Comic Books Gallery The Imaginative World of Mr. Toast

March 2, 2011 - 11:55 am

Breakfast is fun, especially when it’s served in the form of a cartoon. If you enjoy animated pieces of lightly charred bread put into sticky situations, then make sure to check out the work of Mr. Toast.

Dan Goodsell is the imaginative mind behind Mr. Toast and his cast of mischievous sidekicks: Mr. Glue, Joe The Egg, Shaky Bacon, Clem Lemon, etc. The cartoon guru recently visited Culver City’s Royal/T to host a drawing class. Fans of all ages had the chance to sit down with the comic mastermind and learn the secrets to sketching some of his most popular characters. A variety of Mr. Toast artwork and paraphernalia was also available for purchase in the pop up shop.

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Art/Design Kenny Scharf vs. Graffiti

February 2, 2011 - 10:16 am

Kenny Scharfs Wall

When Kenny Scharf was painting his mural—an orgy of candy-colored cartoon faces in various states of distortion—on the northwest corner of Houston and Bowery in downtown Manhattan, he said he wasn’t worried about graffiti writers painting over his piece, as they did to Shepard Fairey’s “May Day” mural at the same spot in July.

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