Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

The bear that gets pushed around and bullied, it’s Bartholomew Punchyface. Imagine how far indie plush has come. The quality is amazing. Check out the details in the photos. The sleeve and knee patches are doubled up like how some of us used to do it back in the day. The pants are actually cords! The back butt area has BVDs that’s loose enough so you can give Bart a wedgie! The belt is really a belt! Yes it’s a plush, but this one is deluxe compared to the rest. See the pics. Great work 3DRetro, we’re not just saying it.
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Kizuna is a small organization in Southern California. They run a summer camp among other things. They haven’t had an art program before, so today was the day. It’s spring break for some youngsters and custom figures sounded like the right call. With the help of JANM for the supplies and DKE (Dov) for a significant break on the figures, a fun program was born for nearly no budget which is how tight an event like this will run. I showed some slides of figures to spark some imaginations, and off the kids went. Of course at the end, the boys did battle with their figures which had jetpacks and missiles. I’ll be doing this one more time.

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  Bartholomew Punchyface Release Party – Luke Chueh and Scott Tolleson Sat April 13, 2013 5-8pm   The official release of the first plush collaboration between artists Luke Chueh and Scott Tolleson.  Bartholomew Punchyface is the collaborative efforts of artists Luke Chueh and Scott Tolleson. Chueh’s cynical narratives combined with Tolleson’s nerd chic culminate into a character anyone who’s had a hard time in school can empathize with. The most pathetic nerd bear you’ll ever meet. Buy him to bully him or save him from the other bullies out there. This limited edition plush bear produced by 3DRetro is making its debut at Giant Robot 2. Giant Robot will also have a set of two prints edition of 50 by Luke Chueh and Scott Tolleson.   Sat April 13, 2013 5-8pm GR2 2062 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90025 http://gr2.net/   eric (at) giantrobot.com 310 445.9276    
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