About RetroDuck   Some info about our company and the RetroDuck team

RetroDuck History

RetroDuck was originally conceived as a website housing thousands of iron-on transfers we acquired in 2003 from warehouses on the East Coast. Since then, we have expanded to original designs created by ourselves with lots of input from close friends. We wanted to make shirts that we would wear - and hoped that the public would enjoy wearing them as well.

As time went on, we kept our doors open at our office in East Lansing, MI (on the edge of campus at Michigan State University) and people began asking us if we could make shirts for them. We are now a full-scale custom apparel operation as well. We ship t-shirts all over the world every week. Since our original acquisition of vintage iron-ons, we have amassed a collection of over 400,000 transfers. We have good reason to believe that this is the largest collection in existence. Though we no longer offer Vintage T-Shirts, this is still a point of pride for us.

In 2012, we shifted our focus away from retail to concentrate solely on Custom Screen Printing. We now ship custom apparel all around the U.S. every week! If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

The RetroDuck Team


Sean MADAY - Founder

Sean founded RetroDuck.com, Inc. from his dorm in Mayo Hall at Michigan State University in 2003. Since then, he has served as an Intelligence Officer in the United States Air Force and he now makes magic with Google Earth in Boulder, Colorado.


Luke HACKNEY - President

Luke is is the President of RetroDuck.com. He enjoys writing, and has appeared in the Lansing City Pulse, Metro Times, Real Detroit and McSweeney's. He's also active in the arts, serving on the advisory board at (SCENE) MetroSpace, where he founded East Lansing Sunday Soup, and as Board Chairman at Lansing Art Works, a collective committed to building a community of positive thinking through the arts.


Dustin GRIMES - Graphic Design

Dustin basically takes care of business at the Duck every day. If he's not designing some sweet tees, he's making sure promises are kept and deadlines are made. When he's not at the Duck, you can find him daydreaming about sailing the world and probably reading about Physics.


Collin PEAK - Production Manager

Collin is the man responsible for making sure your shirts turn out great and on time. When he's not at the Duck, he is a freelance photographer. He also spends a considerable amount of time in his garage, where he works on his motorcycle, drums, and enjoys good beer and rock and roll.


Holly JOHNSON - Marketing

Holly is a journalism senior at Michigan State University. When she's not scouting the streets for new business, you can find her creating nostalgic bits of scraps, utilizing her eardrums, or simply just "hanging out."


Adam VAN LENTE - Nerdery

Adam makes sure folks get paid, and makes sure the site looks pretty. His hobbies include staring at computers and meticulously organizing his iTunes library.


Arun DAS - Partner

Arun Das lives in Chicago and works on the tech side of real estate. He has been a member of Team RetroDuck since Day One, when he attended school at MSU. As a direct result of the latter, he has a medical condition which causes him to bleed green and white.