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Raygun Robyn

Childhood fears on adult gear

All little kids are fixated on monsters and robots, but most eventually realize that humans are the real monsters, and Skynet'll never become self-aware...or so this computer-generated sim-reality would have us believe! Making childish fixations stylish: Raygun Robyn.

Using secretive techniques and materials "acquired" while "working" at a 3-D model shop, Baltimore-based Robyn is a graphic designer, serial entrepreneur, and admitted World of Warcraft player, who takes time out from pwning Night Elves to crank out silk-screened gear featuring all sorts of things that go bump in the night...unlike WoW players...ever. Her distinctive, brown/red, bleach-splotted t-shirt designs include the Sasquatch-outlined "Bigfoot", the slithering "Tentacles", and the 1930s, city-stomping automaton "Robot Smash", who was apparently too busy destroying stuff to think of a catch phrase not already dibs'd by Hulk. Similarly sweet blotchiness can be seen on 16'' x 11.5'' messenger bags (all w/ magnetic straps, zippered interior/exterior pockets, and adjustable shoulder straps w/ antique brass clasps) like the mushroom-clouded "Atomic Bomb Blast", and the brand new, undead-silhouetted "Zombies", who'd cease craving your brains if they could see the half-dozen tattered poker magazines stored inside.

Just released is a coolly menacing giant-squid hoodie, bleached red, and with appendages (your arms, its tentacles) set in black contrast -- sure to keep you warm even as your real body's heat is used to power an industrial turbo-fan in the year 2054.

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ExhortDo not be alarmed by the presence of breasts in most of these pics -- ALL designs are available in men's sizes at RaygunRobyn.com

Raygun Robyn (Emailed on February 25, 2010)

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