Scottish illustrator Matt Cowen has used simple math to explain how certain pop culture icons came to be then Darth Vader, Batman, Captain Jack Sparrow. The designs are available as T-shirts at his online shop, MjcTees’s store.

X-Men

Blind

Star Wars Goodies

Star Wars Baddies

Superhero

Batman Villains

Magneto

Fantastic Four

Zombie

Johnny Depp

Sly

Bruce Willis

Sir

Harrison Ford

Mister

Avangers

Captains

JLA

Doctors