Woodring fans may be interested in these videos. Woodring is the creator of characters and toys such as Frank, Pupshaw and Pushpaw, Mantra, Mr Bumper. Jim Woodring talks about the Age of Cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0oSaUQn5E&mode=related&search=JIM WOODRING TRIPS HALLUCINATIONSIONS Jim Woodring talks about the Age of Drugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiBokgY7Ekw&mode=related&search=JIM WOODRING TRIPS HALLUCINATIONS Visions of Frank: Some short "Films by Japan's Most Audacious Animators" based on Woodring's characters. There's more if you search youtube. Wild stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHZ69DsfQI&mode=related&search=JIM WOODRING TRIPS HALLUCINATIONS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUHBh--6Hc&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgfySMIDnNs&mode=related&search=
man, Jim's got some heavy shit going on upstairs - he's a way more whacked out dude than i imagined - can i ever look at my Mr Bumber the same way again?
Got that presspop dvd; it's kind of like a tribute album if we're thinking of the same thing. Pretty nice.
Among my most treasured non-kaiju figures are these hand-painted resin prototypes for the Frank and Pushpaw/Pupshaw sets that were later translated into vinyl. They are slightly larger than the production figures were - and have a really beautiful hard, smooth color finish.
ohmigawd, taro! that so fuckin rocks i cannot tell you how much.....jim is my number 1 hero and i know him pretty well. frank has been tattooed on my arm for hmmmm.....fifteen years now. I've got quite a collection of his originals and prints, too, including the most exquisite panel from the whole earth story "frank's real pa." The very first big drawing in his book "seeing things" is about my exhibition he was in. i'm so in love with your frank model. how did you come to acquire him?
The prototypes came up on eBay. The seller had somehow obtained them from PressPop. Jim Woodring was also interested in the auction. He and I chatted back and forth about it. He decided to bow out.
