RETURN of the THROWBACK THURSDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's been a while since the last throwback, but now I'm back on it. I'm also typing up another interview that will fallow up with another THROWBACK THURSDAYS CONTEST for the month of October. (stay posted) This throwback stuck in my mind as a kid. It was a great concept with a poor cheesy delivery. (as were many 80's cartoons) Turbo teen aired in 1984 with only 12 episodes, but I just couldn't get it out of my head. I was super excited when I saw the saturday morning promos on TV.
Please post comments if any of you remember this show, so I won't feel alone on this one.




Show Summary: Not only was Brett Matthews a great sports car driver, he was also a great sports car! Following an accident in which he crashed into a science lab where a top-secret transfer ray was being developed, Brett had the ability to turn himself into a car whenever his body temperature reached a certain level. Brett trusted no one—aside from his girlfriend Pattie, his buddy Alex, and the federal government—with his chrome-plated secret.
Always an altruistic automobile, the Turbo Teen used his powers for good. Most notably, he battled bad guy Dark Rider and his truck, Bigfoot.



Isn't that thriller instrumental track kind of bizzare?

FINAL WEEK TO PLACE YOUR BIDS

All of the money raised from the bids will be a donation for HARVEST FOR HUNGER. Place your bids soon for a good cause.




YOU CAN NOW SEE ALL OF THE CUSTOMIZED BEARS IN FULL DETAIL AT THE GRUMPY FLICKR PAGE

If anyone is interested in placing a bid on either of my Harvest for Hunger Bear submissions, feel free to shoot me an e-mail. All bids start at $30.00 and go toward a good cause. PLUS, as an extra BONUS, the winner of either of my bears in the auction will win an original THROWBACK THURSDAY art piece signed by me!
I will be posting the current bids of my bears on this blog, so keep checking back.



CURRENT BID IS > $45.00



CURRENT BID IS > $50.00

FREAKSHOW FLYER

The show goes up this weekend. I have 3 pieces up, 2 for auction. I will be posting them up on ebay in case anyone wants to place a bid. More pics to follow.

Here's my full lineup of toys appearing in the show.

GRUMPY FREAKSHOW SUBMISSIONS

First and foremost, I gotta thank my family for pulling together this holiday weekend and painting up a bear. This first bear's theme was my wife and daughter's idea. It's a CATBUS from the animated movie "My neighbor Totoro" I helped with the early sketch, but most of the labor was my family. The only thing I handled was the sculpting and drawing the face. Believe it or not, I was only 20% of this project. Hats off to my wonderfully talented FAM.


My 2 budding female artists







This is the completed CHOO CHOO bear. I really like the way he came out. I might have to bust out some sketches of 'em.




I'm participating in a vinyl toy show in Cleveland where a group of artists are painting on a blank Grumpy Bear that I designed. Below is one of my custom pieces. I want it to have a little golden book feel. He's a train engineer named CHOO-CHOO. If you want to see more works in progress by other artists, feel free to swing by the GRUMPY FREAKSHOW BLOG

INDEX CARD SKETCHES

I sketched some fellow co-workers during a meeting today. I usually suck at doing charicatures, but I think these came out alright.

KIDS NEXT DOOR COMMERCIAL

Here's an old Kids Next Door commercial spot that I directed and animated some time ago. I found it on a disk last night and thought I should share it on Youtube. I have tons of my old commercials scattered on discs that are hidden under tons of paper. If I come across more, I'll share them as well. Enjoy.

A BRAND NEW Tom and Jerry Series!!!!!!!

A NEW Tom and Jerry series will be premiering Sept 23 on the Kids WB. It looks really promising from the clips I've seen.

BIG red on a little sticky note

I found this sticky note that I sketched on a while back stuck onto the side of my mac tower. Thought I'd scan it in and share it.

Gift Bag

Here's a gift bag I quickly drew up for someone who purchased one of my T-shirts in the gallery show. BETA the carrot TEEN kicking some cancerous butt.

HONKHONKASHOO NOW at TARGET

A few months back I did an interview with Ralph Cosentino and followed it up with the Fat Albert art contest. Ralph was kind enough to donate his rare hard plastic toys as a prize for the winner. Now you can get another one of his creations at your nearby TARGET. Check out the HONKHONKASHOO site to find a target store in your area that has this cool pillow plush pal. Below are pics of the items you can find at the store. Great talking plush toys for everyone to enjoy.





HONKHONKASHOO loves NEW YORK!

GREAT BOOK BUY

Seth Larson (Co-worker) showed me his new Art of Making "MONSTER HOUSE" book. I was shocked at the quality of the book! It came in a super cool glossy sleave, and had art collector cards that were pocketed throughout the book. Even little sticky notes scattered on various pages added to the unique feel of this great book. I immediately got on Amazon and ordered it for a low $28.35 with free shipping. If you've got tons of art of Disney and other animated film books weighing down your book shelf until it's about to break, go ahead and add this one to your collection of books you barely read. It's a MONSTER BUY!

FOSTER'S SEASON ONE ON iTUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't express how much of a fan I am of this show. GENIUS! The complete first season is available on iTunes. Before a dvd for that matter. Get it while it's HOT!