Category Archives: History

RIP Frank Kozik 1/9/62 – 5/6/23

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Chris Vreeland

I saw the news on Facebook at some point over the weekend that Frank Kozik had died. Frank was one of the undisputed greats of the rock poster business, no doubt. Anyone you talked to in the Austin art world, … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Thrift Store Browsing…

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Chris Vreeland

And I have “repatriated” some oldies & picked up a few new-to-me prints that I liked. The collection groweth. I wish I had kept one of everything, but that was literally impossible, so after 30 years, I find myself with … Continue reading →

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Weird Yet Strange

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Chris Vreeland

My Friend Danny Garrett has written a book, Weird Yet Strange, (published by TCU press, also available locally at Book People or on their website) about his years as an Austin music poster artist in the 1970’s & 80’s. It’s … Continue reading →

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I have lost my mind…

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Chris Vreeland

And have begun to catalog & preserve my entire T-shirt collection. I’m in the early stages of this project, but I have so many shirts, and for so long have wondered “where is that shirt? What became of it? Do … Continue reading →

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Mexico 1984 And A New Start After The Fire.

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Chris Vreeland

So, anyway. (previously) We flew into Guadalajara on Aeromexico, from San Antonio. We took a greyhound bus to San Antonio, & somewhere near Buda, the bus’s brakes got stuck, and started to burn. Sitting on a bus gradually filling with the … Continue reading →

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More Shirts in the Media

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Chris Vreeland

My daughter has a VHS copy of Clueless she used to watch when she was about 12 — I was looking over her shoulder one day & spotted a character wearing a shirt I’d printed & hollered “Hey! I printed … Continue reading →

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This History Post Stolen From TheShirtboard.com

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Chris Vreeland

These are some pretty awesome videos of printers rockin’ it Old Skool. Amberlith! Cameras! Wooden frames! And those old oval machines — they were rock solid, but watch the press in the first vid — one long bar controlled all … Continue reading →

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31 Years of the Texas Cavers Reunion

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Chris Vreeland

In 1992, the year we opened Vreeland Graphics, I took over a concession from our partner & friend Gill Ediger, printing & selling T-shirts at an event known as the Texas Cavers Reunion. Gill started printing shirts for the event … Continue reading →

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Ode To An Air Cylinder

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Chris Vreeland

One of the things I do as part of my job is the maintenance and upkeep of our two M&R Challengers. I lube and clean them according to the weekly (ha!) and monthly maintenance schedule, I keep a drawer full … Continue reading →

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Shirts In The Media

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Chris Vreeland

Every once in a while, something we printed will show up somewhere cool. I still need to track down the photo of Neil Young wearing an Antone’s Little Walter shirt, and I need a screen cap of the first classroom … Continue reading →

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