Category: Signings
Custom Toys with Dril One, Jay222, Leecifer, Dan Fleres & Yosiell Lorenzo
April 30, 2012What could Dril One be so smiley about? Maybe it’s spending the day with fellow Bay Area artists and toy customizers, Leecifer, Jay222, Daniel Fleres and Yosiell Lorenzo. Hot on the wheels of Ford’s GoFurther campaign with Luke Chueh [previously], Kidrobot organized an all-day painting, sketching, sculpting and signing event in the … Continue reading
Fafi Book Signing, Video and Fafinette Cupcakes
April 17, 2012Gallery Nucleus had a rare Monday one-night-only event featuring Paris-based street artist/designer/illustrator, Fafi. She was there to paint, chat with fans and sign her new book, The Carmine Vault. Unfortunately, the books are already sold out…but all is not lost. You … Continue reading
Real Life Camille Rose Garcia Character
April 6, 2012Last night, SFMOMA hosted Camille Rose Garcia for a Snow White book signing. [Flashback Friday to her last SFMOMA signing.] Thanks to IG pics from @stacyjean5, here’s an awesome real life embodiment of CRG’s 2005 vinyl toy, Cherry Girl. The … Continue reading
Die Antwoord’s San Francisco Signing for Evil Boy Toy [NSFW]
February 23, 2012I’ve been following the Die Antwoord toy since Juxtapoz foretold of it last April. Late Tuesday night, Jux dropped the first photos of the NSFW vinyl toy. It was their character, Evil Boy, erect, with hand-painted embellishments from Ninja. Yesterday, the anomalous South … Continue reading
Skinner’s Book Signing at Zerofriends
February 6, 2012Was there some sort of a sporting event on TV yesterday? I wouldn’t know; I was on a visual odyssey through Skinner‘s Every Man is My Enemy. Skinner held court at the Zerofriends shop in Oakland on Saturday. I don’t … Continue reading
Real Life Toby by Gary Baseman
October 21, 2011Best. Picture. Ever. Here we have a real life version of Gary Baseman‘s Toby posing with my LA-buddy, Super Cooper. Fun trivia: Baseman first premiered Toby at Billy Shire Fine Arts in 2005, when Cooper was just 6! Awww…. Flash … Continue reading
Ron English at Comic-Con
August 1, 2011Ron English is an incredibly down-to-earth artist, especially when you consider his level of global acclaim. His unpretentious attitude made me feel comfortable suggesting that he, as Designer Toy Awards presenter for Toy of the Year, skip whatever it said … Continue reading
Circus Posterus, Chris Ryniak and Travis Louie at Comic-Con
August 1, 2011Sort of like Disneyland, San Diego Comic-Con has a series of elaborate underground passageways that spring up into lively marketplaces…if you know the password. This is where I ran into Kathie Olivas, Chris Ryniak and Brandt Peters on Saturday morning. All … 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
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
