Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
A pretty long line, all governed by two saw horses. Our lines are a lot different than other lines. I was discussing this for a second with Bobby Kim from The Hundreds who came and saw the line and said “whoa” but why would he be surprised? He has kids waiting overnight to get a New Era cap. We looked at the line, and imagine, our line looks a lot different. It’s not part of the culture of what “line ups” are about. 16 year olds? No. People who just got off work? Yes. Imagine, the first few people in line were wearing suits. With such of a limited amount of these figures, yes, waiting in line for a custom signed one, and to meet the artist, was a must. That’s Choe’s mom on the left. She brought tons of friends. David told her she had to wait in line. She’s a proud mom. Dave signed everything. One kid didn’t have any money. I couldn’t understand what he was talking about at first. I was like, “you have no money…” but you’re in line. Then my dense self figured it out a minute later, he just wanted to get a sketchbook signed. This is an old friend’s cousin. I had no idea he was a Choe fan and I had no idea he was into GR stuff. check out that Choe deck! The girl in black. Who is she? You’ll see in the video, when I finish cutting it up. Martin got into the act signing mags, as did Joe Linkin Park Hahn who’s pictured below in a photo by Clement Hanami. That’s Dave and Joe. Did you know his band is huge in Russia? He was explaining how his band is big outside of America… haha. The point though was that even bands who’ve faded from the limelight in the USA years ago have huge followings in Russia. Also overheard, a kid didn’t hold back and said, “My favorite street artist! My favorite DJ in the same place”. Bobby Kim, and imagine this is a photo of him with no cap. My Reggie Hudlin, director and comicbook writer of Moonknight and Black Panther That’s Alex Chiu and his gf. Darn forgot her name. Alex gave me a small painting. Can you tell he’s a nice guy? That’s Lisa Strouss. She used to do advertising for GR long time ago. She’s the OG “girl with glasses” and now sells glasses at LA Eyeworks, and that tiny shop next to The Hundreds store on Rosewood. David and his friends who do aerosol art. The figure in context. They really are very different from each other. Of course Dave will say, “this one is really bad.” at some of them, but I can’t even tell. That’s Scott Brooks, our friend and he was early in line. He’s tall, so he has to squat to talk to Dave. He even picked up a post-it by Jacob McGraw at the signing. Some people in...
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We've come a long way! Not in perhaps Mexico though. Check out the goofy footed skater. Evidently it's a figure and under the rice picker hat was chocolate. I have no idea what kind. It came in the mail from Scott Wolfson out of NYC. I thought it was the latest attempt at a "Designer vinyl" figure, but I was wrong. Instead, it's a strange novelty toy and as jokey as can be. Am I offended? No, but...
We’ve come a long way! Not in perhaps Mexico though. Check out the goofy footed skater. Evidently it’s a figure and under the rice picker hat was chocolate. I have no idea what kind. It came in the mail from Scott Wolfson out of NYC. I thought it was the latest attempt at a “Designer vinyl” figure, but I was wrong. Instead, it’s a strange novelty toy and as jokey as can be. Am I offended? No, but will others be? Of course. It’s playing on every wrong stereotype imaginable to an Asian, except, he skates. Scott’s site: Eggsmcmanus. I’m not sure if people get more offended when stuff like this happens on their own soil. Do they give a “pass” when it’s from another country? It seems like it, since values, social awareness, p.c. ness, may be different there. Here’s a link to the product. It doesn’t tell you anything about it, but maybe someone out there knows more. There’s small writing in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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Scary magazine predictions, but I don't think it differs from anything else. Magazines, like a car manufacturer, retail store, small business of any sort, all apply.
Andy Cohn from the Fader said that 5 out of 10 mags and papers will close.
-I guess that's the same as 1 out of 2. Scary thought, since what will a newsstand look like if this happens?
Steven Kotok from The Week says: "Lots of things...
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Andy Cohn from the Fader said that 5 out of 10 mags and papers will close.
-I guess that's the same as 1 out of 2. Scary thought, since what will a newsstand look like if this happens?
Steven Kotok from The Week says: "Lots of things...
Scary magazine predictions, but I don’t think it differs from anything else. Magazines, like a car manufacturer, retail store, small business of any sort, all apply. Andy Cohn from the Fader said that 5 out of 10 mags and papers will close.-I guess that’s the same as 1 out of 2. Scary thought, since what will a newsstand look like if this happens? Steven Kotok from The Week says: “Lots of things nobody predicted will occur.”- hope this can mean great things. Dylan Tweeney from Wired: “…2009 will be a very, very difficult year for advertising-supported businesses of all kinds. Anyone launching a publication in 2009 better have deep enough pockets to ride out a year or two of very thin revenues.”- that’s obvious since even a publication that’s been going for years will have thin revenues. Video content seems to hit a few people’s lists. Am I paranoid yet about our future? Sure just a little, but at the same time, the idea is to keep moving. Read many more here at Foliomag.comIt’s interesting to read what people say about magazines (at least for me).
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