Nerd (Un)Culture
Hi-Fructose magazine is pleased to announce their upcoming Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set. The set will reprint a “best of” selection from the first four hard to find volumes of Hi-Fructose in one hard cover 250 page edition. The book…
Random House has revealed the title of the third Ugly Guide from David and Sun-Min. The Ugly Guide to Being Alive and Staying That Way is slated to be released in January 2009. The book will be 64 pages (the…
The Killing Time art show opening will take place at GR2 on Saturday May 17th from 6:30PM through 10PM. The group art show will feature the work of Matt Furie and Albert Reyes. If you can’t make it out for…
Bucheon is presenting a two person show featuring a duo of San Francisco artists – Mars1 (aka Mario Martinez) and David Choong Lee. The show of mixed media painting and sculpture will open on Friday, May 16th, with a reception…
From Andrew Bell’s latest show – Burning Desire – and produced by Hobbymaster 2K3 Studio come the Altars. These limited edition sculptures come in 3 various styles (from left to right in group photos): All Seeing (limited edition of 3),…
Darrin Maxwell sent in the above video detailing his creation of his 2D and 3D Moody customs. These were created for the Don’t Cry Over Spilt Vinyl show in Phoenix on May 16th.
Internationally acclaimed artist Nathan Jurevicius (creator of Scarygirl) will be exhibiting a series of original works and limited edition figures in Toronto at the Magic Pony gallery from May 15th through June 30th, 2008. The opening reception will be held…
CWC International has announced a special exhibit featuring the work of Regina Heinlein and the Bilderklub artists at Ogilvy & Mather NY on May 8th from 5PM through 7PM. Which Way is the Beach? will include a painted mural and…
Dr. Bao and Spive (aka The NVC Crew) have released photos of their latest custom project: Mad Cow-Boy Disease. According to Bao, the custom Moody “design is very hard for a toy customizer to work with”. But it doesn’t look…
Cat Rabbit is a Hobart (Australia) based artist and toy designer who constantly creeps citizens out with her odd doll creations. Cat is often seen bleeding from the fingertips whilst looking at kittens in a pet store window. Her hand-sewn…
The Singapore Toy & Comic Convention is scheduled over 2 days – June 28th through 29th – at the Suntec International Exhibition & Convention Centre (Hall 603). The inaugural event will see a celebration of toys, comics, animation, gaming, design,…
If you’re in the Toronto area on May 8th, you’ll want to make your way to the Magic Pony Contemporary Artshop and Gallery for the Oh No and Oh Oh figure release and signing with Gary Taxali. The event takes…
The Soopa Show took place at the Concrete Jungle on April 19th. Artists were chosen to customize a Soopa Coin-Up Bros. figure from ESC-Toy. And now we have photos of all of those customs…and they are up for sale. Continue…
Background The world of DreaminGirl was imagined…or dreamt up, if you will…by Ru Sun. Back in 2006, the Brooklyn-based artist started up blackpeach with her partner Keith. The first plush character released by blackpeach is known as gini-gini. Coming straight…
The man behind Slobots, M.Heisler, has a number of shows that will be featuring his unique style. Currently: World of Imagination Show – APW Gallery – NYC (SLOQEE8a above) Tokyo Plastic – King of the Monsters – Showroom NYC -…