|
» Art Window: Julie West » Visit STRANGEco on MySpace » Visit STRANGEco on Flickr -------------------------------------- |
| :: 9.04.08 :: |
| Pictoplasma NYC kicks off tonight and continues through the weekend, featuring fun and mayhem by Friends With You, Tim Biskup and more. Speakers, parties and character culture galore!! On Saturday in LA, go to the Flock Shop for the opening of Technical Difficulties, featuring our friendly neighbor Phoneticontrol. Smile and the world smiles with you. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 9.03.08 :: |
| Take a look-see over at the Coming Soon section of our wholesale catalog for information about a new tokidoki figure and some other exciting tokidoki offerings, as well as the highly anticipated release of Greg "Craola" Simkins' new figures! Speaking of Sir Simkins, you New Yorkers should be sure to stop by his opening this Saturday at the Joshua Liner Gallery. And in Gallery 2 of the Liner Gallery, you can enjoy the works of SF artist David Choong Lee. Lebowski Fest is coming to SF this weekend. Bowl, drink, watch the Extra Action Marching Band and be merry. Also in the Bay Area this weekend and especially for all you pinball afficianados - check this event! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 9.02.08 :: |
| A little late on this bit o news - Manifest Hope is an art show coinciding with DNC, with politically inspired works by STRANGEco friends and faves Shepard Fairey, Gary Baseman, Emek, Sam Flores, Ron English and David Choe. Also in Colorado - Mr. Jermaine Rogers opened up a new show at Nowhere Limited this past weekend. Get yer hands on limited toys & art through the website. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 8.29.08 :: |
| Gallery 1988 just put some more information up about how to purchase Reuben Rude's crazy fresh Crazy for Cult screen print. Super limited! Go go go! Brooklyn based WOWCH makes some of the best Tshirts ever. See artwork still available from I AM 8 Bit here. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 8.28.08 :: |
| Portland - You so lucky! Grass Hut is having an art opening/BRUNCH with works by Andrew Brandou this Sunday AM. Our favorite plush ninja purveyor, Shawnimals just released a Ninjatown Comic!! SF artist Joshua Ellingson sends news of his revamped website - Checkit out here! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 8.27.08 :: |
| On a recent visit to NY, we had the pleasure of catching our Yo Yo hero perform live. See what you missed here. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 8.26.08 :: |
| Check out the adventures of our friends at Thunderdog Studios on their Brazilian adventure tour. Gallery 1988:LA opened up their annual mega show Crazy 4 Cult. Check out the work... it's SO GOOD! In other LA show news, Scott C gathered some of his palaminos for The Great Great Grandshow at Gallery Nucleus. When's the last time YOU had a dance party this awesome? -------------------------------------- |
| :: 8.6.08 :: |
| We're back from Comic Con and are busy hitting the ground running with a ton of stuff. Thanks to EVERYONE that came by the booth and made Comic Con a ton of fun for us this year! We really really appreciate it. We just posted a quick report-back from Comic Con, which includes a few pictures of our booth, some shots from the very very cool Polite In Public photo booth gallery from our party with G4, and three photo galleries from the festivities. Enjoy! Tokidoki Tigers! These lovely wild felines begin shipping to retailers shortly, so look for 'em at your favorite tokidoki/STRANGEco dealer. This weekend! New York City's MyPlasticHeart presents Sickly Sweet: New Works by Julie West. Julie is super-talented, if you're in the neighborhood go check it out! Speaking of Julie West - Vinyl Pulse has been posting ongoing updates on the progress of our new figures with the lovely Ms. West. Check out the latest for a first look at the color samples for Bumble and Tweet. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 7.18.08 :: |
|
OUTERSPACIOUS! Every year we try to put on a really fun party during the week of Comic Con. This year, we've partnered up with G4 Television and Declare Yourself for a great event at the Jade Theater in fabulous San Diego, CA. Details to your right, see you there....
COMIC CON UPDATE! We have just posted all of the prices for the special items available at our booth. Check it out to your right. ALSO - most of our items will be available for sale on Preview Night. However, the James Jarvis/BxH Skull Kun figure will not go on sale until FRIDAY, July 25 at 11 am. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 7.11.08 :: |
| Bob Dob and Thumbtack Press are offering a limited edition print of his painting "Lonely Day". Good art for a good cause, as all procedes will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 7.10.08 :: |
| ANOTHER COMIC CON UPDATE! We've just announced a slew of super limited, hand-painted exclusives from Max Toy Company. Check it all out on your right. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 7.09.08 :: |
| WFMU Radio's blog posted a really nice tribute to Jim Flora today. If you're not familiar with Flora - take a look at jimflora.com - I don't think that you can understate Flora's influence, he's one of the true greats! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 7.08.08 :: |
| COMIC CON 08 UPDATE! We've just added some more news about our SDCC offerings, including our artist signing schedule, a special edition Vivisect Playset box set and a TON of new stuff from tokidoki. Check it out on your right! We've just started shipping the lavish and lovely Hi Fructose Issue 8 and when you get it, take a look at page 80. Our friends at Fabric8 in the Mission District is hosting The Landmark Show, a new show featuring a bunch of talented San Francisco artists. If you're in SF, check it out! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.25.08 :: |
| Vinyl Pulse posted the 3rd installment of our new project with Julie West. U.S. Air Guitar Championships going down TONIGHT at the Inependent (in SF). HECK YA! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.23.08 :: |
| Look! On your right!! We've started announcements for all the goodness you can expect at our SDCC booth (4629). Expect frequent updates on all the happenins. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.18.08 :: |
| So much to do in SF over the next few days. You might want to start mapping your calendar out now: SF Film Society hosts a screening for the latest issue of McSweeney's Wholphin. If you're not familiar with McSweeney's or Wholphin, learn yourself here! Friday Night at Gallery 1988:SF, their newest and greatest group show, Everyone in Together opens up. Lots of artists in attendance and it's sure to be a good time. Sneak Peaks here. And finally on Sunday, check out Brian Barneclo unveil his latest mural at Fabric8. And in other parts of the nation, the newly opened NYC spot, Joshua Liner Gallery, hosts a solo by STRANGEco favorite pal Jeremy Fish. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.06.08 :: |
| Tonight in SF! Vinyl Apocalypse at Lower Haters Gallery. Boldtype.com (sister publication to our favorite events calendar, Flavorpill) has a special feature on Ralph Bakshi. Nerdcore recently announced an exciting upcoming book by our friend Scott Campbell. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.03.08 :: |
| Complete your CLUTTER MAGAZINE collection! We are getting a limited quantity of your favorite back issues soon. Get them while you can! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 6.02.08 :: |
| Vimby.com put up a short film about the Wish Come True launch party at Yoyamart. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.30.08 :: |
|
After much speculation about a collaborative project between James Jarvis and a mystery artist of some reknown, the cat's finally out of the bag... Bounty Hunter announced the upcoming King Kun vinyl figure on its website today. No release information has been published yet, so stay tuned to the Amos blog for details. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.29.08 :: |
| Have yourself a Max Toy Co weekend! BOOSKA and CAPTAIN MAXX - 2008 edition just stepped into town!!! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.27.08 :: |
| For really real! The long awaited tokidoki plush will be shipping in late June. Get your preorders for Mozzarella and SANDy NOW! Bucheon Gallery has photos of all the artwork available from their current exhibit with STRANGEco pals MARS-1 and David Choong Lee. (Our own round up from the show should be in our features section any day now!) Fawn Gehweller is currently showing at AfterModern Gallery, right here in SF. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.19.08 :: |
| Get back to your childhood roots at the Gallery 1988LA Opening tomorrow night May 20th , 7-10 pm. One to Grow On: a group show featuring works of childhood innocence from STRANGEco pals Reuben Rude, Scott Campbell, and more! Question of the day? How would Indiana Jones run away from a Giant Lego? Luckily Pete Gronquist gives an exquisite performance on how this is done. Enjoy! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.15.08 :: |
| The little ones have spoken! Hipster parenting site, Babble gives our very own Somewhere City Plush dolls a glowing review. Speaking of glowing reviews... STRANGEco pal and Vivisect Playset artist Peter Gronquist gets a shout out on Kanye West's blog! Artwork from his recent solo at G1988:LA available here. Check out tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger! Avaiable now on the tokidoki site. How do you like this guy?. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.13.08 :: |
|
Lots of news today! First off, San Francisco has quite a few great art shows coming this weekend. On Friday night, May 16th, Gallery 1988 San Francisco is opening Unspeakable a two-artist show featuring Joe Ledbetter and Andrew Brandou. Then, on Saturday night, The Bucheon Gallery is hosting Mars-1 and David Choong Lee's two artist show, Mental and Material Realms. See you there! Speaking of Mars-1, did you see the bronze version of Electric Monkey Man on the Hi Fructose website? Sculpted by Brin Berliner, totally beautiful. I wonder, will there be a vinyl version of this? This show isn't in San Francisco, but as far as cities go, Toronto is a decent runner-up. Thursday, May 15, our friends at the Magic Pony Gallery are hosting Minitreehouse creator Nathan Jurevicius, with a solo show of new work titled Reformation. And an even cooler runner up is Berlin (no offense, Toronto, but I just came back from Berlin and thought it rocked) - Saturday, May 17th Camille Rose Garcia will be in town for a solo show at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Berlin. Do I have room for one more? The Empire Strikes Barack! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.02.08 :: |
| Don't miss a rare opportunity to purcase any of 50 James Jarvis's original drawing on paper this Saturday, May 3rd on the amos online store! Please note the sale begins at 1PM (UK), which means it will be at 2-5AM (USA) depending on your coast of choice. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 5.01.08 :: |
| Come play with the Munky King crew tonight in SF at the Peakcock Lounge in the lower Haight. You don't want to miss the live drawing session by STRANGEco friend Angry Woebots while grooving to Joe Beats and Maker! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.30.08 :: |
| Yowza... Another SF friend solo-ing in LA this weekend - Be sure to check out Scott Campbell at Secret Headquarters. Also on Saturday! The REAL fun is in SF this weekend at the Maker Faire. You'd be hard pressed to find more cool stuff in one place. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.28.08 :: |
| In LA this weekend? Lucky Lucky! STRANGEco pal & Vivisect artist, Pete Gronquist has a solo show opening up at Gallery 1988. Sneak peak here. Gonna be fabulous. tokidoki's Cactus Friends are back in stock and shipping now! In case you didn't hear, Bob Dob's Lueys are going green like hybrids! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.25.08 :: |
| In the Bay Area this weekend? If so, break out your best pair of eyeballs and walking shoes for Mission Open Studios. Make sure to drop by The Local 303 to visit STRANGEco pal, Joshua Ellingson and his art-parners in crime. Jonathan LeVine Gallery is offering two tasty new giclée prints by Mars-1 and Doze Green. This week's installment of Reptile and Prosthetics News, courtesy of Boing Boing and Environmental Graffiti. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.24.08 :: |
| This Saturday in Chicago, Billy Shire and DVA Gallery host a super spectacular group show. Bob Dob and other STRANGEco faves in attendance! Also in the midwest this weekend! Gnosis in Indianapolis hosts Friends With You. Meet the designers & pick up some Wish Come True figures for you and your loved ones. And keep your peepers peeled for the Friends as they parade through town on Saturday. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.23.08 :: |
| Guess who is back in town? tokidoki's Cactus Friends - will ship to you soon! Come on down to Gallery 1988SF to see Human Nature - paintings, drawings, and prints by Roland Tamayo this Friday April 25th 7-10PM. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.22.08 :: |
| Back from NYCC! Photo Roundup Here! Many thanks to Myplasticheart for hosting us at their booth. Art blog, Supertouch gets a nice little facelift. Be sure to bookmark the new url for your daily dose. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.21.08 :: |
| Check out an exhibition including Mars-1, Jeff Soto, and many more at the San Jose Museum of Art - Robots: Evolution of A Cultural Icon through October 19, 2008. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.15.08 :: |
| Just in: CLUTTER ISUUE 12! Look who is back in a brand new color! Bob Dob's LUEY returns this week in GREEN - shipping soon! Don't forget to visit us at NYCC this week! Booth 866 - hosted by MyPlasticHeart -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.11.08 :: |
|
3 NEW MOOFIA characters: Riso, Creamina, and Fragolina will be packed in every flat of MOOFIA - shipping now!
Somewhere City's MEMO WEE Plush Doll and OINK LE ROUGE Plush Doll are making their appearance this week to stores!
We will be at NYCC. Come stop by: Booth 866 - hosted by MyPlasticHeart If in New York this weekend check out the opening of Joshua Liner Gallery - Inaugural group exhibition with some of your favorite artists this Saturday April 12th! Have a great weekend! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 4.03.08 :: |
|
Coming soon: Get your pre-orders in today! Clutter Magazine Issue 12 BOOSKA - Max Toy Co - Edition Blast from the past: Your favorite Monsterism pals are back for a limited time. Monsterism 3: The Woodland - will return soon! Monsterism 4: Pets and Owners - is ready to ship now! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 3.20.08 :: |
| Here's a different kind of New Arrival - Welcome Frances Penelope Rude, born yesterday evening! Congratulations to proud parents Reuben Rude and his wife Gretchen. Checked out the Amos Blog lately? Take a look at the third paragraph. Our friend Jon Gibson sent us some I Am 8 Bit news - Nucleus Gallery in SoCal is hosting a DVD release party for The King of Kong, featuring an exclusive oversized print of the DVD cover art by SF artist Scott Campbell. This Saturday, March 22, 7 to 11 pm at Gallery Nucleus. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 3.19.08 :: |
|
New arrivals: Hi Fructose Issue 7 is now shipping! Shipping next week: I.W.G. Attack Pack! New DGV items for pre-order: AK47 Paper Gun Model Kit Behind Bars: Designs for Cafes and Bars Kelvin: Colour Today Urban Art Photography Velvet Hammer Burlesque Happy Spring Equinox tomorrow! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.29.08 :: |
| After the opening tonight at Gallery 1988SF, you can head across the street to check out local anti-hero, Borts Minorts at the Hemlock. See you there! Our friends at Super Rad Toys just announced an exciting new toy - Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Suess. (Thanks Vinyl Pulse). Speaking of Dr. Seuss, his fabled Cat in the Hat never looked so good. This just in from the Onion News Network. Happy Leap Day! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.28.08 :: |
|
We wish all of you a happy birthday tomorrow (that finally get to celebrate) due to Leap Year!
It's a busy weekend in San Francisco This Friday come check out Kathie Olivas's opening at Gallery 1988SF On Saturday venture over to Babylon Falling for the exhibition and book signing, "A Decade of Street Art In NYC" from Le Bijotier Many people worldwide know about all the wonderfu things that San Francisco has to offer; however, few are aware of the hidden horrors lurking around the corner! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.25.08 :: |
|
Amos Novelties has announced its latest release from James Jarvis - The Bird God. Behold, he is coming! (March 27th, to be exact).
New Stuff added to the catalog, too: Hi-Fructose Magazine Issue 7 IWG Attack Pack set -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.20.08 :: |
| Wish Come True: Thanks everyone that came out to Yoyamart last weekend for the FriendsWithYou Wish Come True event! Here's a photo gallery from the event - enjoy! Ron English presents McSupersize! Computer and graphic arts from Doghood and Worthless for your Wednesday enjoyment, too. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.12.08 :: |
| Check out this new video that Angry Woebots sent our way: DJ Bumble Bee vs. Angry Woebots. I think a re-match has to be coming soon. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.08.08 :: |
| MORE WISH COME TRUE excitement - Check out this great Wish Come True short video by FriendsWithYou - let's all make a wish together! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 2.07.08 :: |
|
*** TODAY IS THE DAY! *** THE VIVISECT PLAYSET goes on sale at retail shops worldwide. Meanwhile, STRANGEco best pal Brian McCarty shows us this AMAZING PHOTO of WISH Come True, shot for the upcoming Hi Fructose Magazine issue 7. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.31.08 :: |
| WISH COME TRUE! We're proud to announce a brand new mini figure series - six magical mini figures designed by FriendsWithYou - available for wholesale pre-order now. More details next week, when we return from the New York International Gift Fair. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.23.08 :: |
| Our friends at Vinyl Pulse have posted an image of the special edition Scurvy Nevil figure by Greg Simkins for the Vivisect Playset toy series. The post includes a short interview with the artist, too. Enjoy! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.22.08 :: |
| More Vivisect Playset News - we've just updated our feature on the Vivisect Playset toy series, with details on the figure and chase ratios. Check it out, and hope to see you at the figure series premiere this Saturday at Gallery 1988 Los Angeles! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.11.08 :: |
| The supercool Josh Spear posted this profile and interview with STRANGEco - thanks Josh! The Vivisect Playset - MUGS BUNNY by LUKE CHUEH!. This is actually one figure, with three different head sculpts. They all come with the removeable mask. From left to right, the chase figure (with the jagged mouth face), the main figure (sad mugs) and the extra rare chase figure (with three eyes). The figure on the far right shows what Mugs looks like with his mask on. More info on Vivisect, including some new pics, are right here. See you on the 26th for the official premiere! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.7.08 :: |
| Coming up this Saturday, January 12, our man Bwana Spoons has a show opening up at Giant Robot NY. Google "International Snow Sculpture Art Expo" and feast your eyes on some stunning gorgeousness. Can't seem to find a direct link but lots of blog posts with pics like here and here. One of our favorite sites for art news Fecal Face, just posted an interview with Mark Mothersbaugh. Kudos! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 1.4.08 :: |
| Happy New Year!!!! Guess who is coming to town? Get your pre-orders in now for Arkski- Sky Navigator edition and Arkski- Super Mom edition!!! Don't forget about the three-artist show with Bob Dob, Nathan Ota, and Daniel Peacock at Gallery1988 SF. That is if you know how to water ski real well. San Francisco is finally having some weather! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.31.07 :: |
| One final post here at the end of 2007 - to give a huge shout out and thanks to Gallery 1988, our neighbors here in San Francisco. Both the LA and the San Francisco locations are about to open some pretty cool shows, too. First, in SF, they'll be opening a three-artist show with Bob Dob, Nathan Ota and Daniel Peacock on January 4th, then, in LA, they've got an off the hook Tribute to Stan Lee on January 8th. Join them for either or, if you're a traveling sort, both shows. Have a wonderful and safe new year, too! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.28.07 :: |
| Merry New Year! We're closed (again) for a few days to celebrate. We'll back in action again on January 3rd. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.22.07 :: |
| STRANGEco is closed for the holiday Monday and Tuesday next week (the 24th and the 25th). All shipping will resume on Wednesday, December 26th. Happy Holidays! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.17.07 :: |
| Azure Magazine has presented this great profile of Goran Lelas, featuring the new Somewhere City series. The incomparable FriendsWithYou have won a special design contest sponsored by the Miami Herald. Happy holidays from McCarty Photoworks, featuring the I.W.G. Combat Mod Squad. Superdeux has announced the release of one of the original, special edition Shikitos available as a special bundle with a limited edition BSHIT T-shirt. Available through Six Pack in France. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.10.07 :: |
| Thanks to all who came out to Mobius this past weekend to support the new tokidoki releases. There was a special pre-release of the oh-so-adorable PUPS. They will be in your favorite local spot in about a week! Also shipping to stores VERY shortly are the new Shikito. Two lovely ladies of art, Jill Bliss and Saelee Oh just opened a show at GR2 in LA. Cool holiday gift idea!! Grass Hut Corp just released Calendorks. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.07.07 :: |
|
Are you ready for a fun-filled Saturday of toys? During the day check out Von Dutch LA, an art and toy fair from 3-9pm. End up at tokidoki's Simone Legno's signing at Mobius! Have a great weekend. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 12.01.07 :: |
|
Even more in stock, and shipping now to retailers: Monsterism 4: Pets and Owners Toys 2008 Wall Calendar Selected Drawings by James Jarvis Illusive 2 book Spacecraft book We have also just added a bunch of spectacular limited edition items from FRIENDS WITH YOU: Good Wood Gang limited edition print Rainbow Valley coloring book Cloud City soundtrack ...plus assorted stickers and prints featuring their great character design. Signing off now to head over to Gallery 1988 SF's Vivisect Playset show opening - Tonight! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 11.27.07 :: |
| NINJAS!!! Shawnimals and Rotofugi join forces to bring you Ninjatown blind box micro plush. Drops November 30th at your favorite designer toy retailer. Go say hi to Shawn in NYC at MyPlasticHeart on December 7th. STRANGEco Alum Antoi curates tinyshop, a pop up shop & art show exploring the theme of small... through January 11th at Double Punch, here in SF. Sweet I am 8 Bit Guitar Straps! Shepard Fairey returns to LA's Merry Karnowsky Gallery this Saturday night. A little further north on Saturday - The Vivisect Playset returns to Gallery 1988, this time at their SF location. STRANGEco will be making some exciting announcements about the long awaited toy series, inspired by this show! More documentary recommends! Next on your list: Grey Gardens. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 11.24.07 :: |
|
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! STRANGEco will be closed through the weekend, but back to work Monday morning. LOTS of new stuff in stock, too: Carina and Bruttino - tokidoki IWG Combat Mod Squad -Titus and Affonso IWG Cubs -Marcus and Ginga Slither by Touma Mars-1 Observer - DELTA and SEEN Special Editions The Illustrated Yod by James Jarvis Coming next week: Selected Drawings by James Jarvis Monsterism 4 by Pete Fowler And the week after next: The Cactus Pups by tokidoki New Shikitos by Superdeux PLUS - a bunch of surprises, from Playbeast, Mars-1, James Jarvis and Touma - over the next couple of weeks. Enjoy! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 11.19.07 :: |
| Can You Feel It? -------------------------------------- |
| :: 11.15.07 :: |
| Meltdown Comics hosts Nerdcore Calendar release party on Friday. Spice up your Friday evening and stop by! Also on Friday: Triple Threat... Sam Flores, Amy Sol, and Stella Im Heltberg all open at Lineage Gallery in Philadelphia. Last Call! If you have a chance, watch The Nomi Song, an inspiring and hearbreaking look at the life of Klaus Nomi. Did you know that there's a World Toilet Association? That's not even the weirdest part of the story.... (Thanks Supertouch, where we first learned of this... figured it was a joke!) -------------------------------------- |
| :: 11.06.07 :: |
| Even MORE new stuff - Two BRAND NEW VERSIONS of SHIKITO by Superdeux - SHIKITO in YELLOW and the SMELLS GOOD edition. Coming in about a month! Another cool new publication available - this cool 2008 Toy Wall Calendar, featuring the great photography of Brian McCarty! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.30.07 :: |
| Check out this GREAT NEW BOOK from Amos Novelties, featuring over 200 pages of illustrations by James Jarvis - shipping to retailers at the end of November! Speaking of James Jarvis, the Yod vinyl figure got a great history on the Creative Review blog. Cardboard Spaceship, our friends in Santa Cruz (one of the spiritual homes of all things Strangeco, which I say at the risk of sounding like a hippie) are hosting a crazy halloween party tomorrow night with toy customizer Doktor A. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.29.07 :: |
| Thanks to Fecal Face, we are able to step into the world of Greg "Craola" Simkins! Our friends at I Heart Guts, are having a show, Luv-able Hugable, at Gallery Hanahou on November 8th. Come check out the latest opening at Gallery 1988 SF tomorrow night, Paper Pushers, October 30th 7-10pm. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.26.07 :: |
|
NEW ITEMS available for wholesale pre-order! The CACTUS PUPS - tokidoki Boosted Tin Can Speaker Set Spacecraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts Illusive 2 Strangeco inner circle homie Jermaine Rogers is heading to Houston tomorrow night for a live painting at the VANS Superstore and Skate Center, at First Colony in Surgaland. If you're in Texas, start driving to Houston now! Another Strangeco homie, Mike Goodier, aka "Goody", has just completed a short film for the 07 Insomnia Film Festival titled Erasure. check it out, and if you like it, vote for it. More Friday afternoon movies - Jim's sister sent him this one, combining everyone's favorite things - beauty pageants, disco, Star Wars and trumpets. Have a great weekend! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.18.07 :: |
|
Pre order the new tokidoki Cactus Friend Vinyls! Meow. Cactus Friends - BRUTTINO Cactus Friends - CARINA If that is not enough, I.W.G. had 4 new vinyls. COMBAT MOD SQUAD: Titus the White Rhino Affonso the Grizzly Bear I.W.G. CUBS: GINGA the Baby White Rhino MARCUS the Baby Grizzly Bear Don't miss out on pre ordering the newest Max Toy Company vinyl. Boy Karma Vinyl Figure -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.09.07 :: |
|
Angry Woebots has a Youtube preview of the upcoming Mainframe Release party tomorrow night at Munky King. Info on the event is right here, too.
Damn, while you're at it, you might as well spend some time at Woebot's YouTube page.
New Things shipping this week, too! Specimen 129: Judgement of the Dero Cardboy CMYK Cartridges MAINFRAME Clutter Magazine #11 This weeekend in NYC - Yoyamart is hosting Simone Legno and tokidoki! Details are right here. All Hail Yod. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.05.07 :: |
| Holy Moley this is cool - take a first look at MONSTERISM ISLAND ANIMATION, from Pete Fowler, Playbeast, baby Cow Productions (steve coogan fans, anyone?) and Triffic Films. I can't wait for more where this came from! More cool internet videos for the day: TWO from Friends With You's Wish Come True event in Minneapolis - HERE and then HERE. Gallery 1988 SF, our roommates here in San Francisco, are opening a new show this weekend - Apres Garde, curated by STRANGEco homey Anthony Ausgang. We've seen the show, and there's a ton of great stuff so come on by. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.04.07 :: |
| STRANGEco is taking a field trip to Los Angeles for the best week ever! Come join us. Bob Dob's first solo art show and release of the Luey's at La Luz de Jesus this Friday. Baby Tattooville all weekend in Riverside. Joe Ledbetter's opening in Palm Springs this Saturday at MModern Gallery. Dean Bradley's Mainframe release is Wednesday October 10th at Munky King. Greg Simkin's opening at G1988:LA is October 12th. And if you don't think that is enough to do, stop by the Pasadena Museum of California Art for a whole new week of nightly activities. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 10.02.07 :: |
| Schmancy's annual Plush You! toy showcase in Seattle has a great surprise this year. Aranzi Aronzo, creators of The Cute Book, will hold a signing and demonstration at the opening reception October 19th 5-9PM. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 09.20.07 :: |
| Our ONLINE RETAIL SHOP will go live at 12:00 NOON PDT - featuring Luey in Grayscale, Ledkins giclee print, Mr. Bumper in Grayscale, Mainframe Night Rider Edition and a few other things. First come first served! Remember that you can also buy these lovelies through Gallery 1988 San Francisco at Noon today, 1173 Sutter Street between Polk and Larkin. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 09.18.07 :: |
| We're very happy to announce that we're now distributing the great original toy projects from Max Toy Company, the brainchild of obsessive toy collector, magazine founder and artists Mark Nagata. Take a look at the first two figures from Max Toy Co - EYEZON and KIKAIDA. More to come, too! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 09.13.07 :: |
|
We have a small number of exclusive products remaining from the San Diego Comic Con, and we're offering them direct through our Online Retail Shop - products will be posted and go on sale at 12:00 pm Pacific Time on Thursday, September 20, 2007.Here's what we've got coming: * LUEY - Grayscale set by Bob Dob * MAINFRAME - Night Rider eiditon by Dean Bradley * MR. BUMPER - Grayscale by Jim Woodring * LEDKINS GICLEE PRINT by Greg Simkins and Joe Ledbetter LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO? Gallery 1988 SF will have all of these same products available for walk-in customers, same time and date. Swing by and check out their new show at the same, time, too. Til Death Do Us Part by tokidoki NOTE: None of this stuff up in our online catalog yet and will not be until noon on Thursday the 29th. Sorry, we can't take pre-orders. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 09.12.07 :: |
|
We just added a couple of new products to our online catalog: Specimen 129: Judgement of the Dero by Jermaine Rogers Clutter Magazine Issue 11 Til Death Do Us Part by tokidoki Current TV has posted a super cool online video, following Mars-1 around Comic Con 2007. Check it out here! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 09.05.07 :: |
| The Mainframe vinyl figure got profiled on Crave Online - I can haz cheezburger? Copro-Nason Gallery in Los Angeles is hosting The Blab Show this weekend, featuring grampus artwork by a nice chunk of cool artists from all over. Check it out! If you're in San Francisco, the Cartoon Art Museum has a cool show of Dracula-inspired work by Edward Gorey. Amos Novelties just launched a new online store. Allow it! It's plug your family day again here at Strangeco... Jim's father, Captain William P. Crawford, just posted another semi-annual installment of On The Quarter. Read all about flags of convenience and learn what the phrase "cabotage" means. All Hail YOD. He's coming soon. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 08.28.07 :: |
|
Finally we're off our busy asses and sallying forth with a proper update here.
First off: NEW PRODUCTS! LUEY - Smoking, Drinking and Raging - Shipping in September! MAINFRAME - Solid Orange and Duck Season Camo - Shipping in October! Second: NEW FEATURED ARTIST! Peter Gronquist - refresh this page to view all of Peter's art pieces, which rotate in our art window (in the bottom left) for the next few weeks. Peter Gronquist has a design in our upcoming Vivisect Playset mini figure series, too. Been following the arsonist's shenanigans in Black Rock City? Take a look at Laughing Squid; they are. Our friends at Gama-Go are having a special Labor Day Event - get a free glicee print if you buy $150 of Gama-Goods online. This weekend only. Baby Tattooville is coming and STRANGEco is a sponsor. Many thanks to DKE Toys for getting the word out on this cool event. If you're in San Francisco over the next few days, be sure to check out Jeremy Fish's solo show, Sink or Swim, at White Walls Gallery on Larkin. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 08.23.07 :: |
|
ADDED TO THE CATALOG - We have just added five brand new titles from European art book publisher Die Gestalten Verlag:
Black Magic, White Noise BLK/MRKT TWO Into The Nature Speed Kings Tactile: High Touch Visuals -------------------------------------- |
| :: 08.19.07 :: |
|
Hello again! We've been slow on any updates over here... busy with even more traveling and whatnot. We should have a set of updates shortly, both new features (in the column to your right) and some products added to the catalog (the big banner with Adios and ciao ciao to your left). We should also have some info on some new special edition vinyls that will be available in our online retail shop - including Luey by Bob Dob, Mr. Bumper by Jim Woodring and Mainframe by Dean Bradley. Stay tuned for all of this!
On a few other notes: We've just started using our Flickr Account a lot more. Some new pics thrown in there and more to come. Another nice video interview with our homie Brin Berliner. See if you can peep the new projects in there! Boing Boing posted this short report from the 2nd Annual Rocket Belt convention in Niagra Falls, written by Mac Montandon (who also happens to be writing a book on the history of jet packs due out next year). -------------------------------------- |
| :: 08.04.07 :: |
|
We're back from San Diego - so much to report back on, which will be coming soon. Thanks to everyone who came by our booth and made this year so rockingly special! We have a ton of photos to upload, from the show and from the party we threw with Munky King during comic con week. In the mean time, here's a shot of our booth before and during the madness. Now that we're back from Comic Con, STRANGEco is off to the New York Gift Fair this week - visit us in the New York's Newest section, booth #NN 9808! We have also added Two new very cool series to our online catalog - both from Playbeast in the UK! Monsterism 4: Pets an Owners by Pete Fowler Cardboy CMYK Cartridges by Mark James ... and more very cool stuff upcoming shortly, too! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.21.07 :: |
|
We've been pretty slammed getting ready for comic con next week, so here's what's likely the last post before we leave for the show... and it's simply to say SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO!
Since people have been asking, all of the STRANGEco exclusives are available at the beginning of the show, beginning with Preview night.
And, by they way, some of the peeps we work with have booths at comic con, too: TOKIDOKI - BOOTH 4831 ROCKET WORLD - BOOTH 4733 HI FRUCTOSE - BOOTH 4734 BWANA SPOONS - BOOTH 5036 -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.17.07 :: |
| COMIC-CON UPDATE! We have just posted our signing schedule for the show: 3 signings, including Simone Legno, Dean Bradley and Bob Dob. Details are here. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.16.07 :: |
| We have announced a brand new figure from the upcoming Vivisect Playset mini figure series. Designed by Joe Ledbetter and Greg 'Craola' Simkins, Ledkins is one of the chase figures from the series; the pics on Vinyl Pulse feature hand-painted prototypes, so forgive the occasional sqiggly line or blemish. We think it is a pretty awesome collaborative character. COMIC-CON UPDATE! We will be offering a special edition version of Ledkins in a Gold Color variant at our SDCC booth (#4729). Limited to 300 pieces, and goes on sale during Preview Night. MORE INFO, and a PICTURE of the Special Edition Ledkins, isright here. Thursday Night in San Diego - we're co-hosting a party with Munky King. More details coming up, and be sure to grab an invite from our booth at the show. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.10.07 :: |
| STRANGECO AT COMIC CON! We've added a little page to our features section on what we're up to this year at SDCC. Visit us in booth #4729. Emily and Gregory went Taipei Toy Festival, and all we got was this Rad Feature on the show. We just got Hi Fructose Magazine Issue 5 in stock! It's shipping to retailers now. This one's been on the DVD player all week. Heartbreaking and infuriating. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.07.07 :: |
| Taipei Toy Festival! Our friends at PIXIE are showcasing a variety of STRANGEco goods at their booth at the TTF, including some upcoming products: LUEY by Bob Dob and Special Edition MARS-1 Observers, repainted by DELTA INC and SEEN. Pics courtesy of the usual intrepid reporting by Vinyl Pulse. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 07.02.07 :: |
| Adios and ciao ciao! The new vinyl figures from tokidoki are out and on their way to your favorite vendors now. Just back in town after being gone for a week at the Platform Animation Festival, and missed Gallery 1988 SF's opening of their third group show - Back for Seconds. It's running for another month, so be sure to check it out. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.25.07 :: |
| NEW ART WINDOW! We're overjoyed to be featuring art by BWANA SPOONS, STRANGEco Featured Artist for July! Refresh this page to view all eight images. Thanks everyone that came out for the Adios and ciao ciao release party last week! It was quite a party. We'll have a report-back up on the site shortly and in the mean time, take a look at Vinyl Pulse's coverage here. Art and Design blog Cardboard Monocle posted a short interview with Jim last week. Note to Jim - get a haircut! -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.21.07 :: |
| In Stock and Shipping to Retailers Now: New IWG VINYLS - CANDACE and BURNUM We hve also just received a limited number of classic vinyl figures from Silas, designed by James Jarvis - check out The Bearded Prophet BACK IN STOCK! BASTARDINO by tokidoki TONIGHT! get yourself to Los Angeles for the official release of ADIOS and CIAO CIAO, featuring a special in-store appearance by artist Simone Legno. And now a shameless plug for Jim's brother Bob, a very talented musician who just joined the information age. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.18.07 :: |
| Our homies at Vinyl Pulse have featuerd a new upcoming vinyl figure we are releasing later this year - Introducing LUEY, designed by BOB DOB! The incomparable Supertouch has a great sneak peek of E Pluribus Venom, Shepard Fairey's upcoming solo exhibition at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. Plastic and Plush has a great scoop on two new upcoming releases from Rocket World, too - The I.W.G. Combat Mod Squad, featuring Affonso and Titus. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.14.07 :: |
|
ADDED TO THE CATALOG: KNOCKMAN WIND-UP TOYS IN BLACK by Maywa Denki and Cube Works! Shipping in August 2007. Check out this cool little video, featuring toy sculptor Brin Berliner describing the making the Invisible Plan mini figure series. Speaking of movies, The Criterion Collection is releasing La Jetee and Sans Soliel on DVD. If you haven't seen these, now is the time, I'm sure Criterion will do it right. Volcanos. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.07.07 :: |
|
Clutter 10 BACK IN STOCK Dot Dot Dash SF folks... Don't forget that next Thursday is the Gama Go Book Release Party @ 111 Minna. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.05.07 :: |
| STRANGEco friend Stan sends us news about a new project he is working on, a monster blog. He is drawing a monster a day and posting it to his site. He has been working on it for 3 months and has 90 monsters. Apparently, he "will continue until death!". -------------------------------------- |
| :: 06.01.07 :: |
|
Art Toy Alchemists opens this Saturday in SoCal. Customized toys and original artwork galore!
Perhaps you'd like to check out some elephant art for your next acquisition.
Oh San Francisco - What will you think of next?
Speaking of weird SF events, THIS went down last weekend here. No joke.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.30.07 :: |
|
Friday night In Philly - Greg
Simkins unveils his newest works at Lineage
Gallery along with Naoto
Hattori. From what we've seen, you will not be disappointed!
Also coming up on the East Coast, STRANGEco pal Jeff McMillan opens up on June 9th at
Fuse Gallery.
God of Animation - AWESOME Epostcard by Brian McCarty.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.21.07 :: |
|
Check out reviews of Nathan J's new Dudson figures, on
Millionaire Playboy and Crowndozen. And then look for them next week at retailers near you!
New in our features section - update from Friends With You @ the Guild and a report from G1988:SF's new show.
Opening this Thursday in SF - I PITY THE DOLLS! featuring vintage Mr. T figures as well as artwork inspired by the man himself!
Straight from the horse's mouth - AMOS starts up their own blog.
File this under weird news!
Speaking of weird, I got my first taste of the annual San Francisco tradition known as Bay to Breakers. So much ridiculous fun in one place and it is by far one of the most amazing parties EVER. Peep the
article and some photos.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.15.07 :: |
|
The Onset opens tonight at Gallery 1988:SF. We stopped by to peek at the show and the work is divine... Stop by if you can!
One of our favorite SF stores, Fabric8 has a live painting session with Ferris Plock this Saturday,
May 19th from 2 - 6pm.
The highly anticipated Possessed figure by Luke Chueh drops this Friday at
Munky King Melrose. You LA folk better get there early for this one.
Custom apparael by Jermaine Rogers now available here.
N.F.P. available here! (That's an acro for "new favorite plush")
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.10.07 :: |
|
Don't FORGET!! Friends With You are part of a great great opening this weekend in Miami.
Ningyoushi sent us information on their Lil Joe x Shawnimal release event at Double Punch this weekend. Shawnimals will even be on hand for your signing pleasure.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.08.07 :: |
|
EVEN MORE ADDED TO THE CATALOG - We've just started taking pre-orders for Clutter Magazine Issue 10, which begins shipping in a few weeks.
Gallery 1988 SF ramps up its second group show this coming Tuesday - The Onset, featuring amongst others, Angry Woebots, Bob Dob, Nome Edonna, Peter Gronquist, Joe Ledbetter, Reuben Rude, SEEN, Amanda Visell...
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.06.07 :: |
|
A FEW MORE NEW THINGS IN THE CATALOG - We've just added Dudson's Modern Tales, a new mini figure series based on the original Minitreehouse figures from 2003. This fresh take is produced by Decode Entertainment, the company that's taking Nathan J's characters into the realm of animation. The series features Arkski, Heenie, Naal and Dudson. Shipping to stores in a few weeks!
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 05.03.07 :: |
|
NEW IWG - We've just added two new limited edition vinyls to the catalog for wholesale pre-order: Burnum the Platypus and Candace the Elephant. Shipping in June!
I've already spent hours losing myself in Friends With You's newly re-tooled website. It's pretty awesome, and insider info tells me that it's the beginning of all sorts of great newness from the dynamic duo. Check it out, and check it often!
Sam and Tury aren't the only ones updating their sites: Jermaine Rogers has a very nice re-design, too, including a brand new webstore that goes live tomorrow the 4th.
The Supertouch blog is back in action after a short hiatus, with features on Lori Earley, Takashi Murakami and Stephan Jay-Rayon.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.27.07 :: |
|
Our very own Gregory Blum is grilled by Metropolis Magazine about interactive art toys.
We just updated our feature on the grand opening of Gallery 1988 SF. Check it for pics of the art and opening!
Fecal Face just posted a
little video diddy on APE .
Lynne Naylor posts work from her new solo show at M Modern, which opens this weekend.
SNEAK PEEK!
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.26.07 :: |
|
NEW STOCK!! We just received a shipment of books from Die Gestalten Verlag, including the brand new Furnish and We Love Magazines titles. We also got some more copies of Dot Dot Dash, enough to fill our current pre-orders. More of this one are coming in about a month! Attaboy's foray into the land of Disney is finally online! Take a gander at Too Many Robots right here. In far stranger news, have you heard about poodlegate? It begs the question - what is more bizarre, that it's possible to mistake a lamb for a poodle, or that someone actually thought up and then implemented this scam. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.24.07 :: |
|
Friends With You make the cover of NewsToday.
Admittedly late to catch on to this, but Planet Earth is definitely the coolest thing to happen to the tele in a looong time.
And speaking of our fair planet, a friend of ours has an eco friendly office supply company called The Green Office to help
businesses be as earth conscious as possible. Use them if you can!
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.19.07 :: |
|
We've just been resupplied with a new shipment of the toy book we edited for MTV Books. Don't let the size throw you off; it features all original photography and a nice range of stuff. Click here for a more info.
Millionaire Playboy have just posted another great feature on Strangeco goods - this time, The Moofia by tokidoki!
Tomorrow night in San Francisco - Our friends and comrades at the Rocket World Gallery are opening a new art exhibition - Saturday Mornings, a group show featuring work by Suzanne Kaufman, Dev Madan, Karin Yamagiwa Madan and Augie Pagan. As always, a portion of all Rocket World sales are donated to select non-profit Wildlife Conservation Groups.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.18.07 :: |
|
We are pleased to be rotating eight new images in our art window from ANGRY WOEBOTS - refresh this home page and the eight images reload at random. You can also follow this link for a profile on the artist and a glimpse at all eight pieces.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.16.07 :: |
|
Mr. Bumper - Nathan J. Edition! The special artist crossover edition of Jim Woodring's Mr. Bumper, with a color scheme by Scarygirl and Minitreehouse creator Nathan Jurevicius, goes on sale tomorrow morning.
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles opens I Am 8-Bit 3.0 tomorrow night, and our friend Brian McCarty has this Frogger-inspired photograph available for the show. Yes, that's a real toy frog strapped to a fast-moving vehicle.
Attaboy goes Disney! The multi-talented Hi-Fructose editor is premiering a brand new animation on the Disney Channel. Too Many Robots!
This weekend, San Francisco hosts the Alternative Press Expo, featuring the best in independent publishing and comics. It's my favorite convention event, intimate and fun.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.13.07 :: |
|
Check out the new feature on our pal, Scott Campbell.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.10.07 :: |
|
I just uploaded a bunch of images from Aerodynamics for Psychonauts, Mars-1's smash solo show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. Thanks JLG for the great pics!
April 21st marks the grand opening of Gallery 1988 San Francisco, with a cool APE-inspired group show titled The Indie.
But before that, Gallery 1988 Los Angeles is again the host to I am 8-Bit, opening April 17th on Melrose.
and speaking of Melrose Ave., how about the Pop Cling show at Munky King? April 19th.
Finally for the day - The Original Villain Network F@!#s The World. Watch it for the word from the sponsor.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.09.07 :: |
|
So many good art shows in the bay area this week! If you're around, check them out...
Caleb Neelon and Ben Woodward just opened
at our new neighbor's gallery, White Walls. I liiike. And Niagara is in the
adjoining Shooting Gallery. All three artists showcase some very impressive works in these shows so come down if you are in the area.
STRANGEco homedude, Scott Campbell, will be hanging at the artist's reception for his latest solo show, this Wednesday at Cowboys & Angels in downtown SF.
And THEN, on Thursday, our friend and comrade, Reuben Rude, is part of a really awesome line up for the very first Art Head SF gallery
show at Swarm Studios in Oakland.
Not to totally overwhelm you, but as long as your calendar is out, you might as well put a star on Saturday, April 21st for the grand opening of Gallery 1988:SF. More news on that later.
-------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.03.07 :: |
|
BACK IN STOCK! We've just received a new delivery from London, with a ton of re-stocked product from James Jarvis and Amos Novelties. Here's what's back: In-Crowd 6: The Old Guard In-Crowd 9: Major Moulty's Amazing Magical Plastic Band Vortigern's Machine comic Mr. Waverley vinyl figure Rusty & Dworkin vinyl figure set Harvey and JubsInventory is limited, no more than 100 of each left. -------------------------------------- |
| :: 04.02.07 :: |
|
MARS-1 unveiled some amazing work this past weekend at Jonathan Levine Gallery and it's
now online for your viewing pleasure.
And also be sure to check out Dalek's new show,
which opened up at J. Levine that night as well. Wow!
We are excited to see what our friend, Amanda Visell has in store for her solo show, opening this Saturday at Copro Nason in LA.
You all already know about the Official USPS R2D2 Mailboxes, right?
Random side note: I am now officially obsessed with seahorses, after watching an Animal Planet segment
on them this weekend.
-------------------------------------- |