2008 Last Post

Thanks to all of you! This was our first year as Akumu Ink and what a great year it has been. I promise to do some kind of a recap of the year's events soon but for now Dora and I wish you all a Happy New Year! Have fun tonight and you'll hear a lot more from us in 2009.

Willard

I'm back with a new post since Xmas. We caught up on a lot of family time, movie watching, and well deserved rest. And we came up with some great ideas for some new shirts.

Being that we live in an apartment that's probably over a 100 years old we had an unexpected visitor staying with us the last couple of days. A baby rat! Tiny (our dog) found him hiding in our screen printing room. As cute as he was I had to set him free. For a day I felt like Willard...I miss him.

RIP Last Call

If you don't know yet our RIP section is livelier than ever. With very limited stock from tattoo conventions of summer 2008 I'm putting up a last call on some items. We may not have all the sizes or designs on men's and women's shirts but if you want any of those items be sure to get them now! Each size is limited to one item, so if you grab it you'll have the last one.

Merry Christmas everyone! Have fun and drink responsibly (I know we will be doing a lot of that!)

Impatient

Dora and I were so impatient that we opened our Christmas presents yesterday... Great gifts all around. Dora got me a 1:6 scale model of the Joker which is awesome! And The Dark Knight Special Edition!











And I got Dora a Toki Doki mini messenger bag.











After working so hard this year this was well worth it :)

New Old Video

I finally had a chance to put this piece together. It was supposed to be finished and uploaded prior to the release of the shirt, but here it is finally....I present to you the promo for our "After Party" tshirt:

Find us in Longueuil!

For those of you Akumu Ink fans living in the East of Montreal or in the South Shore you will now be able to get your Akumu fix much more easily! We just dropped off a bunch of items at a new location in Longueuil. The place is Kromatik Coiffure, my cousin's hair salon! So go in get a hot haircut or some colour put in and top off your new look with an Akumu Ink tshirt or tote bag. This new location is accessible from Longueuil-Université de Sherbrooke‎ metro station. I'm providing the map location here. For other locations carrying Akumu Ink merch go here.

Akumu Ink in a Video

Our friends from the Netherlands Meet the Storm sent us this great music video of them performing live. Not only are they fun to watch but 3 of the members are wearing Akumu Ink tshirts. Look out for the Without You tshirt on the guitar player, The Black Rose on the drummer, and the limited edition RockStar shirt is on the other guitar player.

Sit back and enjoy:

The Charlie Browniest

Last night while decorating the Christmas tree we had A Charlie Brown Christmas playing on tv in the background. I have not watched this special or any of his tv shows for a long time, so to watch it last night was shocking. Charlie Brown totally has depression! I know he is based from an adult's perspective, but he is the most EMOest character that we were exposed to as kids. Check out the following speech:

After I found that video clip I found the following amazing clips of classic moments dubbed with death metal songs:

Drop Off

So Saturday we dropped off some new items at our Montreal stores. Sin City in Ile Perrot will now be carrying 4 different hoodie designs, and Boutique Perfide near St-Henri metro is now carrying a bunch of tshirts. We were even pleasantly surprised to find out that on 2 seperate occasions someone went to the boutique with the intention to buy our shirt and did so. That is really awesome to hear :)

Btw, this weekend I will be dropping off a variety of items at a new location in Longueuil. If any of you want Akumu Ink stuff in the South-Eastern part of Montreal that will be your new destination.
More news and pics to come.

Nice Print Shots

Being that this was our first year. We did not know what to expect as far as sales were concerned. And after a very successful summer printing non stop, and also because we were preparing for tattoo shows the entire time I was pretty sure the winter months would be very quiet. Thankfully it hasn't! I think we're just as busy as this summer so that's really exciting. I'm also always happy to read all the emails you send in. It's great to see how many sweet people out there like my morbid designs. Here are some closeups of the new After Party tshirt, a photo of Shukketsu, and a nice clean shot of the silver razor blade logo that comes on the hoodies:

Winter Arrived

This morning I woke up to this beautiful scenery. Then reality kicked in and I had to actually go out there and dig out my car which was frozen into place. My car was like the chocolate in those Tootsie Pop Lollies... I hate winter.

Creepy Pics

These photos are from Friday night (before it started snowing and getting really cold) when I was waiting outside with Tiny while Dora was inside sending packages at the post office. I must have looked so creepy taking pics at night...hehe. Speaking of which, look at the creepy stuff I found on the side of the post office.

Tshirt Close-ups

This weekend was nice we got a lot of work done. I was really sick today unfortunately and had to stay home. Dora and I have been taking a bunch of photos during the last couple days, so I'll be posting those during this week. Here are some close-up pics of our most popular tshirts:

Akumu Gift Certificate

Looking to give an Akumu Ink hoodie, or tshirt as a gift for Christmas but don't know which one to get for that special person? We've got the solution :)

We just posted Akumu Ink Gift Certificates on our Etsy page. There are 3 to choose from: 1 Tshirt, 2 Tshirts, 1 Hoodie! The certificate covers the cost of the shirt as well as the shipping to the recipient. The 2 Tshirt certificate actually has a bit of a discount on it too, so it's totally worth it. These are only valid here on our website and at our Etsy shop. Please don't show up at our retailer's boutiques with your certificate cuz they will totally turn you away.

Pass the Nightmare along!

Down to the Last Ones

I've been very stingy with blog posts as of late. Nothing much new is going on I guess. I just want to mention that there aren't that many paper toys left. So it's now or never if you want to get one. As I've previously mentioned : once they're gone they're never coming back :)

The Blogs Have Spoken

It's always funny to see how people react to our stuff. Here is the latest reactions from Andy of the HideYourArms blog, and Kat from the Tshirts Around the Internet blog.