DFTBA posters: Nerdfighter-designed posters sold at DFTBA.com (2011)
project history · status: last documented in 2015 · last event: milestone (2015-02-17)
In April 2011 Hank said DFTBA Records had never made posters but he would look into it; the first vlogbrothers posters went on sale at DFTBA.com in September 2011, followed by more designs, including posters by Nerdfighter artists in 2012.
Part of: DFTBA Records: founding of Hank and Alan's label for YouTube musicians (2008)
Parts: Hank asks viewers for poster design ideas for DFTBA Records (2011) · Hank urges viewers to buy the scarce Nerdfighter-designed posters at DFTBA.com quickly (2011) · John invites viewers to buy Keep Calm and DFTBA posters at DFTBA.com (2011) · John invites viewers to pre-order the new Nerdfighter-artist posters and shirts at DFTBA.com (2012) · John asks viewers to support Risa and Melody by buying their DFTBA.com posters (2015)
Told alongside: Hank asks Nerdfighters to post pumpkin carvings on Our Pants (2013) · Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010)
About: DFTBA Records, Keep Calm and DFTBA poster
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-22 | proposed | Hank says DFTBA Records has not made posters but he wants to, and will look into good poster designs. | 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) 00:01:46 |
| 2011-09-02 | launched | Hank announces the first-ever DFTBA posters, designed by Nerdfighters, for sale now at DFTBA.com; some designs are in short supply. | Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies 00:00:26 |
| 2011-09-02 | rule change | Hank says posters must be ordered on their own, not with other DFTBA items, because they ship in a tube; poster shipping is free. | Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies 00:02:20 |
| 2011-09-09 | milestone | Hank shows his own poster: the DFTBA posters are out of stock, back hopefully by Monday (12 September 2011), with back-orders taken at DFTBA.com. (hedged) | 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III 00:01:29 |
| 2011-09-26 | milestone | John reveals the Keep Calm and DFTBA posters from his example are actually for sale at DFTBA.com. | Awesome Bankers? 00:03:24 |
| 2012-09-25 | milestone | John launches DFTBA posters and shirts by Nerdfighter artists without built-in audiences: May's watercolor posters (signed by John), Erin's posters, Marina's shirts. | Do Businesses Need to Suck? 00:01:56 |
| 2013-01-29 | milestone | Scrolling the TFIOS tag on Tumblr, John found a poster he wanted on his wall, reblogged it and asked the user to do it on DFTBA Records; she had not designed it. | Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters 00:00:58 |
| 2013-10-25 | rule change | Because things are boring at the DFTBA warehouse, every package that is not a poster now gets a Hanklerfish card; poster-only orders get a free DFTBA wristband. | When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? 00:03:07 |
| 2015-02-17 | milestone | John says Melody and Risa will share the royalties from the misattributed-quote poster, Melody is paid retroactively, and Melody's own artwork is now a DFTBA.com poster on pre-order. | Places I've Never Been 00:02:20 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says posters must be ordered on their own, without other DFTBA items, because they ship in a tube; to make up for it, poster shipping is free. — 00:02:20
- 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — announcement: Hank says the posters are out of stock but should be back hopefully by Monday (12 September 2011); viewers can back-order them at DFTBA.com and they will ship when they arrive. (hedged) — 00:01:29
- 2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — John: Using a made-up business selling 'keep calm and DFTBA' posters, John argues a successful business idea partly supports many people's jobs (designer, paper makers, printers, shippers), as with almost every good and service. (hedged) — 00:00:29
- 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John found watercolor paintings with quotes from his books by Malaysian Nerdfighter May; they print posters he signs, and the royalties can support her through university and a graphic-design job search. — 00:01:56
- 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: John announces posters from work by Erin, a 19-year-old student in California, and two shirts by college student Marina: 'Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool' and Augustus Waters' first t-shirt. — 00:02:26
- 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John is excited for DFTBA Records to also become a place where talented people without built-in audiences can make things that help pay for college and travel. — 00:02:55
- 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — John says there is even a poster of the line at DFTBA.com, designed by Nerdfighter Risa. — 00:00:36
- 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — announcement: John says he liked an artwork of Melody's so much that it is now a DFTBA.com poster, available for pre-order, with the royalties going to Melody. — 00:02:27