Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Giant Robot Time 10.28.11 Undercurrents Martin Hsu – Lawrence Yang, Bicycle Riding Discount, Now hiring at Giant Robot and GR2 and more.
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Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator who’s work has appeared in Fantagraphics compilations, graphic novels for kids, and at art exhibitions. Her work is the type of work that you can see, be puzzled by, and then come to enjoy. We’ve hosted in her numerous exhibitions, and her pieces in the Robots exhibition are monochromatic portraits of Robot people. Below is this beautiful print with girls and horses! It’s available here. Davis has two websites where you can see his works. Doing-fine and her blog is here.
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Bay area artist, Kelly Tunstall is a long time Giant Robot supporter and submitted a great and large piece for the Robots exhibition called Beethoven. It’s still available. She attended California College of the Arts and continues to show often. She currently has an exhibition at 111 Minna Gallery called Secret State is now available online. The exhibition is set to travel to Palm Springs later this year. facebook page and twitter page. Her collaboration work with Ferris Plock can be seen here: http://www.kefeinc.com/
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Nintendo posts it’s first loss ever. It’s not just a little, it’s near 1 billion dollars for the first 6 months of the fiscal year. It also forecasted a lost of 264 million for the fiscal year that’s to end in March 2012. Is it because of the 3DS lack of excitement? Yes, plenty have it, but not to the tune of their past hits. Maybe it’s the strong yen raising prices or the fact that there’s plenty of other games like Angry Birds that are nearly free. (msnbc – Nintendo)
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Darci Liu might not win International Surf Contests just yet and she lost in the first round of a pro surf contest in Hainan Island against world champion Jennifer Smith. It’s not the loss, but it’s putting China on the map as a place where surfing can happen. She’s the ambassador after beginning a career as a ballerina. (Reuters – Darci Liu) [youtube]1syluGO3I70[/youtube]
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