Kelvin Can Wait

I sometimes design t-shirts that you can buy at Redbubble. They’re usually based off of things I love, like NewsRadio and Star Trek. Like the shirt above (the J.J. Abrams movies are in “the Kelvin timeline,” and a less-than-desirable bunch of canon changes) that mixes my love for Star Trek and my awareness of Kevin James properties. I’ve got Trek on the mind a lot lately, given how brilliant Picard is, and I thought it might be fun to show some gentle disdain for those just-ok movies. Though, if you visit the page right now, you won’t find this design. It’s currently under review - probably because I tagged it with #StarTrek and it uses a freeware version of the classic Trek font, though it doesn’t use any real IP.

The most recent episode of Picard really got me, somehow managing to pull off something I never thought I’d see in the universe again, and it made me bawl. These shows mean more to me than even I sometimes remember - they were the one thing most of my family could enjoy together as a group, and it brought in my best friends, too. Not a lot of things could do that, if I’m honest. And a show about a family coming back together, and where it all happens, well… it was poignant.

This is one of many reasons I think corporations being IP sharks is silly. You aren’t going to make me hate Star Trek, but the relationship with the corporate side is less than fun.

That said, enjoy some of the goofy NewsRadio shit I’ve made over the years. This is what happens when a corporation doesn’t care about a thing you hold as dear as I do that show.

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