And we´ve also reprinted the most sought after boy t-shirts

Did you think think that we would forget about those of you who'd asked for a tee shirt that was out of stock? Of course not ;] New editions of our coolest Tolky Monkys Characters are now available. Read:

- Hikiko, the mime: Black and Red. 205 t-shirts.

- Hikiko Invaders: Black / Green y Black / Blue. 150 t-shirts.

- Casius: Black and Brown. 150 t-shirts.

- Muerte cooking worms: Black. 100 t-shirts.

- Muerte at the toilet: Black and Red Tile: 150 t-shirts.

- Panda, the ferocious one: Orange and Claret: 150 t-shirts.

- Panda stuffing himself: Dark Grey and Red Tile: 150 t-shirts.

Even though we've reprinted them, the number of pieces is still quite small. The one we've indicated for each design refers to the total amount between the different colours. And all the models we have vary from the S to the XXL. Yep, you read right, we have these models in XXL. You can take a look at our Size Guide to find out if the XXL is your one. That said, be sure to hurry because just as we've advised in our previous posts, there is a maximum of 2 pieces per design, in this size. After all, we're just trying this out to see the response.

So do tell us if we've done the right thing in reprinting them. If you'd like us to reprint any others, leave us a comment and we'll take note. Until soon!

CASIUS [Front]

CASIUS [Back]

Because taking care of t-shirts is possible

So yes, dear reader, making the tee shirts you buy last longer, is also in your hands. We put effort into the shirts so the printing is excellent and that the material is of good quality and has no defects, of course there's always the one that comes out a little strange, but, once you have bought a shirt, the amount of time it lasts will depend on the care you put into it. We though it would be a good idea to write something about this and give a few pointers that can help you out, weather its with our tee shirts or any others.

Firstly, when you buy a t-shirt, it's always a good idea to wash it the first time on its own, by hand, in cold water, inside out. Why? For two reasons: as they're cotton, regardless of what many people may say, it will shrink, even if it's only by a millimeter or so. This way, the shrinking business will be minimal. Also, for whatever reason, if the printing on the shirt hasn't been done correctly. This may happen once every thousand pieces, and god forbid it happen to you. If it does, however, contact us and we'll change it ;] In subsequent washings, it is imperative that you ALWAYS place it in the washing machine inside out. This will help protect the silk screen printing and lasts much longer.

And when ironing, for goodness sake, do it at the adequate temperature for cotton, and again, inside out. If you use the "Vaporetta de la mamma" over the print, it's likely that you'll not only ruin the picture, but you'll have a nice ink splotch on your iron. How nice!

And lastly, when hanging them out to fry, try placing them inside out, especially if it's in direct sunlight, because this ends up eating away the colours and cracking the stamped on design.

Oh, and of course, if one day you decide to go to the beach, get in the water, roll about in the sand and sun bate for 5 hours straight, all without taking off your shirt, don't expect it to last more than a day. Yes, man has managed to get to the Moon, but it seems like he's not so interested in making his clothes last ;]

If you'd like more tips, you can visit out special section on the web:

How to take care of tshirts

Launch of new t-shirts for men

We proudly present the new designs for our t-shirts for men. They're three new Characters that we've released. The first, Muerte, is a veteran with 6 different designs on the back. We've called this last one "vanity-fear". We hope you get the play on words when you see the design ;] It's centered in the middle with graphic details on the back. Additionally, we have 2 new characters: The astonishing neighbors of 33C, scientists who are passionate about discovering new things, and Bluby Birdo, the Character that we have used for the 5th Edition of Micro-stories.

Technically, we are still using large screens to stamp the designs on to the shirts, in order to take full advantage of them, and we're also maintaining the little label on the sleeve. The truth is, it gives it that touch of glamour... right?

And a newbie, we inform you that we've printed some shirts in size XXL. Just as we have done in other instances where we tried out new things, we've made no more than two per model / colour, so if you've decided that you like any of them, we urge you to order it quickly. If you'd like, you can take a look at our Size Guide to know exactly which size is yours.

MUERTE, vanity-fear [See tshirt in store]

The amazing NEIGHBORS FROM 33C [See tshirt in store]

BLUBY BIRDO [See tshirt in store]
See t-shirts in the online store
See big photos on our Flickr

And at last, winners of the Short Story Contest

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Before knowing the winners and going on to the rest of the article, we would like to thank you all who participated for your efforts. First and most importantly, to the writers who have contributed 82 stories for the contest. There are people who don't always appreciate the hard work that goes into writing a good story in just a few words, and even more so when it's about one of our Characters =P, but we know that's it's not an easy task. Secondly, to Bubok for collaborating with us to give you this contest. And thirdly, to all our readers who dedicated their time to read and rate the stories. THANK YOU EVERYBOBY!!

So, without further ado, as we're sure you're all thinking we're being pestilential, we shall list aaaaaaaaaall of the winners. We have chosen 7 stories amidst the preselected 25, as well as the 3 voted most popular:

- Antonio Alarcón ::: Hikiko Ghost & Hikiko Goblins. Read Story.
- Andrés Fernández ::: Gustavo de los brazos largos. Read Story.
- Edgarin ::: Menudo, el pirata borracho. Read Story.
- Laura Nicte ::: La Muerte. Read Story.
- Miguel Ángel López Matamoros ::: Abram, el nuevo conde de los vampiros. Leer Relato.
- Ricardo Rey Pena ::: Carlitos Caos Begins. Read Story.
- Rubén Hurtado ::: Menudo, el pirata borracho. Read Story.

At first we had the in mind preparing this book with only 10 short stories, buuuut, at the request of Bubok, we're going to include 5 more that were not preselected that, in their opinion, deserve their place in the book. And we have to say that we agree:

- R.G. Cárdenas ::: Coconut Case. Read Story.
- Juan Carlos Carvajal ::: La Formula de Hikiko. Read Story.
- Margarita Nora ::: Invasores. Rumbo al planeta Uno. Read Story.
- Ana Iglesias Sánchez ::: Perrito malo. Read Story.
- Daniel Gallego Vico ::: Un día más. Read Story.

Congratulations to all those selected! And for those of you who weren't chosen, if you are asking yourselves why them and not me, we'll tell you that we took into account the basic things like if it was well written, even if not perfect, and that it proved to be entertaining, and also other things that in any other contest they wouldn't took into account, like the coherency of the original character story, and the variety in the book, so the same Character isn't features 10 times. Nevertheless, these types of decisions are very subjective and we're not always able to argue the case logically. We just know that the ones we have chosen we liked very much.

And just as a reminder, each winning writer will receive the following prizes:

Sólo a modo de recordatorio, cada escritor recibirá por cada relato ganador los siguientes premios:

- Publication of the story in the book alongside your name. Remember that it will be before the 1st December
- Tolky Monkys voucher with a value of 60€
- 1 copy of the book including your story, courtesy of Bubok.
- Promotion and publicity by Bubok and Tolky Monkys with the tools at your fingertips.

The book and certificate will be sent before the 10th December. Now it's just a matter of revising the stories on behalf of bubok and the readers, in case there's something that needs to be tweaked, illustrate them, do the book's layout and design the front cover, next to nothing!

We'll keep you informed of any news, See you soon!

Winners Micro-story Contest ::: 5th edition

Once again, thank you to all those who participated: this includes all of you who have given ideas, the Blogs that have collaborated with us, those who have written on your own personal blogs and of course those who have “tweeted” about it. We love reading your stories and see where you can go with just a simple presentation of an illustration. Some day we will do a book with all the micro-stories that you have offered in the different editions we've gone through. :]

In total we have recieved almost 100 proposals on 7 different blogs, 5 spanish and 2 foreign. You can see them all on the list of stories and winners that we've uploaded on our web. [only in spanish]

As for our winners, these are the decisions:

- Acuatica: Eolo, the wind catcher, written on Solo pienso en camiestas.
- Flánagan: For the name “Bluby Birdo”, written on Raza Becaria.

As well as the 2 winners previously mentioned, to every one we will send a surprise pack of 4 new articles of our new Characters that we will bring up next week, there are more prizes to give out that you can see in our list of stories and winners:

- 2 winners per Blogs will take home a surprise t-shirt each.
- Prizes to the best Blogs: we will give out to Viste Adecuadamente and to Raza Becaria a pack of surprise articles each for being the first and second blogs with the most ideas out of all those who participated.
- Twitter Prizes: a surprise tee shirt to Jlau628 and another to Sunsioneta.
- Secondary Blog Prizes: a surprise tee shirt to Mameluco, another to Prosopopeya divagante, and another to I told you so!!. By the way, you must read those blogs =P

We're having some difficulties in finding all the blogs that wrote about our contest, because they didn't linked to the article on this blog. There is still a tee shirt to hand out. If you wrote about it, please leave a comment.

We will be in contact with you all via e-mail sometime during this week, or if not during the next week, although you can take a look at all the winners in the aforementioned list of stories and winners.

And for all those who participated but did not win, don't worry because there are presents for all:

- Proposed ideas: 25% discount coupon. It will be published on the blog you participated with. Tomorrow we'll make 'em and we will send them to the each of the bloggers, so then can after publish it on their respective blog.
- Twitter: 25% discount coupon. All those who weren't winners, we will send you a personalized coupon by a Direct Message. Be on the look out!
- Secondary Blog prizes: 50% discount coupon. We will send the personalized coupon via your blogs to those who did not win.

If you are one of the previously mentioned and do not receive one in the next few days, please contact us because there's a slight chance that we either forget to include you or our messages have somehow ended up in the dreaded Spam folder. It's just that neither Google nor Microsoft nor Yahoo care about us ;]

Thank you to all and until the next contest!