comic con international…

We are on our way to San Diego after spending 3 days in LA with friends. It was nice to have some down time. A little walk on the beach, some shopping, a studio tour and lots of great food. The California sun is relentless and the white hot light has made us crave the more comfortable indoors of the San Diego ComicCon. ComicCon starts this wednesday (preview night) and runs through to sunday. Comic Con isn’t just about comics. Oh no, it is a great showcase of toys, animation, movies and all the wonderful things that might be associated to said things. If you have any interest in those things then you must come at least once to ComicCon.

So after many late nights sewing and assembling our toys in our humble Brooklyn home studio, we are now ready to promote our toys and meet some great people as well as partake of all the events at this year’s con. We are selling Mr. Ika Plushies and Pop Prolifics BUSHMAN exclusively at TOY TOKYO, booth #5335. So if you are going to the con this year stop by and visit us!

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how green…

We are back from Ireland and I feel rejuvenated. I would honestly say that I would probably not go back to Ireland though I am glad to have gone. We went from Dublin to Wiklow to Waterford to Killarney to Laoise…passing through many towns along the way. We saw a great (but small) exhibit on John Gilroy who had done ads for Guinness. We drank many a Guinness and each time it tasted different though definitely better than in the pubs in America. We kissed the Blarney stone though I was reluctant to for hygienic reasons, but how could we not when we were standing right in front of it. We got kicked out of the Cliffs of Moher for going far beyond where we were allowed though we were not the only ones. We were on our way out anyway and the walk beyond was well worth it.

Driving around on our own was a great chance for us to do what we wanted and it let us make many unscheduled stops. We saw lots and lots of green, ruins and sheep. There is something to be said about diversity though and Ireland is not a place that is known for it. That’s why it’s so hard to leave New York even though we often talk about moving.