Imaginary Worlds T-Shirts
Description: Ep. 61 - In celebration of Will Eisner's centennial, a live panel discussion on how Eisner redefined comics as an art form, and became the "father of the graphic novel." WILL EISNER and THE SPIRIT are Registered Trademarks of Will Eisner Studios, Inc. Used with Permission.
Description: Ep. 50 - J.R.R. Tolkien spent decades mapping out Middle-earth on graph paper because everything had to be invented from scratch. Many of his maps weren't even published until after he died, but today's fantasy cartographers owe a great debt to his work.
Description: Magic: The Gathering has a deep mythology about an infinite number of parallel worlds. As Magic celebrates its 25th anniversary, I look at why this handheld card game has survived the onslaught of competition from digital games, and how the designers at Wizards of the Coast create a sense of story and worldbuilding within a non-sequential card game.
Description: Whether you're running the seven kingdoms or flying to Mars -- you have to figure out how to pay for everything. Many economists are fans of sci-fi because those worlds take economics models to an extreme, especially when its comes to the issue of scarcity vs. abundance.
Description: EVE Online is a massive multi-player online role playing game, a galaxy where you build space ships, form alliances and go to war. The war stories of EVE players are remarkable, like the Bloodbath of B-R5RB, where over $350,000 worth of digital spaceships were destroyed in a single day.
Description: Imagine you're a New Yorker in the mid 22nd century. You have to deal with all sorts of headaches like traffic jams on the East River or brownstones collapsing into the canals. People think you're crazy to live in this Super Venice, but you wouldn't want to be anywhere else. That's the world Kim Stanley Robinson imagines in his latest novel New York 2140.
Description: Congratulations! You've officially earned Employee of the Month in the Department of Imaginary Problems. This humorous typography design celebrates the overthinkers, worriers, and master planners who somehow manage to solve problems that haven't happened yet.
Description: Spaceman steps forth into the multiverse to explore and bring back entire worlds for our attention. This piece is fan art for Eric Molinsky's kick-ass podcast Imaginary Worlds — a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
Description: A hand-written and hand-drawn typography design featuring the phrase "Comfortably Delusional" paired with a simple cloud illustration inspired by thought bubbles and daydreams. Playful, witty, and self-aware, this design celebrates the art of living in your own imagination and finding comfort in your unique perspective. Created in my own hand-drawn lettering with a minimalist black-and-white aesthetic, this design combines humor, creativity, and personality into a clean and relatable statement. Perfect for dreamers, overthinkers, creatives, introverts, and anyone who enjoys a little escapism from everyday reality. A fun gift for people who proudly embrace their imagination and optimistic delusions.
