T-Shirt Addict: Winter Is Coming

Yes, winter is coming. No, that doesn’t mean this edition of T-Shirt Addict will be featuring hoodies and fleeces. Fans of the Game of Thrones novel and its HBO adaptation already recognize the motto of House Stark, but those words comprise just one of many phrases and images that the show’s success have made iconic. […]
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Yes, winter is coming. No, that doesn't mean this edition of T-Shirt Addict will be featuring hoodies and fleeces. Fans of the *Game of Thrones *novel and its HBO adaptation already recognize the motto of House Stark, but those words comprise just one of many phrases and images that the show's success have made iconic. Toss all of that into the insatiable meme-generating beast we know as the internet and you are bound to have a few funny t-shirts made along the way. Luckily I'm here to sort them out for you, so as always, enjoy the threads.

BustedTees leads things off by taking on a huge challenge: making direwolves cute.

Most of the shirts at HBO's official *Game of Thrones *shop are rather bland, mostly serving up large portraits of characters or sketches of their house sigils. The two shirts below break the trend in a humorous way, though. One highlights the bumbling comedic servant of House Stark while the other makes light of a legendary Westerosi challenge.

Taking a page from this meme [NSFW & spoilers], SnorgTees puts the gold of Casterly Rock on the Lannister version of a t-shirt tuxedo:

The only question this shirt leaves us with is whether the Starks decided to live at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates:

The unfortunate side to internet clothes shopping is that many websites, such as TeeFury and RIPT Apparel, only sell their shirts for a brief 24-hour period. Even Woot shirts are only guaranteed a week or two before they could face the reckoning. Still, the creators of these shirts deserve their credit, so here are some of the funny shirts you may have may have missed out on (although you could always venture over to teetrade.org and strike a deal if you absolutely must have one):

Kaspersky at the 2011 Brazilian grand prix, flanked by drivers from the Ferrari f1 team that he sponsors.
Photo: Stephen Voss