New Comic-Con Swag Has Arrived!

The booth banners and sketchbooks arrived while I was away yesterday. Everything looks great! There's things I'd tweak next time, of course, but considering how quickly I put this stuff together, I'm very pleased. Now on to the Yudu T-shirts...!

Check out the other product pictures here.
Artwork and photo ©2009 Jeff Pidgeon.

Booth Banner Art Done!

Here's low-res versions of the banners I'm going to get made for the booth this year. I emailed the order out late this afternoon, and I'll place a follow-up call tomorrow morning. I think they're going to look pretty spiffy if all goes well!

Early Kumo-Kun Sculpt Pictures!

Vin Teng has started work on the sculpt for my new Kumo-Kun toy! It's looking great, so I thought I'd share the pictures. Enjoy!

Kumo-Kun Turnaround!

I just thought I'd set up a link to the finished turnaround that I e-mailed to Vin today... I'll email it to ThreeZero as well, just to make sure that everyone's on the same page. Hopefully I'll have new stuff to post very soon!

Announcing A New Happy Beaver Colorway!

It's actually a little more than that - Frank Kozik generously offered to do his take of my Happy Beaver toy! I got the turnaround last week, and it looks awesome - this will be part of my new toy release (though I don't know that I'll be able to get them done for July/San Diego Comic-Con).

The plan at this point is to make three new colorways of Happy Beaver, plus three colorways of Kumo-Kun in the same production run. That way, I can gradually release new variants of my toys for the next six conventions! That'd keep new stuff on the table for at least a couple of years. Keep your fingers crossed...!

Also, I'm in the very early stages of considering a resin figure with Bigshot Toyworks! I'm working on the turnaround right now, and I'll keep you posted as it develops.

PS - Toysrevil's I Like Toys blog is already spreading the news - thanks, Andy!

Kumo-Kun Is Coming!

I'm announcing my next vinyl toy!

Kumo-Kun is based on a T-shirt design I created in 1998 or '99. Happily, Vin Teng is taking up the sculpting chores once again, and I hope to have the finished toy ready for San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Keep your eyes peeled for progress shots as they come in!

PS - Please let me know what you think of the design and color scheme. I'm always interested in feedback!

UPDATE: The black version is the color scheme I want to use, even though the brown version was the original design (I think the black/blue/purple colors will work better on the toy). Let me know which is your favorite!