Disney has removed a Joy Division-inspired T-shirt from its stores, it has been announced. The T-shirt in question incorporates a Mickey Mouse head into the sleeve of the British band's 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures. The original artwork was adapted by Peter Saville from a visual representation in the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy of the first pulsar discovered. However, Disney has confirmed that the T-shirt - which was priced at $$24.99 - is no longer available to purchase, reports Pitchfork. "As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further," a Disney representative said. Bids for the unavailable T-shirt have risen as high as $$255 on eBay as of January 26. Joy Division members Peter Hook and Stephen Morris were split on (more)...
- 1/26/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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