Spoke Art x San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives

Spoke Art is counting the hours until we return to San Diego Comic-Con next week and we could not be more excited about all the amazing artwork we are bringing with us!

This year we are thrilled to have over a dozen new SDCC exclusives including: limited editions prints, collectibles and sold out editions from our archives.

Visit us at booth 4919, July 19th - 23rd at the San Diego Convention Center for your first chance to take home these incredible new works of art! Scroll down for sneak peeks from each artist and stay tuned to our blog for the full reveals next week. 

Participating Artists:
Jonathan Bartlett | Joshua Budich | Neil Davies | Ricardo Diseño | Joey Feldman | Alex Gross | James Hobson | Chris Koehler | Andrew Kolb | Rory Kurtz | Dave Perillo | Bailey Race | Dakota Randall | Geoff Trapp | Zi Xi

Designer Con 2021 Recap

Designer Con 2021 had their own virtual con during the summer but they also had their in-person event held at the Anaheim Convention Center in November. There were still a good amount of exhibitors, artists etc... in attendance. Overall with how things have been regarding the health and safety protocols, the show was held and it was a solid event despite a lot of uncertainty with traveling and covid. Looking forward to all the shows that can be safely attended this year. Here's a link to our DCon Photos HERE. Enjoy!

DesignerCon 2021 This Weekend!

DesignerCon 2021 is back this weekend starting Friday, November 12th for VIP Ticket Holders and into the weekend. This is one of the first conventions to slowly come back after the pandemic shut down pretty much everything for over a year. Attendees and Vendors will still have to mask up and show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test. More details can be found on their website HERE. 

DesignerCon 2020 This Weekend

 

DESIGNERCON RETURNS NOVEMBER 13TH - 15TH FOR THE MOST AMBITIOUS CON OF 2020!

New Partnership With Popshop Live App Will Bring Vendors’ Storefronts And Artists Live to Viewers’ Screens, While Allowing Them to Skip the Lines And Avoid the Crowds

In spite of the unusual presentation, attendees can expect many of the traditions they’ve come to love. Every year, DesignerCon organizes events and aesthetics around an important pop-culture theme, and 2020 is no different. For this edition of DCON, the expo celebrates the 35th anniversary of Back to the Future—a franchise more timely than ever IN 2020.

 

CONVENTION DATES

November 13 - 15, 2020

Since its founding in 2005, DesignerCon has grown into the largest designer toy and art convention in the United States. With COVID-19 disrupting the global event industry, founder Ben Goretsky remains determined to continue expanding—this time into the digital realm. For its 2020 edition, DesignerCon will broadcast and sell to thousands of attendees on Popshop Live, a groundbreaking platform at the forefront of streaming commerce. 

Companies that have already signed up for the innovative approach to the convention include Japan’s MEDICOM (with DesignerCon being their only US convention), Toy Cube, and 3D Retro. Participating artists include Valfre, Joel Ledbetter, Luke Chueh, and Jorge R. Guiterrez, to name a few. his year’s set of DCON exclusive Be@rbricks will be designed by Jermaine Rogers, Louis De Guzman, Valfre, Alex Pardee, and Greg Mike. Tickets will go on sale in October, and DesignerCon will be hosted live on the Popshop Live app from November 13 to 15th, 2020.  

Today is the last day to purchase VIP Tickets but you can purchase all tickets HERE.

DesignerCon Returns to Anaheim this November!

DesignerCon 2019 Returns To The Anaheim Convention Center
With An Impressive Lineup Of Artists, Toys, Collectibles, Prints, Original Art, Panels, Signings And Experiences From Around The Globe 

CONVENTION DATES 
November 22 - 24, 2019 

VIP Night | November 22, 5pm - 9pm
 General Entry | November 23, 10am - 7pm
General Entry | November 24, 10am - 6pm

Anaheim Convention Center
800 W. Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802
 

DesignerCon is returning the the Anaheim Convention Center! 14 years ago, DesignerCon made its debut in Los Angeles and established itself as the largest designer toy convention in the United States. In 2018, it outgrew its original home and expanded to three times its original size at the Anaheim Convention Center. The 350,000 square feet of programming space plays host to over 800 artists and vendors, including SuperPlastic, KidRobot, Mighty Jaxx, Gary Baseman, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, and Jim Mahfood, as well as street brands like Dumb Good. DesignerCon 2019 returns to the Anaheim Convention Center bigger than ever and just in time for holiday shopping, from November 22 - 24, 2019.

Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at https://tickets.designercon.com/purchase.html

Here's What You Missed at DesignerCon! DCon 2016 Recap and More!!!

How many of you went to DesignerCon this year? We know that there a lot of people who couldn't make it this year and we did our best to try and get pictures of as many booths and toys as we could. As you all know the show expanded into yet another hall. The inflatable DCon in the above picture was new as well and there were street banners promoting DCon which we forgot to get a picture of.

Super7's NYCC 2016 Exclusives

Super7 will be at NYCC this weekend and will be bringing a bunch of toy exclusives, apparel and a MOTU Errol McCarthy The Card Art Collection Vol. 1 . Stop by Booth #126 to pick up Super7's exclusive vinyl figures, ReAction Figure, MOTU and Apparel.

Andrew Bell's SDCC Exclusives & Releases

Andrew Bell / Dead Zebra / Dumbrella will be at SDCC 2016 this year and will be bringing quite a few exclusives and debut releases as well as other cool merchandise. Stop by booth #1335 to check out these cool items and purchase a few. More info HERE.

New Shawnimals Ninjatown Prints

Shawnimals announced that they have some new Ninjatown Prints for sale. They are $20 each unframed or $30 each framed. Go here to check them out HERE and check out their other items for sale.

Bwana Spoons Brings Teenage Randall and more to Designer Con

Bwana Spoons will be bring both painted and unpainted red Teenage Randall vinyl figures to Designer Con as well as his figures from his Gravy Toys line, The Suns of Brodarr. He will also have prints for $2 each (what???) and lots of other cool stuff for sale. He'll be sharing a booth with Monster Circus!

Lil Japan to Release New Resin Figure at Designer Con

Lil Japan will be releasing his new brand new resin figure Chokehold and his sidekick Octo Hentai at Designer Con. Lil Japan will also have original artwork, prints and custom skulls for sale.

Gamago Warehouse Sale This Saturday

Gamago is having a warehouse sale this Saturday from 11am -3pm. For more details go HERE.

Little Friends of Printmaking's "We Hope You Like Cats" at Super7

Super7 will be hosting Little Friends of Printmaking "We Hope You Like Cats" Show on Friday, June 19th at 6PM at their San Francisco Store. It is an all cat themed show and they will a range of new designs.

Toy Art Gallery Presents "THROWBACK" Featuring James Groman & Nathan Jurevicius

If you're in the Los Angeles area this Saturday, May 16th, stop by the opening reception of Toy Art Gallery's "THROWBACK" show featuring James Groman & Nathan Jurevicius which is from 7PM-10PM. If you can't make it on opening night, the show runs through June 5th.

"THROWBACK features original drawings, limited prints, custom vinyl toys and more! The show will also see the debut of Nathan’s first collaboration with TAG, the soft vinyl Owl Clam! James Groman will also preview his new mini figure series, the B.C. Blasters, along with some surprises."

Sac-Con This Sunday!

Sac-Con is this Sunday, March 1st at the McClellan Conference Center in Sacramento, CA. Admission is $10 at the event. Children 8 & Under Free w/paid Adult. You can pre-register now HERE for $8. Some artists that will be in attendance is Kevin Eastman (TMNT) and DMC (Run DMC).

These 2 TMNT Prints by Kevin Eastman (left) and Mark Bode (right) will be FREE while supplies last.

Toy Art Gallery Presents "Feminamorphe" Group Show This Saturday

Toy Art Gallery is proud to present “FEMINAMORPHE” featuring Candie Bolton, Helen Vine, Okokume, Tasha Zimich, Teresa Chiba and Uamou. Feminamorphe’s six female artists bring a unique perspective to the toy art form, mixing beauty and cuteness with a dark thread of surreality. The show features original drawings, paintings, and prints along with custom toys and exclusive editions.

Opening Reception is tomorrow, Saturday, January 10th from 7pm-10pm. If you can't make it on opening night, the show runs through January 31st.

Toy Art Gallery's Christmas Kaiju Group Show Opening Reception This Friday!

Stop by Toy Art Gallery's Opening Reception of their Christmas Kaiju Group Show this Friday, December 12th at 7PM. There will be soft vinyl customs, special editions, drawings and prints, and more! If you are unable to attend, the show runs through January 5th 2015.

The Christmas Kaiju holiday group show features the following artists: 

Acolorfulmonster, Aidan Monahan, Albino Taco, Aoi Toys, Bog x Squad, Brian Flynn, Butch Adams, Bwana Spoons, Cometdebris, David Arshawsky, Deeten, Devil Robots, Draculazer, Evilos, Feric, Frenzy Bros., Galaxy People, Gargamel, Goreilla, Grizlli Atom, Guumon, Javier Jimenez, Joe Whiteford, Johan Ulrich, John Stokes, Joseph Harmon, Josh Herbolsheimer, Kurobokan, Liz McGrath, Martin Ontiveros, Miscreation Toys, MM Toys, Monsterisland, Radioactiveuppercut, Rampage Toys, Scarecrowoven, Scott Tolleson, Secretdemonservices, Sexualyoukai, Snatch Punch, Splurrt, Steve Ferrera, Tim Clark, Tim Stephson, Topheroy, Tru:tek, Uamou, Uglydolls, Uh Oh Toys, UnaffiliatedSJ, Valarie Bermudez, Wao Toys and more! 

Designer Con 2014 Recap

Designer Con is definitely the best show to attend if you collect designer toys etc... Admission to this show is $5 a day if purchased online or $7 at the door. This year the exhibit hall space grew and they added on a smaller room. The smaller room didn't have the lighting like the bigger area where it's nice and bright but they did get a lot of foot traffic since that is where everyone entered/exited. We've been attending Designer Con since they started and through it's different transformations when the show started as Qeeology then Vinyl Toy Network. We've seen this show grow a lot over the years and this year was by far the biggest it has ever been. This year they also added a Pajama party and anyone with a weekend pass could attend. Unfortunatly, we were not able to attend the party.

This year was extra awesome! There were so many artists there with their own booths such as MAD, Jesse Hernandez, Bigfoot, Bwana Spoons, Le Merde, Martin Ontiveros, Paul Kaiju & Mutant Vinyl Hardcore. We also have to mention that there were quite a few artists/companies that came out from Japan which made this year so much special such as Refreshment Toy / Popsoda, Cometdebris, Goccodo, RealxHead, Skull Toys / 9 Works, Uamou, Touma, Kenth Toy Works, Ukydaydreamer, Punk Drunkers & Blackbook Toy. (sorry if we missed anyone...) We hope that all of the artists/companies from Japan will return next year.

This year we saw quite a few toy prototypes that were being shown from Critical Hit (Skinner), MVH, Paul Kaiju and Toy Art Gallery (TAG). Of course we took pictures!

Finally, out of all the shows that we've attended this year, Designer Con was the best one that we've attended. A huge thank you to Ayleen & Ben who runs and organizes this show.

Below are some of the stuff given out at the show. 

Prints On Wood gave out 100 Jeff Soto Prints per day.

Designed by Chris Lee and Made by Button Lab. Pick up each one design at 4 diffferent booths.

ESC Toys Plush given out to the first 200 attendees each day.

We have tons of pictures to share with all of you from DCon. There were a few of us that took pictures throughout both days of the show and took pictures of a lot of the exhibitors that were there. Basically we have slideshows from 2 of our main cameras with a select number of photos from a 3rd camera. In total there are probably 1000 pics or more which is why it has taken us so long to get our pics up. We had to edit the pics etc... and upload them so you can see them on a slideshow instead of us trying to put each picture one by one here which will take quite a while to view this. There are going to be quite a few slideshows so you can choose what you want to see.

Toy Art Gallery's Halloween Show

Toy Art Gallery will be holding their 2014 Halloween Show on October 18th. Over 40 artists will participating with original sculptures, toys, paintings, drawings and prints.

"The TAG Halloween Show features the following artists:
Aeron Alfrey, Aidan Monahan,an, Bob Conge / Plaseebo, Bonethrower, Brandan Styles, Brent Nolasco, Brian Smith, Butch Adams, Bwana Spoons, Devil Headquarters, DEVILROBOTS, Doubleparlour, Draculazer, Ferg, Flyover, Frank Kozik, Frenzy Bros., Galaxy People, Grizlli Atom, Guumon, Itokin Park, James Groman, Jermaine Rogers, Johan Ulrich, Joseph Harmon, Kenth Toy Works, L’Amour Supreme, Liz McGrath, Martin Ontiveros, Michele Guidarini, Mirock Toy, Miscreation Toys, MM Toys, Monsterfoot Creations, Mr. Heggie, Paul Kaiju, Paul Komoda, Phil Guy, Radioactiveuppercut, Rxseven, Scarecrowoven, Sexualyoukai, Shirahama, Splurrt, TKOM, and Trutek"

If you can't make it on opening night, the show runs until November 8th. 

Subtext Gallery Presents Memories of Tomorrow Featuring New Works by Brian Flynn

Subtext Gallery presents Memories of Tomorrow featuring New Works by Brian Flynn.

Opening Reception with the Artist: Friday, September 12th, 6-10pm
Brian Flynn is the coolest nerd you’ll ever meet. He grew up in Texas as a self-proclaimed Star Wars freak that was inspired by skateboarding, punk rock, action figures, robots and spacemen. He now calls San Francisco home and keeps himself busy as the creative director and co-founder of Hybrid Design. Over the years he has built a stellar client list including Nike, Apple, TED, Levi’s, Starwood Hotels, Lucasfilm, Juxtapoz Magazine and more. He is also the driving force behind the Super7 store, a retail brand he created to sell limited edition toys, apparel and publications that celebrate Flynn’s fascination with vintage Kaiju. Brian has participated in many group shows with Subtext over the years, and Memories of Tomorrow marks his second solo exhibition with our gallery.
hybrid-design.com   super7store.com

Preview/Purchase artwork from the show HERE.