In 2007, we released a tee called “Self-Offense” in our Summer Collection. Believe it or not, Bobby drummed up the concept and original sketches for this t-shirt in his 3rd year of college, while researching the escalating gun homicides in the States. The graphic also channeled his sentiments on law enforcement, considering the gun in the artwork is actually a police model (do the math!). The graphic was in fact inspired by a poster he had seen on campus where the tail of a cigarette curved back around and morphed into a smoking gun barrel. The notion of an object being turned on its user was intriguing to Bobby, and he saw the opportunity for the same conceptual basis in this particular gun graphic.

• Year: Pre-2007
• WORN (8/10)