Marvel t-shirts created by Yorkshire artist on behalf of Samuel L Jackson

A Yorkshire artist who set up his own business creating t-shirts inspired by films has had backing from two of the world's biggest movie stars.
By Jonathan Pritchard
Published 11th Mar 2022, 11:00 BST

Samuel L Jackson has been spotted in videos and pictures on his social media wearing a number of t-shirts made by Retro Design Co, the brainchild of Barnsley artist Matt Heald.

The business started out as a bit of fun but slowly turned into a business venture, which he officially launched last year.

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However, his first experience with film stars was when he spotted Keanu Reeves wearing a Bill and Ted inspired t-shirt alongside video game director Hideo Kojima. He was later spotted wearing another Retro Design Co t-shirt in a music video for the band Weezer.

Samuel L Jackson and Keanu Reeves in the Retro Design Co t-shirtsSamuel L Jackson and Keanu Reeves in the Retro Design Co t-shirts
Samuel L Jackson and Keanu Reeves in the Retro Design Co t-shirts

His latest project was a series of t-shirt commissioned by Samuel L Jackson as a gift for the cast and crew of the new Marvel series, Secret Invasion, which has been filmed partly in Yorkshire and sees Jackson reprise his role as Nick Fury.

Matt said: "When Nick Fury calls and asks you for help, you can’t say no. Samuel L. Jackson is an absolute legend on and off the screen. It was a huge honour to work with him and his team.

“Sam quite literally signed off on the project. He sent across his signature and we printed it on the inside collar and back of each tee. It's amazing seeing his name next to my logo. If that wasn’t cool enough, he even took the time out to send me a video testimonial to help spread the word about Retro Design Co."

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