We’re well into March now and I’ll be the first to say it…things around the SKC stomping grounds has been slow. Painfully slow. But that doesn’t mean there’s been any shortage of weird, obscure and—yes—strange projects floating around this year. Case in point, Robert Jimenez’s Weird-Ass Faces—a coloring book featuring 35 disgustingly monstrous mugs to […]
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BY NOW MANY OF YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE RELAUNCH OF AMERICAN GREETINGS’ ICONIC GROSS OUT TOYLINE, MADBALLS. WHILE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH FOR SERIES ONE OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK, THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF MADNESS LEFT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2017. TO FIND OUT exactly what’s on the horizon, we cornered caught up with Carlos Villagra, […]
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Gross Out! Toys: Fungus Amungus
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Every year seems to yield another addition, particularly of the minifig variety, to a legacy of gross toys that spans series like Boglins, Madballs, Monsters in My Pocket, and generally anything that came packaged with “ooze” and/or “slime.” The trend has become more noticeable over the past few years with the introduction of S.L.U.G. Zombies […]
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Earlier this week I shared my thoughts on the recently released Garbage Pail Kids documentary, 30 Years of Garbage, by Peel Here Productions. One of the things I enjoyed most about the film was not only getting to hear from the artists who helped launched the card series, but also the current generation of GPK […]
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MADBALLS Are Making a Comeback—This Fall!
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Announced yesterday, American Greetings Entertainment is teaming with Just Play to relaunch the entire Madballs franchise. That’s right, they’re not just bringing back the toy line but the entire Madballs brand—we’re talking toys, animated shorts AND video games! The brand will officially make its return this Fall through a series of animated shorts. However, the […]
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After three years of fundraising and filming, Peel Here Productions is finally ready unveil the fruit of their dumpster-diving labor…30 YEARS OF GARBAGE: The Garbage Pail Kids Story. Helmed by co-directors and GPK artists Joe Simko and Jeff Zapata, 30 YEARS OF GARBAGE is an in-depth documentary that explores the “rich cartoon art and trading […]
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They’re “freaky fun for everyone” and next week they’re coming to NYCC, courtesy of St. Louis-based publisher ROAR Comics. As reported back in July, ROAR is resurrecting the MADBALLS franchise in comic book form and they’ve got an impressive pool of talent helping them out—including original Madballs artist, James Groman! While the regular comic won’t […]
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Okay, so technically I’ve already published this week’s edition of Fan Art Friday but, gosh darn’t, these Boglins-inspired pillows by Canadian illustrator Phil Postma, were too freaking awesome not to mention. If you’re not familiar with Boglins, they were freaky cool rubber hand puppets for kids. You can read more about them here or here. […]
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The deranged geniuses behind 2012’s Abobo’s Big Adventure (I-Mockery founder Roger Barr, Nick Pasto of PestoForce and “Pox” of The Pox Box) have reassembled for their next big game: BARFBARIANS!!! According to a recent press release, the gleefully gross title is going to be a “4-player beat-em-up arcade style game all about mighty barbarian warriors […]