ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Win the Toys Are Us: Director’s Cut DVD!

Beyond seeing toys on your television and being able to call out, "I have that," Toys Are Us is interesting on a number of levels. For instance, the interviews with Frank Kozik and Brian Flynn are particularly educational, from their perspectives on who gets "O.G." credit for the designer vinyl movement (hint: it's not Michael Lau) to some choice words for and against extended colorways.

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MixtART Group Show: Urban Art For Your Mobile Phone

This Saturday, San Francisco’s Giant Robot hosted an art exhibition spanning the genres of illustration, character design, street art, tattoo art, urban vinyl and indie comics sponsored by Hands-On Mobile. Some of the artists who showed work as part of the new mixtART service include: Alex Pardee, Buff Monster, Jon Burgerman, Patrick Ma, Patricio Oliver, [...]

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Burgerman to Noferin at mixtART GRSF Group Show

Remember mixtART [blogged], the service designed to bring urban art to your mobile phones? Not content to just wallpaper your cell phone in pixels, they’re bringing actual, non-virtual art to the walls of San Francisco’s Giant Robot. In conjunction with Hands-On Mobile, Giant Robot presents a show including work (and some appearances by) Blinky, Buff [...]

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Buff Monster, Jon Burgerman and Alex Pardee on Your Mobile Phone

I’ve had the same wallpaper on my cell phone since the Kidrobot Munny Show of 2005 at Minna Gallery in San Francisco. It’s a Munny w/ glasses and mobile phone (I also have the G.I.D. zipper pull of the same character). I think I downloaded it while BART was above ground or shortly thereafter. While [...]

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Hunt for Exclusives: Rocket World

As I was taking a picture of this newly customized Munny, someone asked me who the artist was. This black Munny was customized and signed by Patrick Ma of Rocket World. My boyfriend decided to bring a black Munny instead of a sketchbook. (Actually it was my idea but sharing is caring.) When he asked [...]

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The Insider’s Guide to San Diego Comic-Con

Last year 125,000 people attended San Diego Comic-Con. While some were industry professionals and Comic-Con veterans, others were newbies who were completely overwhelmed by the scene. Maybe I’m just speaking for myself. I made all the rookie mistakes last year: waited until the last minute to get a hotel room, didn’t pack snacks, forgot my [...]

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