a steak with an attached "Here	
Sharks" placard.

Underneath is the slogan "The seaweed of crime bears bitter sushi", done
in red. At the left/top is a Suicide Squid logo, also done in red. This
run will have a small "Second Edition" somewhere, probably next to the
"A TYG-MM r.a.c. production" line (small and unobtrusive). Art is by noted
professional artist Ty Templeton, who'll be getting a per shirt royalty
for this run (we paid a flat fee for the first run, but feel that giving
a royalty for this and any future runs is a reasonable thing to do).

Unlike last time, we're going to be a lot more hardline in terms of options.
No poem on the back (if you don't know what this means, don't ask) option,
and the only two shirt colors will be ice green (ala ocean) and black,
which we consider the coolest looking. While this isn't as definite, with
the exception of non-U.S. types, we'll likely only offer one postage option,
that of priority mail. We've learned something from the first run (although
clearly not enough given that we're doing it again...). Also, Eddie and I
will get some amount of money out of this; not much and nowhere near as
much as we'd usually charge for the amount of time/effort, but because it
is a considerable effort, we've done one run strictly as non-profit, and
we also feel that the people who ordered the first run deserve a bit of
a price break. If you have a problem with Ty, Eddie, and myself getting
some amount of money from this, don't bother flaming. Just don't order
and/or do your own Squid shirt.

Before I get into details, one last thing; this is *not* a hoax (or a dream,
or an imaginary story). 225 shirts already exist and can be found all over
the U.S., Canada, Britain, Norway, and Australia. Two shirts were filmed in
at least one episode of the Fox tv series Parker Lewis Can't Lose which 
will likely air either this month or next. I'll post when I find out so
people who haven't seen the shirts can try to get a look at them although
I don't know how obvious they'll be after the episode is edited.

So here's what we need now. To do some preliminary planning, I'd like anyone
interested in getting a shirt(s) to email me telling me how many shirts
you'd be interested in ordering. If you're a student and will be offnet
during the summer, include when your last net access will be and an address
of some sort which can reach you reasonably quickly during summer. In terms
of price, it looks like a *maximum* for U.S. residents would be around
$13 including postage, or around $10/shirt. It might be less, but not
less than $8/shirt not including postage. We'll be willing to work out
sending several orders to one address to minimize postage assuming the
people involved all agree and can work out pick up/distribution of the
order, but in general priority mail postage in the U.S. is $2.90 for up
to 3, maybe 4, shirts.

So if you want to get in on the second run of the Suicide Squid shirts,
send email to tyg@hq.ileaf.com with how many shirts you'd be interested
in ordering. If you'll be offnet during the summer, tell me that, tell
me when you'll be offnet, and tell me an address which will reach you
then.

"The seaweed of crime bears bitter Fruit-of-the-Loom" --Eddie Maise
tyg   tyg@hq.ileaf.com
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