It appears that I’ve gotten a little bit behind in posting the extended online versions of my Toys by Design column interviews! These interviews appear as page-long featurettes
Zombies are beyond played out, but I still can’t get enough brains. Specifically, brains by Spanish artist, Emilio Garcia. Recently, Garcia ditched the legs on his Jumping Brains
Some hardcore collectors compare toy collecting to drug addiction. Both activities begin in pursuit of pleasure. Both produce fleeting joy. Both leave you wanting more. Jason Freeny‘s CAPSL
Move over Sucklord, TV has a new toy lord, and he’s not from Chinatown; he’s from New Jersey! Starting next Wednesday, The Travel Channel will begin airing their
There’s another west coast migration underway–specifically east coast artists moving to LA. Among them, designer Tristan Eaton, who recently left Brooklyn to reposition his creative agency, Thunderdog Studios, in
Remember LA-based vinyl toy manufacturers, Veracious Vinyl? (Seen last year at Comic-Con here.) They’re returning to SDCC with an edition of Frank Kozik‘s Mao bust in clear red
Cassie and Ernie Velasco have been making figurative art for five years as Doubleparlour. They currently reside in the artful Lower Haight neighborhood in San Francisco, a city they’ve called
I recently had the opportunity to interview Nathan Jurevicius, and I noticed something interesting. Whenever I mentioned his name to female toy collectors, their eyes got misty in