the same technology T-Shirt

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the same technology

This was inspired a while ago by the satirist and comedian Bill Hicks, who was, in my humble opinion, a genius, if a little perverted.
He’s dead. At 36. From pancreatic cancer. But I think he was assassinated by the FBI because it makes a better story.

Anyway, he was most prolific during the first Gulf War, and he had a sketch where he talked about the incredible accuracy of smart bombs to knock the fillings out of the teeth of the enemy, and he wondered how they couldn’t use the same technology to shoot food at hungry people.


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  • nook

    nook

    good point, the new world vision t? Tidy typography.

  • sjem ©

    sjem ©

    This made me laugh. The choice of banana as food bomb is superb.

    It’s pretty funny really, so was/is Bill, though I’d never heard of him till you mentioned him somewhere else once (can’t remember where). Thanks for that.

  • Scott Robinson

    Scott Robinson

    Totally comment you on the text work here, I know how bloody hard something like that is to pull off…
    The bananas just make me giggle, Quite the fun design really, with a little dark undercurrent.

  • Danny

    Danny

    I may as well make it a quadrella
    This is so much better than the last Tee
    This is classic Lucan
    Thought provoking with a touch of humour and a slice of irony
    Still got it

  • kathleen

    kathleen

    and what can I say… important message and aesthetically presented… I see your inspirations… hmmm… tinking tinking tinking

  • davecurtain

    davecurtain

    really great. lovin your knowledge of people like bill hicks & seeing your crisp interpretations. provocative & aesthetically a banger.

  • JayLynn Widmark

    JayLynn Widmark

    To put it concisely, the typography, I adore.

    A little tongue-in-cheek…
    With naturally endearing bananas.
    I like it.

  • mikoto

    mikoto

    I really like the info you have with this piece, really nice.

  • brigid

    brigid

    this is really fun. im not political at all and i glaze over when someone mentions army… its all bananas to me too.

  • tambatoys

    tambatoys

    Nice Lucan, nice x

  • Grant Bissett

    Grant Bissett - Minister of Kerosene

    good

  • Patricia L. Ballard

    Patricia L. Ba...

    We need him now. Sigh! Otherwise, great work. Graphic appeal that packs a message.

  • Amanda Cole

    Amanda Cole

    This is Brilliant, love clever art!! well done!!!

  • Adam Excell

    Adam Excell

    effing wicked dude.. great design!!

  • LostBoy1

    LostBoy1

    Monkey like bannana.

  • Danny

    Danny

    Has a whole new look in Black
    It really brings out the bananas
    It looks more….stylish

  • sjem ©

    sjem ©

    Only Lucan and Andy Warhol can make a banana look stylish … besides that its all monkeys and jungle fauna.

  • SabreToothFairy

    SabreToothFairy

    As always, you guys blow the competition right out of the water! I like the way this image looks so simple (important for t-shirt designs), but as you look at it, you realise that there’s text to be read and a message to be conveyed.

    Great stuff! :)

  • InfiniteChaos

    InfiniteChaos

    Intelligent.

  • betelnut

    betelnut

    Your penchant for brilliant Tees is getting boring. Great design.

  • MSixty

    MSixty

    This is like the perfect t shirt, you should create a poster / wall art with it as well!

  • ayarti

    ayarti

    Yesterday i was given a Bill Hicks DVD, and on it is the reference to your design. Very very funny man. I was always somewhat aware of him through listening to Tool, but i had never heard much of his comedy. Great shirt, great comedy sketch.

  • Kent  Palmer

    Kent Palmer

    MAde me smile. Ironic wisdom will do that to ya.

  • Kent  Palmer

    Kent Palmer

    Made me smile! Ironic wisdom will do that to ya.

  • kimbaross

    kimbaross

    cool image!

  • paul romanowski

    paul romanowski

    GOOD IDEA, UTOPIA, THOUGH, CIA, NSA FBI AND MOSTLY ILLUMINATI WILL NEVER HAVE IT….
    HOW ARE THEY GONG TO MAKE MILLIONS TO OPPRESS THE REST OF US THEN?
    THIS WOULDN’T BE GOOD FOR BIZ IN GENERAL…

  • Namueh

    Namueh

    Banana bomb! like in the worms videogame! lol, i love this shirt! ^^

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington

    i really like this shirt.. great design.. well done

  • mister khan

    mister khan

    all the vulcan is good for. what have you got against bananas. they never did anythnig to anybody. better off dropping hungry children directly into ‘pick your own’ farms in the north of france. that’d kill about 12 birds with a single stone, (and possibly a few children)

  • mlgkats

    mlgkats

    cool tee

  • sjem ©

    sjem ©

    We need to use these in Burma right now.

    Why the fuck don’t we have them ?

  • Lucan Industri... replied

    Oh yes, good call, we do. I’ll ring the UN and get them to buy some.

  • satotz

    satotz

    great idear

  • Elizium

    Elizium

    I actually cried the day that Bill Hicks died back in ‘94…He was/is a Sage!!

    Your homage to his artistry reflects his message perfectly…”Smart Fruit”

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  • vrangnarr

    vrangnarr

    Nice – kinda hard to read it though…

  • Lucan Industri... replied

    That probably makes it less nice eh.

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