T-shirts

KaraLee LOVED slash was mildly obsessed with Batman.  She was never one for frilly, lacey, girly stuff.  That was me.  For the last maybe 8 years of her life she nurtured an attachment the dark knight.  It started around the time of the release of the movie Batman Begins with her best friend Kareena.  She never read any of the comic books but Dad had a coffee-table book about the creation of Batman that she adopted.  when she started high school her love grew.  If we found any type of Batman paraphernalia we would take a picture of it and send it to her or just give in and buy it for her.  This was when Batman stuff was very rare and not common to find.  One year when we were back to school shopping at a discount store she found a shirt with the old blue and yellow batman logo on it.  She was so excited.  The only problem was that the only size was 4T.  It didn't matter to her.  She bought the shirt intended for a toddler boy, took it home cut the logo out and sewed it to a shirt she already had.  Nobody would have guessed.

Since her death Batman has become a bit of symbol for us in remembering her.  We can't look at anything Batman related and not think of her.  It seems so ironic that in the last few years Batman has increased in popularity.  With the release of the newer Batman films, the gear and toys associated with the movies have become readily available.

Oct 2, 2012 would have been her 20th birthday.  To mark the occasion and to honor her on that day I designed a T-shirt featuring her name in the batman symbol.  I am hoping to distribute these shirts to her friends and family for everyone to wear on that day.  The quote on the back "Anyone can be a hero" is from one of the final scenes of The Dark Knight Rises, the final movie in Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy.