Monthly Archives: July 2011
MAQET at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011Heathrow the Hedgehog was a surprise guest for most Comic-Con attendees, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. The new character by San Francisco-based Frank Kozik was crafted by fellow San Franciscans, MAQET. And I was along for the ride! The MAQET … Continue reading
Frank Kozik at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011Frank Kozik erected a fortress of rabbits and bananas for his booth at SDCC 2011. (Business as usual.) It’s hard to pick a single pièce de résistance out of the exclusives, as diversity is a Kozik trademark. I can tell … Continue reading
Jermaine Rogers at SDCC
July 29, 2011Um, how rad is this? You might have caught this picture some seemingly hundred or so posts back as I was kicking off my Comic-Con coverage by revisiting some “new old vinyl”. Here’s how it happened. Jermaine Rogers‘ Comic-Con booth … Continue reading
Plastic City at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011The newly-formed Plastic City Toys had a pretty stellar showing at SDCC considering their recent arrival on the designer toy scene. Although I couldn’t quite shake my previous concerns with Jermaine Rogers’ Aleppin Sane bust (it just seems like it … Continue reading
Ferg at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011Ferg flew to San Diego from Texas and went straight to a signing at Munky King for the release of his Misfortune Cat with Chris Ryniak. The designer behind Playge and Jamungo also did signings at Rotofugi (Trouble Boy #88 … Continue reading
Ragnar at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011It’s a hard-knock life for designer toys outside of The Cultyard. As you can see above, there appears to be a pile of Peppers in the glass cube at front right. But upon closer inspection, I found a really nice … Continue reading
The Vinyl Frontier Panel at Comic-Con 2011
July 29, 2011I’ve never moderated a panel discussion before, so I was both flattered and wracked with nerves when The Vinyl Frontier documentary‘s director, Daniel Zana, asked me to get involved. I had recently interviewed Zana, so I knew where he stood … Continue reading
Super7 at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011San Francisco’s Super7 held court with a vast variety of vinyls from founder Brian Flynn and regular co-conspirators Josh Herbolsheimer, Leecifer, Lamour Supreme, Le Merde and Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters. Flynn got called back to SF early on in … Continue reading
Munky King at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011LA’s Munky King showed off some interesting prototypes at Comic-Con. What you’re looking at above is a 6+ foot, 1000% Possessed fiberglass, vinyl and metal sculpture by Luke Chueh. There should be some great photos of people posing with this guy … Continue reading
Uglydolls at Comic-Con
July 29, 2011The Uglydolls booth always has a certain magnetism that pulls me in. The toys are colorful, the people are friendly, the booth itself uses a generous swath of green, and it’s not hard to shop there. That last note is … Continue reading
