I didn't remember about this until late last night, so I was sad I didn't post it sooner to remind everyone.

FUTURAMA IS BACK ON COMEDY CENTRAL!

The new season premiered last night with 2 great episodes. I enjoyed the little joke in the beginning about getting cancelled etc. I aso thought the episodes were top notch and that it didn't really miss a beat being gone all of these years.

So if you want to check it out and get Back to the Future with Fry, Leela, Bender and the gang, it is on Comedy Central Thursdays @ 10

* The photo is the Kidrobot Futurama figures that I have on my desk. My collection is getting quite large.

We all know that I am somewhat obsessed with video games. While I was traveling last week, I did not have a NES for my daily mario on it, so sad. As a fan of video games I am also a fan of video game art and "I am 8-Bit". If you don't know what that is it is in LA each year and is a gallery event filled with video game inspired art. Very cool. 

Above is the guitar hero guitar strap that was created in conjunction with" I am 8-bit" from Couch Guitar Straps. It also happens to be the strap on my guitar hero guitar. Love it. I am also thinking about / working on painting my guitar to go along wih the strap. Maybe soon I will have some time to work on that. I will be posting the end result on here for sure, maybe some process pics.

*NOTE I was told today how I didn't mention that my awesome wife got me the guitar strap... Well she did, and now I pay for being wrong.

I found these posters by Hybrid Home quite awhile ago, but as soon as I started to pick out the posters I wanted to feature I went searching through my archives for it. They are titled Visible Robot and Visible Ghost and are both by Brian Flynn.

The great thing about the Visible Ghost print is it is printed with glow in the dark ink.

The robot print reminds me a lot of The Gigantic Robot  book I posted about a little while ago (and received more recently) and just like that one also makes me think about the move The Incredibles.

Above is the "Thing I like" Poster from Richard Perez at Skinny Ships.

Richard and I have some similar likes, since I am a big fan of all of them listed, except VHS tapes, can't really say I like those. Not only is the list fantastic but the illustration style works so well with it. It could work well in my office or in a child's room, very versatile.

Check out some of his other work at his website. I also included a screenshot of his site because I just love the huge HELLO THERE. It feels really personal and works with his clean and simple design.

This poster is on my "BUY" list for sure, and hopefully I can make that happen before it is sold out. 18x24 4-color screenprint, Edition of 100, $35 + Shipping . Go check it out.

A post of happiness. 3 of the original voice cast have signed to do the show again and the other 2 are close. A very good day.

These great Kokeshi Illustrations are from my friend Sherri over at Riri Willow. She has been working on a project on her blog where she does a creative thing everyday and posts it up. Not only that but I have been featured on there a few times with some of my post it note sketches that I doodle at work.

The top photo is me on the left, our friend Laura, and then Sherri's Boyfriend Greg. Plus, with the bonus me as a Pirate (how awesome is that!), and then Sherri herself with what I like to refer to as vintage Sherri (her old style of hair that was really cool).

Great illustrations and be sure to go check out the rest of her daily creativity at her blog.

I spotted this Futurama Vinyl mini Series on Notcot two days ago and I can't stop thinking about them. They are made the the king of vinyl figures, Kidrobot.

I am not a stranger to the Kidrobot figures, but I have managed to hold off temptation almost until now. The only exception being my dunny Ribeye who lives on my desk (and I mean how could I avoid buying him with my carnivore diet). I have been tempted many times since then, dunnys, munnys, labbits (OH MY!), but never like this.

I have a special place in my brain where Futurama lives. It is one of my all time favorite cartoons. Yes, Simpsons is great, Family Guy was a passing fad for me, and Futurama will live on forever. This is partially I think because it ended on a high note. Their movies since then have been good, and it is coming back on the air, but I have heard not with the original cast, and that will make the first episodes last as classics. The characters are so deep, the story lines are fantastic, and dare I say it...yes... the show has made me cry (a manly cry though).

But back to the subject at hand. These awesome vinyls. People got their first look at them at the SDCC and some people actual have some since they gave a few out at the Comic Con. They come out next month. I will have to splurge and get a few. They are blind boxed, which means its a grab bag. You could get the amazing Bender, Mom, or Slurms McKenzie, you won't know! I know which ones I want, however that would be the entire set, and cost me way too much cash (if I got the entire set in one shot, I would hop on a plane to Vegas, then and there).

Ribeye will get a few friends though, for sure.

Photos are from NotCot

This is the next book I am going to buy (or pre-order...)

The Gigantic Robot is a new book by Tom Gauld. It is a 32 page board book about a gigantic robot. It has a silver cover and features 2 color printing throughout the book. You can find some more photos of it on Tom's Flickr page.

A lot of people have sad that robots were a passing fad, but I really could care less. I loved robots before they were a "fad" and still love them to this day. It probably stems from almost any boy's childhood dream to either own a robot, be a robot, or just dance like a robot. All of this is just further reinforced with Futurama from a few years ago, which is still one of my favorite animated comedies (OK, i'll say it, cartoons, I am a man, and I love cartoons, but everyone around me already knows that). Nothing like having a best friend that is a robot. The drawings in this sort of remind me a bit from the one episode with the "What If" Machine, and Bender asked "What if I was 500 feet tall?" and the beginning sequence was a little like this with a huge structure holding him up. 

I am also feeling a bit of The Incredibles here with the different robots Syndrome created to destroy the Supers. All great things to be reminded of when this book arrives.

Overseas customers can by it from the first link, and those of us in the US can buy it from Buenaventura Press for $17 plus shipping. I'll be adding it to my collection soon.