Bomb Story: Adam has always had such a family-friendly tone, we wanted to subvert our own brand and envision what he'd look like gory. Gross Out Adam was originally illustrated facing to the left, but keeping in uniformity with Bomb Squad, we turned him the opposite way.| Background Story:
Originating in Scotland as ""tartan,"" we now call this pattern of crisscrossed lines ""Plaid."" Growing up in Southern California during the '80s and '90s, plaid beach volleyball shorts were always in our purview, thanks to labels like Mossimo and Stüssy. When we elevated to making cut-n-sew apparel like button-ups in the early 2000s, plaids made their way into our language as a nod to both the surf cul...