Over the last few years I’ve made several attempts at getting my t-shirt company up and running and each attempt had one common flaw: It was too much work. I don’t mean that in the “I want something for nothing” way, it was more work than it needed to be and that sapped my enthusiasm even more than my resources.

After a few dazzling debt hurdles I suddenly found myself relatively free of financial obligation. Finally I was able to make my money work for me and let me tell you sister – it’s been workin’. Gone are the days of inhaling bleach fumes all day with my place littered with pails of dye. No more self-advertising, self-selling, pavement pounding nonsense for me. Let someone else take care of that for a change, someone who does it PROFESSIONALLY. I don’t make my own butter because there are people that do it better than I ever could and this is the same sort of deal.

My new line, Hazz-been, is a tribute to and a reflection of my green ways; I’m so green that I don’t use plastic bags when I collect PD’s little nuggets, I use paper towels (I do however, keep a couple of plastic bags on hand in case we have an ass-plosion). The name Hazz-been was a last resort after I learned my original idea of Haz* Mat was not so original, and neither were my other choices; I think I was only able to get Hazz-been because someone let it expire. I am currently working on another line that is more masculine, edgy and true-to-form, a little mischievous, but for right now, today and the next couple of days this is Hazz-been.

Imagine my shock when I paid a visit to my shop only to discover it had crashed and was displaying an annoying (and embarrassing) error message. Ugh! And the day before I was supposed to have the stupid thing ready with my new merchandise. What I had pictured as an hour long task turned into a day and a half of e-mail tag with tech support all the while feeling helpless and foolish. Thankfully that’s all behind me now and the first batch of new shirts is proudly displayed on my not-quite-dead-yet e-commerce site!

This year I’m selling each shirt individually online so what you see is what will arrive in the mail (if all goes according to plan, that is). I hope this will make the experience a little less grab-baggy than it was last year. Anyway, drop by the old shop and check out what I’ve got. If nothing strikes your fancy then hold on a while and a spanking new bunch will be there very soon.

For a very long time that doesn’t really need to be defined here, I have been talking about making custom shirts to sell. And then there would be no mention for a while, and it would crop up again until finally I was forbidden from mentioning anything about it until I was ready to back up my statement with the goods.

That time has come.

After many trials and tribulations there is a batch of custom Hazzardized shirts available for purchase in the Johnny Hazzard Shop. Most of the shirts were individually customized by yours truly in the relative serenity of my stylishly appointed sitting room. And they can be further treated in a similar fashion if you so desire. Each shirt features a lovely Johnny Hazzard label I had made some time back so you get the full effect with any shirt you chose.

Due to the extremely unpredictable nature of Hazzardization no two shirts are alike and when this batch is gone I will make another similarly distinctive one to take its place. There will be no monotony on my watch!

There is a page on the shop dedicated to the items currently available that will reflect changes in the near future. You may access it directly by clicking here.

Thank you and good afternoon.