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Uglycon Art is available online here.  

Uglycon 2016 at GR2 opening took place on July 9th. It spanned from the AM to about 6pm. It's a fun filled day and it shows that an indie event can work regardless of the space and size of a location.  First the gallery is filled with art. Tons of it from all over the world. It took a couple of days to get everything up and priced, but that's only a tiny portion of the event. The fun includes the micro events that take place. First under the blue tent, there are Shrinky Dinks, but since there are no official Uglydoll Shrinky Dinks, this means setting up a template and hand drawing them onto the shrinking plastic. Then you...

I directed this one a few years ago. I'd love to do these again. This one was part of Thrashlab and I'll be posted them one by one when I get the chance. Why they disabled these videos, I have no idea. But here's the link to the videos. Artist Friends Series: Uglydoll Creator David Horvath from GIANT ROBOT on Vimeo.

UGLYCON - a Celebration of Uglydoll Begins July 9th - July 27th Reception and events July 9th Saturday 12noon Full schedule coming soon. 

Giant Robot x Uglydoll Big Boss Collabs Giant Robot at WonderCon Booth 1411 was an experience. What were the expectations? Would it be anything like San Diego Comic Con? It's not even close. You will get great traffic. Throngs of people walk through, but the masses are heavily interested in merchandise related to movies. Of course right? It's a comic convention. This year, we were situated around a licensee who sells Batman and Superman goods. Subpar designed t-shirts were selling en masse. It was tough to understand. Meanwhile at the GR booth, we did our thing and that still works. The photos below will show you some of the items we made available. It's all different from the rest. Here are...