Glen Brogan is the amazing artist who created this awesome piece. If you’re a Super Mario Bros. fan, this is a must-have! Gallery 1988 has released a high quality art print of this piece, limited to 100 pieces and signed and numbered by this talented artist.
Want to party along with Mr Toast? Then be sure to go to the free Japan LA show Saturday, March 13 from 7 to 10 pm. There you can get all the Mr Toast t-shirts, artwork and toys that you want and be sure to bring your sketchpad to get a free drawing. There’s also a free goodie bag for the first 100 folks who buy something!
Life Is Hard is a very brief platform game offering an exploration of just how difficult life can be. Just use your left, right arrows to move around and up to jump. Take a moment to enjoy this entertaining, little game and let me know what you think of it.
Brandon Bird has put five brand-new SVU Valentine designs up on his site. Plus, if you go over to his blog you can find large, high-res versions you can print and hand out for FREE. (That’s right free Valentine’s Day cards.) So, if you’ve ever wanted to send an ex a spiteful Fred Thompson-themed card, here’s your chance!
Adam “Ape Lad” Koford, of Laugh-Out-Loud Cats comic fame, has donated a comic on Ebay right now to support relief efforts in Haiti. 100% of the proceeds from this auction will be donated to Haiti earthquake relief efforts via Ebay. Check it out!
Our friend Kirk Demarais‘ Jerk inspired art is available at Gallery1988 LA. “The Johnsons” is a giclee print on textured fine art paper (14 x 11 inches) limited edition of 100 for only $65.00! Get yours today! I don’t need anything else except this.
Shrinky Dinks is amazing shrinkable plastic and when when I was a wee one, I was hooked on them. So it was great when I stumbled across this collection. This spiral-bound book is filled with traceable color templates with directions and cute photos on how to create necklaces, charm bracelets, earrings, zipper pulls, pins, frames and more. You can buy refills for the Shrinky Dinks plastic once you’ve used it all up, which you probably will. Start making your ready-to-shrink artwork today!
Shrinky Dinks make a great gift for youngsters and the young at heart! 
Tonight is the opening reception for the artist Mark Bodnar at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. (Friday, November 6, 8 – 11PM) And We All Go is the name of the La Luz solo show and it looks pretty sweet. Check out some of his water-color on paper paintings he did for the show. His cartoon style is pretty awesome.
“Mark Bodnar’s work springs forth from the long tradition of cartooning, but he succeeds in making it feel contemporary, rather than treating it as a static object of fetish. His paintings exhibit all of the clarity and directness of the great illustrators of the past and his technique is marked by simplicity, contrast and balance. But his greatest strength lies in the meaning behind the images. Bodnar’s work feels more like illustrations to stories that have yet to be written. Creating windows into wonderful worlds is magic of the first order. Mark Bodnar is a master of that particular brand of alchemy.” Stephen Worth – Director, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
So if you’re in the area and enjoy great artwork, be sure to see Mark Bodnar’s show.
Can’t get enough of that Patrick B…
Remember the Tribute to Stan Lee show back in 2008 and all that cool artwork. Well, one of the artist from the show, Patrick Ballesteros, has got his first solo show coming up and it looks really sweet! The new show is called “Cereal Killer” and it’s opening reception is Friday, October 2nd, 6-10pm at the Subtext Gallery in San Diego. Come see for yourself Patrick’s artwork as he retraces the steps of Sugar Bear’s reign of terror and why he couldn’t get enough.
Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery very proudly presents “OH, THE ART YOU WILL SEE!” A Dr. Seuss inspired group show. Co-curated by Max. August 29 – September 13, 2009 with an opening reception on Saturday, August 29, 4pm-8pm. So if you’re in the area be sure to check it out. They always put on a great show. Go support these talented artists:
