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What do Hulk Hogan and Elisabeth Moss Have in Common?
May 8, 2013Question: What do professional wrestling personality, Hulk Hogan, and Mad Men actress, Elisabeth Moss, have in common? Answer: The 1991 sci-fi comedy bomb, Suburban Commando! Clearly someone realized that this exchange between the pre-reality-TV wrestler and the pre-Peggy-Olson actress shouldn’t … Continue reading
Grumpy Cat Toys from Plastic Foundry
April 18, 2013Like many people who look at stuff on the Internet, I’m just wild about Grumpy Cat. The dour-faced feline appears on all manner of merchandise (I was helpless against buying this Hipster Animals shirt), but Grumpy Cat had yet to … Continue reading
Alex Pardee x Kidrobot Black DigesTED
March 29, 2013Picture it: San Francisco, January 2009. A pre-skinny Alex Pardee had just opened an atrabilious art show entitled Letters From Digested Children. The concept: Missing children who’d been eaten by monsters were being slowly digested while they waited for salvation. Alex collected the children’s missives … Continue reading
MonstreHero Victim Persona 7-in-1 Sets
March 29, 2013It’s been a minute (Pizza Victims!) since the inventive hues of Monstrehero [interviewed here in 2008] last graced these pages, but today, Sean and Cliff revive their Victim, and he looks resplendent in a rainbow of resin. The so-called “Victim Persona” set … Continue reading
Self-Extinguishing Firebug by Hine Mizushima
February 22, 2013Having last captured my heart with an Overly Literal Cat Valentine, Vancouver-based artist Hine Mizushima gives me a smile again with this whimsical Self-extinguishing Firebug. Mizushima needle-felted the creature and animated the gif using iPhone apps for a commission from Daily … Continue reading
Himalaya Blue Edition Forest Warlord by Bigfoot
February 6, 2013The “coolest” colorway of Bigfoot‘s 11-inch Forest Warlord vinyl toy emerges triumphantly from the trees at 12PM PST today. This Himalaya blue edition is exclusive to Dragatomi. I don’t care if it’s trendy: I love making gifs. This is the Forest Warlord’s … Continue reading
A Retrospectacular Interview with Artist Matt Ritchie
February 1, 2013Matt Ritchie‘s Retrospectacle is an epic, yet understated, genre-defying art show open for one more weekend at the Olive Hyde Art Guild in the Bay Area city of Fremont. Perhaps you’re reading this interview on Monday and thinking: “Rats! I … Continue reading
New Life-Size Benny the Dreamer Editions by Okedoki and TAG
December 13, 2012Almost a year after Okedoki painted this big and beautiful Benny the Dreamer, LA’s Toy Art Gallery is releasing 5 limited edition life-size fiberglass figures. Benny the Dreamer, who has his own tag archive, needs no introduction on these pages, … Continue reading
Circus Posterus x Tomenosuke: New Sofubi Toys
November 27, 2012Once upon a time, I was the Toy Maven, and all I wrote about was designer toys. These days, there are so many different things I want to write about and so very little time! This creates a situation where … Continue reading
Vegan Thug Life = Thug Kitchen
Written on March 28, 2013 by jeremyI needed this. (The green juice and the laugh.) ThugKitchen.com is real talk, vegan-style. And it is hilarious. For further proof that vegans are hardcore, revisit their vegetable tattoos. If this animated gif isn’t moving, click on it. It’s an … Continue reading →