8. "Napoleon Complex" from Ecko

Possibly the meanest-looking shirt to be featured on this site, and definitely one of the coolest I've seen so far.

Available from Shopecko.com, this Mark Ecko t-shirt takes the same picture of Napoleon Crossing The Alps by Jacques-Louis David as featured on the Threadless shirt "Napoleon's Ride", but runs with it in absolutely the opposite direction: here we see Napoleon clad in a gas mask, and brandishing a rescue flare. The Emperor as urban rioter.

With graffiti-style slogans adorning the front of the shirt, the back is empty apart from the phrase "Writing All Wrongs" in large red letters.

Designed predominantly from red, black and white, Napoleon Complex is only available on black t-shirts, and retails for $28 dollars.

On Shopecko.com it's described as follows: "Riding high. A Napoleon hat clad skeleton is robed and charging on a horse on this Ecko Unltd. screenprint tee with Ecko logos and designs. "Writing All Wrongs" and the iconic rhino weld logo in back. 100% cotton. Machine wash. Imported."

Now I don't see the skeleton myself, and think it's just the man himself wearing breathing apparatus, but I could be wrong. However, that's not my biggest gripe. On checking out Ecko's shipping policy, it turns out that delivery is only an option for US addresses (including Alaska and Hawaii) but nowhere else. This seems like a crazy decision, and I'm sure most international Bonaparte fans would be quite willing to pay a few dollars more to get their hands on one of these shirts.

In September 2007, designer Mark Ecko paid a hefty $752,467 to get his hands on the baseball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run. After polling vistors to his website, Ecko branded the ball with an asterisk to denote the questions which hung over Bonds' achievement, and sent it to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Now for my money, if you can do that, you can stretch to international delivery for a humble t-shirt.

7. "Napoleon's Ride" from Threadless

The image is unmistakeable: Napoleon Bonaparte, right hand aloft, sitting on his rearing white horse as he makes his way over the Alps. During the period 1801-1805, artist Jacques-Louis David painted five different versions of this iconic portrait of Napoleon, and now, after 200 years, a sixth has been created... adding a stockinged cat and a hugh flag of a turquoise doughnut.

Napoleon's Ride is another in the collection of Bonaparte t-shirts available at Threadless.com. Created by Berlin-based Martin Krusche, the shirt was printed in 2008, and at the moment looks like it's pretty much sold out, with the exception of junior sizes. Once again, I've submitted a re-print request, and will let you know if there's any movement.

Details: available on a plain white t-shirt, Napoleon's Ride uses "plastisol ink and a chino additive for softness", and is entirely drawn using grey, black and turquoise. Currently $9.

I love the ghostly faces on Napoleon and the cat, and the fact that even his horse Marengo has been made to look quite sinister. Thinking about it though, Marengo outlived Napoleon, and eventually made it to the ripe old age of 38, so I'm guessing he probably was looking more than a little creepy by the end anyway.

6. "Napoleon Ohio" from Greatcitees

Napoleon, Ohio, was founded in 1834 and is the home of the world's largest Campbell's Soup plant. It has a population of 9,300 people, and is the county seat of Henry County. Sounds lovely, but critically, it's got the name we need.

These t-shirts from Greatcitees.com ("Show off your favorite place"), and are available for towns and cities across the United States. The Napoleon, Ohio tees look cool, and come in five different colours and 16 different fonts. In terms of fabric and print quality, the site says they're "Direct to fabric digital print. NOT a transfer. Ink is embedded in the fabric for ultimate wearable comfort. Unisex t-shirt is 100% cotton, preshrunk Hanes Heavyweight 5.5 oz. with double needle sleeves and bottom hem."

The Metro Blue version pictured above retails for $13. International shipping costs a further $12 for up to four shirts, sent with USPS First Class Mail International.

All in all these look like decent t-shirts, and seeing as the city of Napoleon began life in 1834, just 13 years after his death, I think it's a pretty safe bet that they're named after Mr.Bonaparte himself.