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giant robot time: 7.12.13 | art by: takashi murakami Game Night 15 Featuring our friends: The Behemoth Saturday, July 13, 7-10 PM We’ll be a featuring a few games by The Behemoth at Giant Robot 2. We’ll have The Behemoth merch for sale and a special event: BattleBlock Theater tournament. The winning pair get a big prize basket of Behemoth merch! All of the stations will be open to the public so you can play Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater on their Xbox systems. Here’s a rundown on the games: Alien Hominid is best described as an homage to the old side scrolling shoot ‘em up games we grew up to love and hate always bringing us back for more. Castle Crashers- is a side-scrolling beat-em-up that incorporates a small number of role-playing video game elements. BattleBlock Theater- players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching. Levels are made up of various types of blocks, such as collapsing blocks, sticky walls, bouncy volcanic rocks and deadly spikes, and also feature hazards such as water and deadly creatures. More Info | Facebook Signing with Malaysian Artist, Cheeming “Boey” Saturday, July 20, 2-4 PM He often draws intricate portraits on styrofoam cups. He’s been featured in multiple videos displaying his craft. Perhaps you’ll get to see him do this. Yet, he’s also promoting a new book, When I Was a Kid, a collection of comics about his youth in Malaysia. The work flows and appears effortless and it goes to show you that the combination of ideas and a simple drawing style work. He draws often and has a blog featuring his daily comic at Iamboey.com More Info | Facebook Author and Artist Signing: Katsuya Terada Monday, July 22, 6:30-8:30 PM All you have to do is read up on who Katsuya Terada is and you’ll find that he’s worked across many genres from manga, film, video games, concept art and fine art. Terada, from Japan is known for his character design in Blood: The Last Vampire or perhaps The Monkey King comic. His works span generations and he’s influenced a legion of manga artists and fine artists in Japan. He’ll appear in person to sign and perhaps sketch in copies of his book, “Ten” which features his retrospective in art. More Info | Facebook Uglydoll Plushes Pre-order today, ships Summer 2013. Your plush will be signed by Uglydoll creator David Horvath. Delfonics Document Folder A plastic folder sleeve with an inspirational quote adorning the cover. Delfonics Apple Leather Mousepad Delfonics are wonderfully designed simple items from Japan! Yukinori Dehara Trading Cards Includes 16 cards of your favorite wrestler sculptures. Yukinori Dehara Guidebook Wonderfully fun guidebook to go along with Dehara’s solo exhibition. Pantone Stationery Set Paper, envelopes, and stickers richly patterned with iconic Pantone color chips . J. Otto Seibold Lost Sloth A fun book about...
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giant robot time: 7.12.13 | art by: takashi murakami Game Night 15 Featuring our friends: The Behemoth Saturday, July 13, 7-10 PM We’ll be a featuring a few games by The Behemoth at Giant Robot 2. We’ll have The Behemoth merch for sale and a special event: BattleBlock Theater tournament. The winning pair get a big prize basket of Behemoth merch! All of the stations will be open to the public so you can play Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater on their Xbox systems. Here’s a rundown on the games: Alien Hominid is best described as an homage to the old side scrolling shoot ‘em up games we grew up to love and hate always bringing us back for more. Castle Crashers- is a side-scrolling beat-em-up that incorporates a small number of role-playing video game elements. BattleBlock Theater- players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching. Levels are made up of various types of blocks, such as collapsing blocks, sticky walls, bouncy volcanic rocks and deadly spikes, and also feature hazards such as water and deadly creatures. More Info | Facebook Signing with Malaysian Artist, Cheeming “Boey” Saturday, July 20, 2-4 PM He often draws intricate portraits on styrofoam cups. He’s been featured in multiple videos displaying his craft. Perhaps you’ll get to see him do this. Yet, he’s also promoting a new book, When I Was a Kid, a collection of comics about his youth in Malaysia. The work flows and appears effortless and it goes to show you that the combination of ideas and a simple drawing style work. He draws often and has a blog featuring his daily comic at Iamboey.com More Info | Facebook Author and Artist Signing: Katsuya Terada Monday, July 22, 6:30-8:30 PM All you have to do is read up on who Katsuya Terada is and you’ll find that he’s worked across many genres from manga, film, video games, concept art and fine art. Terada, from Japan is known for his character design in Blood: The Last Vampire or perhaps The Monkey King comic. His works span generations and he’s influenced a legion of manga artists and fine artists in Japan. He’ll appear in person to sign and perhaps sketch in copies of his book, “Ten” which features his retrospective in art. More Info | Facebook Uglydoll Plushes Pre-order today, ships Summer 2013. Your plush will be signed by Uglydoll creator David Horvath. Delfonics Document Folder A plastic folder sleeve with an inspirational quote adorning the cover. Delfonics Apple Leather Mousepad Delfonics are wonderfully designed simple items from Japan! Yukinori Dehara Trading Cards Includes 16 cards of your favorite wrestler sculptures. Yukinori Dehara Guidebook Wonderfully fun guidebook to go along with Dehara’s solo exhibition. Pantone Stationery Set Paper, envelopes, and stickers richly patterned with iconic Pantone color chips . J. Otto Seibold Lost Sloth A fun book about...
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giant robot time: 6.28.13 | art by: dan mccarthy Yukinori Dehara: Nendo Pro Wrestling June 29 – July 24, 2013 Reception: Saturday, June 29, 6:30-10 PM Giant Robot is proud to host Nendo Pro Wrestling – clay sculptures by Yukinori Dehara. Wrestling culture has been popular throughout contemporary Japanese popular culture. Alongside of Mexico and the US, the wrestling scene has continued alongside and overlapping with Sentai (Power Rangers) shows. Superheroes have traversed in each others genres. We’ll be sure to feature clay sculptures and more from Yukinori Dehara! As with his previous exhibitions, Dehara’s work is often containing deep ideologies of our culture presented through his colorful characters. Dehara will be here in person! More Info | Facebook Yukinori Dehara: Figure Painting Workshop Sunday, June 30, 2 PM AND 3:30 PM We’ve just added an additional workshop session at 3:30 PM! Sign up here. Learn the secrets of painting a vinyl figure! Space is limited to 15 people (per session). Enrollment fee $15 and it includes a mini Dehara figure. He’ll bring the rest! Sign Up | More Info Lucky Peach Issues 4-7 Lucky Peach is a journal of food writing, published on a quarterly basis by McSweeney’s. Uglydoll Magnet Sets Uglydolls on magnets! Put them on your fridge. Totoro & Ponyo Plushes Straight from Hayao’s Miyazaki’s whimsical animated films. Approved by Studio Ghibli. Godeleine de Rosamel Ceramic Sculpture Beautiful handmade ceramic sculpture by artist Godeleine de Rosamel. Found only at Giant Robot. 281_Anti-Nuke Art Retrospective in Roppongi By BRETT FUJIOKA Get your fix of both art and politics at 281_Anti-Nuke’s exhibition at the Pink Cow bar in Roppongi, Japan. Tourists and Tokyoites may have seen 281′s work conspicuously stickered on public property throughout the city. >> Show reviews: Heavy Blanket (w/ J Mascis) and Obliterations, The Mattson 2 w/ Money Mark at The Satellite By MARTIN WONG The Satellite has become a backup to The Echo in recent years, so I was stoked to see two rad bills there in the same week. Gotta love being able to walk to shows, especially when it’s a friend’s band. >> 2015 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 2062 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025
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giant robot time: 6.21.13 | art by: sun-min kim My Neighbor Totoro Plushes Officially licensed Studio Ghibli plushes straight from Miyazaki’s classic film. Uglydoll Superman Babo & Batman Ice-Bat Pre-order your Uglydoll x DC Comics plushes today. Each plush or tag will be signed by Uglydoll creator David Horvath himself. Uglydoll Headwear We’re proud to offer several new and original hats and beanies featuring Babo and Ice-Bat. Uglydoll Uglycon T-shirt| Set Released as part of the everything Uglydoll extravaganza. Yukinori Dehara: Nendo Pro Wrestling June 29 – July 24, 2013 Reception: Saturday, June 29, 6:30-10 PM Giant Robot is proud to host Nendo Pro Wrestling – clay sculptures by Yukinori Dehara. Wrestling culture has been popular throughout contemporary Japanese popular culture. Alongside of Mexico and the US, the wrestling scene has continued alongside and overlapping with Sentai (Power Rangers) shows. Superheroes have traversed in each others genres. We’ll be sure to feature clay sculptures and more from Yukinori Dehara! As with his previous exhibitions, Dehara’s work is often containing deep ideologies of our culture presented through his colorful characters. Dehara will be here in person! More Info | Facebook Yukinori Dehara: Figure Painting Workshop Sunday, June 30, 2 PM Learn the secrets of painting a vinyl figure! Space is limited to 15 people. Enrollment fee $15 and it includes a mini Dehara figure. He’ll bring the rest! Sign up at info@giantrobot.com. More Info It’s Go Skateboarding Day! And we’re giving away FREE decks by The Not-Its, a Seattle kindie rock band. The first 3 kids who come into the Giant Robot Store (GR1) with the “secret password” (posted on The Not-Its page on Fri. at 11am) gets one! We have cds and stickers too. Uglydoll Uglycon 2013 – Photo Sets By GIANT ROBOT NEWS A very special thank you to everyone that joined us for a wonderful event. Check out photos of the multitude of activities throughout the day. >> Architecture for Dogs at LBMA By MARTIN WONG World-class architects designing species-specific doghouses–how cool is that? This afternoon I was able to see some of the pieces being installed at the Long Beach Museum of Art for the west coast premiere of Architecture for Dogs. >> Street Art, Stencils, and Skateboarding on the Steppes (Interview) By MICHELLE BOROK Malou Rose is a long way from Bondi Beach. The Australian transplant has spent the last three years in Mongolia becoming an activator in the Ulaanbaatar art scene, launching a pop-up gallery, getting to know graffiti crews, and with the help of her repat partner, she’s launched a skateboarding program for kids. >> 2015 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 2062 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Uglydoll – Headwear We’re proud to offer several new and original hats and beanies featuring Babo and Ice-Bat. Uglydoll – Superman Babo and Batman Ice-Bats Pre-order your Uglydoll x DC Comics plushes today. Each plush or tag will be signed by Uglydoll creator David Horvath himself. Giant Robot x Uglydoll – Uglycon T-shirt Released as part of the everything Uglydoll extravaganza. Babo is holding balloons of all his friends. Uglydoll – Uglycon Set Each set comes with an Uglycon tote bag, Babo plush, and Cookie Scarf. Artwork from Uglycon will be available online later today!
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