Ask about my zombie shirt

Ask me about my zombie shirt.

Ask me about my zomb…BRaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiNS!

A friend tagged me, and posted this on Facebook. I am definitely ordering one. I just wish t-shirt companies would stop making sleeves for people who want to hide their arms. T-shirt sleeves shouldn't reach your elbow unless you're 9 years old or younger.

Get your own zombie tee.

BraaaaiiiiiiiiiiNS!

Alec Jones - monster of an artist

Alec Jones' Dragon is cute AND cool!

I was perusing in a blog I don't frequent enough, and found this really great artist Alec Jones. He's got a variety of art, but I love his monsters. The style makes sense in so many ways. His imagination, and ability for putting tons of detail in something so simple makes me jealous as an artist myself. Nice work, Alec. What you call a "doodle" I'd hang in my living room. Great zombie!

Check out Drawn! (where I found him)

The Drawn Post on Alec Jones.

Alec Jones' Blog, The Alec Tree

Betty Bones like him too ;)

Monkey monster dolls at the MF Toy Show

These monkeys were designed by Bianca Panzram.

I went to the MF Gallery opening of the 2009 MF Toy Show last night in Brooklyn, NY. There were lots of crazy toys designed by talented artists. I wanted to take everything home. Some of it was gross, some was cute, some was weird, but nothing was conventional, and everything was inspirational.

These simple striped monkeys by Bianca Panzram were my favorites.

Artists and studios included:

MF Toys

Cupco! (fun site!)

Jenny Harada

Moses Jaen

Ed Repka

Bianca Panzram

Aaron Tomkins

Bastet2329

Elmer Presslee (bonus monkey on the front page of the site)

EatYourChildren

Sara Lanzillotta - - - Monkeyhouse Toys

Aya Kakeda

Steven Lopez

Jaz Harold

Tyson Summers

Ciou

Fernando Carpaneda

Nikki Taylor (did I find the right artist here?)

Mary Doyle (bonus chimp on front page of the site :)

I'm thinking of heading back to buy a piece or two. I highly recommend it if you are into toys, in the toy industry, or just need to be inspired by some wicked art.

Death by scissor

A great image from The Zombz Facebook page.

The Zombz are DK, Rot, and Wreck, a trio of undead teens. How cool is that? A kid-friendly introduction to horror. Where were these guys when I was a kid? I had to watch Hammer Films in the dark by myself. Everyone can love these guys… day or night.

Official Zombz Site.

Zombz Facebook Page.

…and don't run with scissors unless you're running from Zombies.

This is squarey

Anthony, the Squarey Monster,
and the "only cycloptopus ever known."

This is Anthony of the Squarey Monsters. They are a cute set of monsters with their own clever origins and missions. Anthony, for instance, helps kids find things that they lost.

The Squarey Monsters are designed by Monkey Doodle Dandy.

Totally kid-friendy. Here's the Squarey Monsters Blog.

Animal

Lots of monsters in this window with the Muppet, Animal!

I was walking my dog near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, and found this Animal from The Muppets in a musical instrument store that looks closed down.

King Kong's skeleton

King Kong's skeleton sold for $218K.

Lots of blog crossover with this post. I originally posted this on Millions of Monkeys, but it seemed to fit within the criteria for my other blogs too. King Kong is one of my favorite movie characters (not to mention monsters) of all time [Kanye, stay out of this. I'm not letting you interupt].

This was the armature used in the stop-motion filming of the original King Kong from 1933.

Link to the Kong skeleton story at Australia's ABC.net.


This posted link can also be found at Abby Cadaver's Reveue de Jitters.
See more there about her appreciation for monster movies with movie reviews and comments.

This posted link can also be found at LilyBat's Bogey News.
See more there about her appreciation for weirdness and monsters in the news.

Monster Crush

Robert Berry has a one-eyed green octopus monster on his shoulder.

I've never officially met Robert Berry, the webmaster at Retrocrush, but we've connected through our sites, blogs and Facebook. He's got a lot of the same interests and appreciations as I do, so when I saw he changed his profile picture to this one it made sense to ask him if he would like to grace the face of Millions of Monsters… as the second post. We've come a long way, baby!

And, since we share a specific appreciation for the king of all monsters, here's a link to his article on The Censored Scenes of King Kong.

Be a fan of RetroCrush on the Fans of RetroCrush Facebook page.

Garbage monster

There's a monster collecting your trash.

I author a blog called Millions of Monkeys with a few other contributors. It's basically a way for me to log all the monkeys I run across in my daily life. A while back I thought it would be a good idea to do something similar (actually the same), but with monsters. So, there you have it. This is "Millions of Monsters." Starts with this first monster.

This garbage truck monster was wedged on a garbage truck outside one of the Sanitation buildings in Brooklyn, NYC. Sometimes you'll see a plush doll or teddy wired to the grill in the front. Today while walking my dog outside my art studio, I saw a monster. And, though I was already inclined to do this blog, props go to the Sanitation guys who did this, and inspired me to get it going.