The good news: The 2015 Disney/FILA collaboration features a backpack that looks just like Baymax’s charging station! The bad news: It’s currently only scheduled for release in Japan. The worse news? It’s gonna cost upwards of $125.
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Book Review:Cinderella - A Dream Come True
Cinderella: A Dream Come True may only be 8” tall, but it is PACKED with gorgeous concept art and insightful behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
The first half of the 160-page hardcover is a delightful re-telling of Walt Disney’s Cinderella. What makes this ‘storybook’ section so special are the illustrations. The book uses crystal-clear stills from the film, Mary Blair’s pretty pastel concept art and various pieces of pencil animation and storyboard excerpts to bring the text to life.
Tony Starch
Damn, Elsa. That’s Cold.
Ice cold sympathy card available on Amazon. (Image via Patty Watty.)
Where’s My Puddin’?
Harley Quinn Tights - $11 on Amazon!!! (Via.)
Andreas Deja Recommends:Ken Hultgren’s ‘The Art Of Animal Drawing’
Over the years, Andreas Deja has animated quite a few iconic animals. There was the devious Scar, the lovable Tigger and the irrepressible Roger Rabbit. Oh, and who can forget the lower half of King Triton? More recently, Deja has been busily working on a new animal character - Mushka the tiger - for a feature film that he is personally writing, directing and animating.
According to Deja, there is ONE BOOK that made all of these characters possible: The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren. Continue reading
“This Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway”
Title and photo via TheraMay. Frozen tissue via Amazon.
UK-Only Bonnie Doll May Reveal The Top Secret Plot To ‘Toy Story 4’
TIL that Disney/Pixar released a limited-edition Bonnie doll, and she’s scaled to the size of the previously released Toy Story dolls! While this minor retail-revelation was pretty cool in its own right, it was the unsaid, un-implied and entirely untrue follow-up thought that made the synapses in my sleep-addled brain light up like your neighbor’s seemingly year-round Christmas decorations:
I think I just discovered the top secret plot to Toy Story 4! Continue reading
WANT!!!
A Laika triple feature of Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls?! I’ve experienced year-long unrequited love over less! And this is REAL!
This Is The Sort Of Iron Man Model You’d Find In The *Real* Tony Stark’s Office
Beast Kingdom’s Iron Man Mk. II model is 2015′s toy to beat. It actually floats over its base via electromagnets! How cool is that?
Iron Man fans with Stark-sized wallets can pre-order the Mk. II at Hobby Link Japan. The price? A whopping $134! For more info, click here.
Sweet Sweater
No-Face elbow sweater, via.
Happy Hanukkah!
Sadly, this Lumiere Menorah is NOT currently being offered by Disney. That said, they DID release a full-sized, light-up Lumiere replica last year. Perhaps someone far craftier than I could buy a few and Frankenstein ‘em together?
Out Today: Guardians of the Galaxy
Amazon.com: Order Guardians of the Galaxy and save 50%
Every DreamWorks ‘Art Of’ Book…Ever
Believe it or not, the DreamWorks ‘Art Of’ books are a great gift for DreamWorks detractors. While they may not be enough to change anyone’s mind about the artistic merits of Turbo, they DO give a gorgeous glimpse at what could have been. I mean, YES — Shrek Forever After was CLEARLY a corporate cash-in, but did you see the eerie-as-f*ck concept art depicting Shrek’s decrepit tree stump home?! It’s AWESOME! But the only way you’re ever going to see it is by flipping through a copy of The Art of Shrek Forever After. The movie version was…blah.
Compiled after the jump are the covers and ordering info for each and every one of these books. There’s a bunch, so make sure you view on a full wallet.
(P.S. I love me some DreamWorks, but even I think Turbo was trash.) Continue reading
Christian Bale Would Never Wear This
Bat-Santa mask - avail. on Amazon.
Impeccably Packaged & Endlessly Inspiring
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks
This box set of nine flipbooks pays tribute to Walt Disney’s legendary animators, The Nine Old Men: Les Clark, Eric Larson, Frank Thomas, John Lounsbery, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Mark Davis, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Milt Kahl. In addition to the flipbooks, the set contains a booklet of brief bios about The Nine Old Men, written by amazing animators like Glen Keane, Andreas Deja and Ron Clements. (Pic and GIF via A113.)
Problem, Solution
When it comes to hipster hobbies, knitting is second only to micro-brewing. When it comes to cartoon-loving kiddies, Frozen is second-to-none. So according to my iffy, imaginary pseudoscience, that makes Drunk Girl Designs‘ ‘Cold as Fuck’ mittens the nexus (nadir?) of 2014′s pop culture trends.
Curious? Crafty? Cold as fuck? Click here to purchase the pattern.
Q: What’s The Only Thing Creepier Than Eating Olaf’s Brains?
‘Sandman’ Chess Set Is The Stuff Of Dreams
Sculpted by Paul Harding, available July 2015. (x)
It’s Not Just Me.
This mug is a little weird, right?
Die Of Cute Groot Overload
USPS Issues Rankin/Bass Stamps
The United States Postal Service has issued a set of four stamps featuring characters from the Rankin/Bass classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The limited edition ‘Forever Stamps’ (ironic, no?) are currently available in your local Post Office and at USPS.com.
2 Semi-Valid Reasons To Buy An Officially Licensed ‘Iron Man’ Wearable Sleeping Bag
There are two (semi-valid) reasons why I’m keeping one of these Iron Man Wearable Sleeping Bags in the trunk of my car.
Beautiful ‘Book of Life’ Merch
Is this a celebration of The Book of Life‘s artistic, aesthetic and box office success, or simply a long list of Amazon Associates links themed around a cartoon that the cool kids like?
Full disclosure: A li’l bit of both. That said, stunning swag awaits! Continue reading
‘Man is in the Forest’ Fire Pit
Available exclusively at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. (Kidding!) Continue reading
This Exists?!
TIL that Disney and Milton Bradley once put out a Lilo & Stitch-themed version of the game Operation. Players act as Jumba, operating on a strapped down Experiment 626! Click here for Amazon’s listing.
Koffee!
(link leads to Amazon)
My Favorite Cartoon Phone Case…EVER
Buzz’s Boot for iPhone 5S, and iPhone 4/4S (links lead to Amazon)
Oui! Oui!
This Totoro Futon Is The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (And On)
Back to school shopping has begun! You’ve bought your pencils, your erasers and your animation themed laptop decals. But what about your dorm? You want your new roommate to know you’re a cartoon fan, but you also want them to see you as a tasteful decorator. What to do, what to do? Enter the Totoro Double Bed-Sized Futon. It’s cute, cuddly and available on Amazon!
6 Essential Books For Aspiring Story Artists
Curious about a career in the story department? Interested in the intricacies of storyboarding? S&BT has put together a short, sharp list of books to obsess over, books GUARANTEED to increase your knowledge, ability and appreciation for the often overlooked artistry of story. Continue reading
Miyazaki’s First ‘Mononoke’ Was A Decidedly Different Tale
Did you know that Hayao Miyazaki wrote an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT version of Princess Mononoke back in 1980? S’true! Continue reading
Coming Soon: Mondo Toys’ Iron Giant
Having won the Poster Wars, Mondo turns their talents to toys. First up, this STUNNING Iron Giant figure! For a photo of the full figure and lots and lots of product details, click through.
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WTF Merch: SpongeBob Underpants
9 out of 10 cartoon-crazy Casanovas agree:
Nothing says sexy like SpongeBob Squarepants underpants.
Life-Size Superman Kite: $15 On Amazon
To order, click here.
‘LEGO Movie’ Bit Players Now On Amazon
‘Where Are My Pants’ Guy, Larry the Overpriced Coffee Barista, Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Scratchen-Post the Cat Lady — The LEGO Movie‘s most memorable walk-ons are now available for purchase! And just cuz I find their scribbled customizations so cute, here are the links for Biznis Unikitty and Sharpie-Smile Good Cop.
WTF Merch: Shrek Shoes
Related: WTF Merch
Doraemon Voltron Is Coming…
Via: TAG Hobby
Recommended Listening: DANGERDOOM
DANGERDOOM’s 2005 album, The Mouse and the Mask, is an amazing example of advertising-as-art. Created by two of music’s more idiosyncratic artists — producer Dangermouse and rapper MF DOOM — it simultaneously served as an extended ad for Cartoon Network’s mid-2000s programming and a truly great rap record. Continue reading
Print ‘N’ Cut Papercraft: Super Stylish Slipcovers For Your Disney Blu-Rays
Quick show of hands. Who here loves the ugly, off-model artwork Disney uses on their DVD and Blu-Ray releases? Anyone? Anyone?
That’s what I thought.
Artist Miguel Roselló is also not a fan. But instead of just sitting around typing rhetorical questions about it, he’s creating a series of sumptuous slipcovers for your Disney Blu-Rays — and they’re FREE! What’s more, he’s formatted them so that all you have to do is print, cut and insert. How cool is that? Click here to begin.
A Printable Present For Animation Fans:Official Walt Disney Prod. Stationary
This FREE, downloadable Walt Disney Prod. stationary (circa 1938) not only makes the PERFECT PRESENT for that diehard Disney fan in your life, it’s also the ideal canvas upon which to role-play your favorite old-school animators!
Sketch a curvy nude à la Freddie Moore! Create a kooky Christmas card à la Ward Kimball! Write an angry letter to the unions à la Walt Disney!
The possibilities are LIMITLESS!
For the full size stationary, click through… Continue reading
That Come Hither Stare…
“The sexy bedroom eyes on this Aquaman action figure make me very uncomfortable.” - rawlingstones
Oddish Planter
I’m torn. I want one, but I don’t want one. I want one cuz it’s awesome. Every time I’d look at it I’d smile. But I don’t want one cuz I’m terrible with plants. What if I accidentally killed it? That’s Pokémonslaughter!
Oddish planter by Lorzo.
Ooh…
Hayao Miyazaki is publishing a series of illustrated memoirs chronicling his career. The first two books (now available in English!) include concept art, random doodles, Studio Ghibli holiday cards and all sorts of other delightful oddities.
Amazon’s links for Starting Point: 1979-1996 ($11) and Turning Point: 1997-2008 ($20)
WTF Merch: ‘Attack On Titan’ Mousepad
Rest your wrist between Levi’s bulbous buttocks and ward off carpal tunnel syndrome. Thanks, science!
For Sale: Popeye Pop Art & Gundam Gravestones
Jeff Koons’ 7 foot tall Popeye statue — only three were made! — is expected to sell for $25 million at an upcoming Sotheby’s auction. As for the 13 foot Gundam gravestones, they’re only available via the Kise Sekizai grave makers in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan. (Price unknown, buyer pays all shipping fees. No exchanges or returns.) Start savin’!
Via: The NYTimes and RocketNews24
The Perfect Anime Work-Out Tee
$20 on Amazon. Click here to order.
Eyegasm: Every Disney ‘Art Of’ Book…Ever
The Disney ‘Art Of’ books are an animation fan’s nirvana. Chock full of captivating concept art, these books shine a light on the brilliant artists working behind the scenes, and give a gorgeous glimpse at what could have been. Compiled after the jump are the covers and ordering info for each and every one of these books. Kiss your paycheck goodbye. Continue reading
Hypnotic, Ain’t It?
You are currently entranced by Carpe Diem Carpe Noctem, Andy Hau’s tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Prints of the glow-in-the-dark poster can be purchased for $40. Click here to order.
Animation-Related Record Store Day Releases
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Little Mermaid/Bigger Boat
The perfect summer t-shirt. Available on Cakeworthy.
The Books That Inspired Disney’s Cartoons
“Disney ruins the classic fairy tales!”
It’s the go-to gripe in every anti-Disney arsenal. This, despite the fact that none of the gripers have actually bothered to READ all of the books that Disney has based its animated features on. Hell, I’m a Disney fanatic, and even I haven’t gotten around to it. We’re talking ‘s 33 titles — and counting! You’re gonna have to forgo a lot of great television, movies, comic books, sexual encounters and, yes, other books and cartoons if’n you want to complete this syllabus.
Think you’re up for it? Well, it just so happens that I’ve cobbled together a COMPLETE LIST of the books used as the basis for Walt Disney’s animated films — including some super-cool cover art!
WTF Merch: Attack On Titan Playset
If you’ve watched even the briefest bit of the amazing anime, Attack on Titan, you should already be scratching your head over this odd piece of tie-in merchandise. I mean, A COLOSSAL TITAN PLAYSET?! How creepy is that?
Making this “playset” all the weirder is the official sales pitch, which enthusiastically boasts the following bonus items: “The Titan that ate Carla…and one other secret titan are also included to help bring out the tense atmosphere. Miniature villagers and soldiers and even a broken wall are also included!”
For more pics of the playset (and a handful of other Attack on Titan items), click through. Continue reading
Benedict Meets Batman
Or: Benedict Cumberbatchman, The World’s Greatest Detective²
I L-O-V-E these tees! Blending the logos from Bruce Timm’s 1990s Batman cartoons with the silhouettes of Sherlock and Watson was an inspired idea, and the results are as iconic as they are eye-catching. Both shirts are available on Amazon:
The Calcifer Frying Pan
It’s real, and you can buy it.
Kinky/Creepy Totoro Bodysuits:Now Available On Amazon!
Depending upon your personal kinks, this lycra Totoro bodysuit is either (a.) a nightmarish pairing of Studio Ghibli and American Horror Story or (b.) a super sexy Valentine’s Day gift.
Everyone who picked (a.): Click here to further fuel those nightmares.
Everyone who picked (b.): Click here to order.
‘She Wants The D’ Tee
Let’s keep the hip hop/Mouse House mash-ups going a little longer, shall we? Here’s a lovely little t-shirt for the ladies featuring some suggestive slang that doubles as a declaration of Disney love.
Planning a trip to Disneyland?
Getting away to Walt Disney World?
This tee will either offend everyone in your ‘Small World’ boat or draw similarly sick minds into your social circle.
To order one off Amazon (all sizes and colors available!), click here.
Related: Hip Hop Lyrics + Disney GIFs…
Badass Bag Design
Minimal, yet memorable. Well done, Marvel. Via.
A Printable Present For Comic Book Fans:Official Marvel Comics Office Stationary
This FREE, downloadable Marvel Comics office stationary (circa 1967) not only makes the PERFECT PRESENT for that luddite comic book fan on your shopping list, it’s also a great way to role-play your favorite old-school comics creators!
Write a love letter from Stan Lee to Stan Lee!
(For bonus believability, always alliterate.)
Pen a paranoid letter of resignation from Steve Ditko!
(Don’t forget to quote Ayn Rand.)
Call Stan Lee a pest, a punk and a plantation owner, care of Jack Kirby!
(Tip: Crackling energy dots were Kirby’s version of emoticons.)
Why, the possibilities are only limited by your imagination and mental storehouse of useless comics gossip. In other words — LIMITLESS!
Click through for the full size stationary.
Top 5: Most Disturbing Disney Toys
Christmas is just around the corner. You’re struggling to find the perfect presents for the folks on your list. Loved ones are easy. You could probably pick a hundred ‘perfect presents’ for them. But what about the folks whose names are way, way down at the bottom of your list? The co-workers you can’t stand? The family members you’ve been damned to interacting with for the rest of your life? The filthy next-door neighbor you know is going to give you a zip-lock bag full of homemade cookies that you wouldn’t even eat as part of a suicide pact? Buying for them is HARD.
No longer!
Skunk & Burning Tires has put together a list of the Top 5 Most Disturbing Disney Toys. These totems to tastelessness are not only good for a cheap laugh, they make the perfect passive-aggressive present for those folks you’re only gifting out of guilt.
Mike Mignola-Labelled Wine Creeps Out Of The Cellar
The Mortal Vintner is now selling their Mike Mignola-labelled wine, “Skeleton Head.” Visit their webstore before midnight Dec. 18 and you’ll get a 20% discount AND Mike Mignola will sign your bottle!
A Questionable Gift Idea For The Germaphobe/Animation Fan In Your Life
Q: What’s the only toy more unsanitary than the ‘Ratatouille Kitchen Chaos Playset’?
The PERFECT Gift For You & Your Ward
Commemorate your as-yet-undefined relationship with this sterling-silver friendship necklace honoring Batman & Robin’s 73-year ‘are they/aren’t they’ partnership.
Hell, why limit yourself with that ‘friendship’ label? Let’s celebrate the speculation and simply call it a RELATIONSHIP necklace.
Friends, more-than-friends and funny-book f*ck buddies can purchase this necklace set here.
Related: Superhero Housewares
Music’s Mutants Meet Marvel’s Martyrs
(Or: This Is My Childhood, Mashed-Up & Merchandised)
I’m conflicted.
About these mash-ups, I mean.
On the one hand, artist James Zark has combined two things I’ve LOVED since I was a kid: Punk rock and X-Men. On the other hand, seeing them plastered on everything from t-shirts to tote bags to coffee mugs feels a bit…off.
X-Men is all about individuality, right? And a big part of punk rock was the idea of not “selling out.” So mashing them together and then merchandising them indiscriminately — I can’t be the only one who finds it a li’l ironic, can I?
I can?
Damn.
Then without further ado, ‘Never Mind The Mutants: Here’s the X-Pistols!’
Cartoon Swag: Laptop Decals
Laptop decals are the wacky socks of the tech set — a store bought way to proclaim one’s individuality whilst continuing to conform to societal norms.
Sound harsh?
Well, if it makes you feel any better, it was actually a lecture aimed squarely at ME. Cuz you know what I just spent the last half hour doing? Searching online for an animation-themed laptop decal…while wearing garishly striped socks.
So what better way to turn lemons into lemonade (or in this case, a secret shame into a public post) than to share my favorite finds with you!
Halloween-Ready Mickey Mouse Tees
M-I-C
See? There ARE badass Mickey Mouse tees.
K-E-Y?
Why? Cuz not all Disney fans want to look like they bought their swag at Wal-Mart.
M-O-U-S-E!!!
Superhero Housewares
Now that it’s only adults reading comic books, comics’ merchandising has had to follow suit. Gone are the Kenner toys and Underoos of yesteryear. In their place are X-Men Mazdas and $3000 Iron Man home theater displays. Ah, but those are just the ‘official,’ big-ticket tie-ins. Business is also booming in the humbler home goods market . Heck, there’s even a sub-section of this market made up entirely of HOMEMADE home goods — and it’s thriving!
Shown below are some of the more inspired superhero housewares currently available on Etsy. They’re not only charming as all get out, they’re CHEAP!
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Toys: You’re Too Old To Play With ‘Em, So You Call ‘Em “Collectibles”
These three personality-packed stunners are from a limited line of “mini-busts” created by Grand Jester Studios. While their prohibitive pricing will keep me from ever actually owning one, I wanted to post these pics because of some very interesting choices made by the manufacturer.
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T-Shirts: Like Going Topless, Only Clothed
Seeing as how you’re sitting around, lazily browsing a pop culture website and not out ballroom dancing or walking red carpets, I’m guessing fancy clothes ain’t your thing.
Coincidence! Me, either!
T-shirts are my preferred gut covering. In fact, unless I’m attending a funeral or legal proceeding, they’re my ONLY gut covering. Still, one can’t just wear ANY t-shirt. They’ve gotta speak to your personality. Your likes. Your dislikes. Your current obsessions and your lifelong loves. Your favorite memes and your unrealized dreams. Basically anything and everything that makes you YOU.
Posted below are a few recent favorites.
