As the empty Coke can sitting near my elbow sputters and pops—no doubt mocking me—it’s starting to sound like it knows what I know. In fact, the can may also know what I try to ignore. Namely, that even after the last drop is shaken from its gut, there’s still something in there. Nothing can… Continue reading Timbre #80: The End Is Far
Timbre #77: Move Us
Over the course of recent history, as the outside has pushed in on skateboarding and smooshed us between prefabricated boundaries, skaters have managed, for the most part, to giggle loudly and sidestep the literal and figurative roadblocks dropped in front of us—many times using the barriers to skate on, through, or over—evolving our movements as… Continue reading Timbre #77: Move Us
Timbre #76: Get Wet
I feel like I know you well enough now to tell you that it’s Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and I’m still sitting here in my undies. Yeah, it’s that kind of morning—not a morning that I feel like I know you or an undies-only morning, but a Wednesday morning. Another one. You know what I… Continue reading Timbre #76: Get Wet
Timbre #73: Lullaby For The Working Class
A few weeks ago, I instituted a work stoppage of heroic proportions. It involved absolutely no one except me. I’m my own hero. So stumblingly large were the piles of shit I had building up around me, that shoveling to freedom was really the only thing I could think to do, so I did it.… Continue reading Timbre #73: Lullaby For The Working Class
TGP CuffClips
There’s something newer than new in The Good Problem shop! A small run of TGP CuffClips is in stock and ready to ship. I ride my bike and I wear pants. I know I’m not alone in that statement. I also know I’m not alone in getting my cuffs caught in my chainring or rubbing… Continue reading TGP CuffClips
Timbre #72: Don’t Show Up
For quite a while—much longer than my memory stretches—I’ve admired a cute little saying from afar. I felt like it applied to me a little bit, but also, the slow and steady way that things of any significance happen. Whenever I’d hear it, I’d smile and whisper to my inner whisperer, “That’s us, man.” Dan… Continue reading Timbre #72: Don’t Show Up
WWASH T-Shirt PRE-ORDER Live Now!
Here’s your chance to PRE-ORDER the WWASH shirt you’ve been wanting lo these many solstices. Just in time for WWASH #16, the WWASH 2017 T-Shirt — pre-order live now in The Good Problem Shop — was designed, in ernest, by a real-live college student, and represents a fresh start, a favorite color for everyone, and clear-cut seasons… Continue reading WWASH T-Shirt PRE-ORDER Live Now!
FROM PHOTOS ZINE (LARB FEST 4 REPRINT) OUT NOW
The very first in The Good Problem’s FROM Series, FROM PHOTOS is out now and available in The Good Problem shop. FROM PHOTOS is nothing if not a 20-page booklet of illustrations born from a healthy fixation on skateboarding’s most royal of visual media — the skate photo. Introduction from the tracer. Made in the… Continue reading FROM PHOTOS ZINE (LARB FEST 4 REPRINT) OUT NOW
FROM DOODLES Zine Out Now
The Good Problem‘s second in the FROM Series, FROM DOODLES is out now and available in The Good Problem shop. It’s 32 pages filled with a calendar year’s worth of incidental, paper-and-pencil scribbles, redrawn for effect, and photocopied in the style of the ham fisted but enthusiastic midwestern friend-to-many. Introduction from the doodler. Made in… Continue reading FROM DOODLES Zine Out Now
New Ortho Stephens PUSH Colorways
There are two new more-colorful things in The Good Problem shop! Another limited offer, but this time, it’s two different colorways on one of the coolest shapes ever, full-dipped, and hand screened with the Ortho Stephens Push illustration by Kevin Wilkins. Last year, Tod Swank at Foundation asked if Kevin would draw an Ortho Stephens… Continue reading New Ortho Stephens PUSH Colorways
Ain’t No Problem Like A Donut Problem
There’s new newness in The Good Problem shop! Once more, it’s limited run, and the fourth time is a charm: The Donut Problem T-Shirt is in stock and ready to ship. The feel-good shirt of the summer just a couple days short of spring, The Donut Problem T-Shirt is the ready-willing-and-able collab between two of… Continue reading Ain’t No Problem Like A Donut Problem
More Ortho, And More Of What You’re Shopping Fo
There’s more new stuff in The Good Problem shop! Another limited offer, but this time, it’s a small run of one of the coolest shapes ever, hand screened with this Ortho Stephens Push illustration by our own yours truly. Last year, Tod Swank at Foundation asked if I’d draw an Ortho Stephens version of his… Continue reading More Ortho, And More Of What You’re Shopping Fo
New Offerings In The Good Problem Shop
There’s something new in The Good Problem shop! A limited run of our second robot-screened offering—the These Colors Don’t Run T-Shirt—is in stock and ready to ship. The cheeseburger is the most patriotic of all American meat sandwiches. Believe me. Fun fact: Betsy Ross’ OG design for the US flag was actually tan, sesame, red,… Continue reading New Offerings In The Good Problem Shop
Timbre #71: Loving Cup
I’d like to spill the beans and say that I’m more interested in how skateboarding’s done and the way it looks than I am in the person or people doing it. I’d also like to be the man on the mountain, inviting you to come on up and listen to the incredible ways I see… Continue reading Timbre #71: Loving Cup
The Good Problem Shop Is Open
The shop is open! A limited run of our first hand-screened offering is stocked and ready to ship. The contemporary excuse of record, edited for truth and continuity, our It’s Not You T-Shirt is the always-simple retort for a never-easy world. Click here to shop or visit thegoodproblem.com/shop/, like ASAP.