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the return of the infamous clown sweater

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Longtime readers of the blog are probably familiar with the Infamous Clown Sweater, and the strange role it’s played in my life for over ten years.

I don’t know what happened to the actual sweater, and I’ve never heard from its owner since that one fateful night at DNA Lounge so long ago, but for a few of us* it is a silly thing that makes us happy. It’s sort of an inside joke that we share, and I love that.

So, today at shirt.woot, you can get your own version of it, designed by me and my pal Rich Stevens. If you’re one of the few, you may want to pick one up. In fact, I hope you will, so that we can coordinate some massive picture at GenCon or something like that, where a bunch of us are wearing it … because people need help with their nightmares.

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*probably a few thousand, but still, a few

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20 thoughts on “the return of the infamous clown sweater”

  1. robwintonRob says:
    26 March, 2014 at 9:45 am

    It’s… it’s.. beautiful…

  2. OSNICARLONI says:
    26 March, 2014 at 9:46 am

    O DESENHO DO PALHAÇO É INTERESSANTE, DE UMA UMA IDEA QUE ESTAMOS EM UMA BRINCADEIRA FELICIDADES,AGORA QUERO SABER SE POSSO COPIAR OS PALHACINHOS ,OSCCAR

  3. Jessica Schwab (@jujyfruit0) says:
    26 March, 2014 at 9:47 am

    Thanks Wil 🙂 Doing my ‘small’ part to fuel the interwebs’ nightmares. Weirdest/funniest thing I have made to date, that’s for sure.

  4. Rob Pucci says:
    26 March, 2014 at 9:54 am

    I am a newcomer to the Clown Sweater Saga, and after reading so many warm, fuzzy anecdotes about the sweater, I feel as if I actually have worn it myself. Really, I am all itchy and scratchy right now…Mr. Wheaton, thank you for giving me a rash. I am humbled….

  5. Lori says:
    26 March, 2014 at 9:55 am

    I’m scared but I love this at the same time

  6. Liz says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Dear Mr. Wheaton- I am currently holed up in the back corner of my school’s library working on my case study (on spring break no less) that will determine whether or not after 3.5 years I get a graduate degree. After one hour of good solid work I reward myself with ten minutes on the internet- thank you for making this ten minute break hilariously awesome 🙂

  7. Jet says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:09 am

    I cannot being to describe how unspeakably happy this makes me. Nervous, scared and intimidated …. but happy nonetheless.

  8. ljarnseth says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:09 am

    This is one of the greatest things in human history. The story of Clown Sweater will surely appear in history tomes of the future. Because we happy few (thousand) are the ones who will survive the apocalypse, of course.

  9. Jeremy says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:14 am

    This needs to be printed on a running shirt!

  10. Jess says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:19 am

    Dude. I’m TOTALLY IN!!!

  11. knobody says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:57 am

    i might have ordered one. but i am afraid to wear it.

  12. Alan Oursland says:
    26 March, 2014 at 11:05 am

    Do they come complete with haunting poltergeist?

  13. Jacquilynne says:
    26 March, 2014 at 11:10 am

    You know, I have a vast supply of genuine, 1980s vintage crappy knitting yarn that came with my knitting machine when I bought it off Craigslist and it suspiciously contains all of those colors.

    I don’t know how to knit Intarsia (large blocks of color) on the machine yet, but I’m getting this strange feeling that I might need to learn. Soon.

  14. Brian says:
    26 March, 2014 at 11:49 am

    some once asked Lon Chaney Sr. what was the the Scariest thing that could happen to him he said ” in the wee hours of the morning living in a farmhouse on a not oft traveled road the doorbell rings… you open the door and therestands a Clown

  15. kellyasibson says:
    26 March, 2014 at 11:55 am

    Terrifying.

  16. angadj says:
    26 March, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    GenCon? Did he say GenCon? Hmmm … I don’t see it listed … Could it be? Really? Must rethink GenCon tix now. 😀

  17. Pingram says:
    26 March, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    Thanks for giving me nightmares.

  18. Shane Blake says:
    26 March, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    See, I always thought that it was Wil’s way of having a crack at the makers of the IT movie for not extending his streak of starring in Stephen King novel-adapted movies to two.. is that just me? 🙂

    Great initiative! To bad you cant make it downunder to some of the Australia equivs of ComicCon

  19. GurlNxtDoor says:
    27 March, 2014 at 9:36 am

    Beautifully terrifying. I want it.
    If only to wear around my brother-in-law who has a vile hatred of clowns.
    *Maniacal laugh*

  20. sav says:
    28 March, 2014 at 5:33 am

    The best time to wear a clown sweater…

    Is all the tiiiime…

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