Monthly Archives: June 2012
Kitty-Casso: Collaborate With Your Cat on a Painting
June 29, 2012You don’t need this, but you want it: It’s “Kitty-Casso,” a painting kit for cats. The Kitty Casso paint kit includes: non-toxic paint, canvas art paper, a picture frame, a surprise toy, and paint shields that go between the canvas … Continue reading
Artists Love to Portay David Cross
June 29, 2012Who imagined when Arrested Development first aired in 2003 that nine years later, comedian David Cross would be the show’s breakout star / artist model? Actually, I did. Certainly the writers who gave voice to Cross’ character, Tobias Fünke, got … Continue reading
Brendan Monroe Prints Paired with Electronic Music
June 29, 2012Following this morning’s revelation of a possible new toy/edition from Brendan Monroe, here’s something else. Monroe, a fine artist based in Oakland, has collaborated with Kinektron, an upstart “functional” music project, on an experimental audio-visual endeavor. Monroe designed six posters, each … Continue reading
New Japanese Edition From Brendan Monroe
June 29, 2012Here’s some interesting news. Brendan Monroe, who hasn’t made a vinyl toy since 2005′s Sours, appears to be working on a new figurative edition made in Japan! Photos found on Monroe’s Facebook page coupled with news of a signing at … Continue reading
Ice Ice Baby: Brutherford’s Bite Size Ice Scream Men
June 28, 2012If you thought Brutherford was onto some next level shit with last month’s Tarantino-tie-in “Badass Brown,” prepare to melt. Meet Phantom the Scream Queen and her bounty of bite-size Ice Scream Men! Fuzzy black cat? Check. Tiny toy food? Check. … Continue reading
Extra! Extra! Read All About Me!
June 28, 2012Jessica aka @TeamSweet asked me some good questions on writing and art and toys and I gave her some hopefully good answers on how I decide what to write and what I like to collect. Secrets revealed! Names dropped! News of … Continue reading
Nerd Alert by Bubi Au Yeung!
June 28, 2012Having cured anxiety with Bearycalm, Bubi Au Yeung is readying to release Ren 2. The sequel to Ren follows Bubi’s “be nice and simple” design philosophy…with a few flourishes. “Nerd” Ren is 5 inches tall, has glasses and comes with a … Continue reading
Meowbify Your Website!
June 28, 2012Remember the Cornify plugin that let you take over any website with heaps of unicorns? Here’s Meowbify, which replaces a website’s pictures with photos of CATS. Ha HA! Look at all those cats on my sidebar I interviewed! I interviewed … Continue reading
New Self-Produced Bigfoot Vinyl Toys
June 27, 2012If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? I don’t have a fucking clue, but if Bigfoot drops a Forest Warlord toy in the middle of the night via … Continue reading
Doktor A’s Absinthe-Themed Vinyl Toy
June 27, 2012Doktor A is getting into the Comic-Con spirit with a new edition of his liqueurious Chester Runcorn toys. The green Absinthe edition is limited to only 100 pieces available through producer Kuso Vinyl at SDCC booth #4937. The “green fairy” is … Continue reading
