If you haven’t heard of Electromagnetic Tentacle, let me fill you in. They create shirts with a distinctly Filipino twist various geeky properties.
Let me give you an example. Filipinos have a phrase, “Bahala na si Batman” which translates to something like, “It’s all up to Batman”. The phrase comes from “Bathala“, a Tagalog diety that is now used colloquially to refer to the Judeo-Christian God as well. Bathala is close to Batman, or at least starts with the same letter. Someone, someplace coined the phrase and it spread like Ebola.
Years later, Electromagnetic Tentacle made THIS:
The word balloon translate roughly to, “It’s always me. Always up to me. No one thinks about who’s looking after me! Colorful expletive!”
It’s funnier if you don’t require an explanation.
Here’s a sampling of their other stuff:
Don’t worry if you don’t get some of them. They’re all specifically geared towards the Philippine geek. Trust me, they’re funny.Funny enough in fact that several of their wave 1 and 2 designs are sold out.
Anyway, if you live here, the I don’t need to explain all of this to you and have just wasted 5 minutes of your live. Suffice to say that ET will be selling shirts at the Metro Comic Con 2011, and they’ve got a whole new batch of designs. Bring some cash with you. If you pre-order at their homepage, you get Php 50.00 off the regular price!
They’ll also have some special edition shirts as well:
If I wasn’t such a fat-ass, I’d have bought all their shirts a long time ago. Stupid itty-bitty Filipino sizes…
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Visit Eletromagnetic Tentacle on their homepage.
Order shirts HERE.
Or friend them on Facebook.
Read more about the Metro Comic Con 2011 HERE.
@Janlo, thanks for dropping by! Definitely good news 
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Hi Thanks for blogging about us. Just want to let you know that our 3rd wave is out and we have (bigger) sizes: XS - 3XL. We’ll be at the Commune this Saturday at the poolside of the Renaissance tower - do hope you can pass by.
Posted by Janlo at May 31, 2011, 10:18 pm