Alright.  So, the idea is that we intend to have a bunch of cool stuff going on at Nerd City’s booth throughout the entire C2E2 weekend (April 16-18).  First and foremost of which will be an amazing lineup of artists doing live art, signings, and selling limited edition merch!  Keep checking back here as we get closer to the event for all of the exciting details.  We are ready, however, to unveil the lineup for Saturday.  Here goes:

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Steff Bomb

1-3 p.m.

Veggiesomething

3-? p.m.

Revise CMW

and Joey Potts!

Stay tuned to Nerd City for more developments, but also be sure to click on each artist’s image to go to their official sites.  That way, you can keep up to date on all of their plans for the day and check out all of their great works.

It should be a blast.  If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, get them here! And, be sure to use priority code WL192 when you get them.  That will help Max get that gold-plated car that he’s been wanting.

Also, you probably want to follow us all to the Double Door later that evening for Nerd City’s Official C2E2 After Party!  It will feature music by the Jai Alai Savant, dj sets by Genghis Won and Major Taylor, Nerd Burlesque from the Flaming Dames, and a Swedish Invasion signing from Top Shelf Comics.  You can get your tickets here. And, be sure to rsvp for the event here.

Direct Youtube Link

So badass!

Get yours March 11th, 1p.m. CST here!

We here at Nerd City are huge fans of the design of the Sifu Monk figure from our pal Veggiesomething’s House of Liu line.  We were, therefore, super jazzed when he passed along to us these pics and info about the ultra limited edition AP version of said character.  From the extra posh packaging to the additional accessories to the freaking led eyes, this would be an awesome centerpiece to any House of Liu collection.  However, if you want one, you’ll need to head over to Veggiesomething’s site at 1p.m. CST on Thursday, 3/11(and, maybe a little luck!).

From Veggiesomething:

Edition Size: 3
Price: $80 + cost of shipping (I tried to make it for the fans and recession friendly )
On Sale Date: Thursday, 3/11 at 1pm CST

The AP Sifu differs from the standard Sifu in the following ways:  The AP has flashing red LED and hand painted gold stars for the eyes.  There is an acrylic VGS speech bubble on the top of head.  The spear tassels were also hand painted.  The AP comes in a vintage-like wooden box.

Background Info:
It took me so long to release these APs because at first, I didn’t want to interfere with the sales of the monks at the different retailers.  I thought I would wait a little before releasing them.  I also decided that I wanted to do something special with the APs other than just painting or signing them.  I looked into a bunch of ideas, but they all turned out to be way too costly as I wanted the APs to sell for less than $100.  After months of different revisions and attempts in trying to battle the cost, I finally gave up and decided to do this release for the fans and not worry about the profits.  Once that was decided, I then had some troubles in getting some of the parts that were needed.  Delays after delays - these APs turned out to be truly labors of love.  :p

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Our friends over at Formula Werks have just unleashed their new Workshop line, featuring a sweet new logo design by the one and only Veggiesomething.  Additional design work was done by Escape76. What is extra cool about these pieces is that you do, in fact, get to build your own.  You get to take these modular designs and put your personal spin on them by choosing both the shirt color and the logo color.  How cool is that?

Get yours here!

I’ve always dug the House of Liu line of toys from Veggiesomething, but the newly unveiled Qing Soldier figure is by far my favorite!  Revealed on the Crazylabel blog yesterday, this is the prototype  of a figure that has been in the works since 1988.  They hope to have the production figures available by this year’s Taipei Toy Fesitival.

Congrats on a freaking amazing design, James.  Nerd City approves!

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Against seemingly insurmountable odds, Max and Ben, along with an elite team of neer-do wells, record the 66th Episode of Nerd City. Marcus, Drooo, Revise, Joey Potts, and Veggiesomething all chime in on beers of the season and chat a bit about what gift will be “must haves” for this year.  If you don’t listen to this episode, your life will be pretty much meaningless.

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Friday night’s opening at Rotofugi was, as usual, a blast.  Our friend Veggiesomething and Jesse LeDoux had some amazing art to show, the groud was great, and the music by the one and only Genghiswon was outstanding. All of the art was really reasonably priced, so if you’re not able to make it over to the Rotofugi Gallery (the show runs through Nov. 29th), at least check out the work when it goes up for sale on their site.

What was my favorite piece from the show? A mod-themed piece by Veggiesomething entitled Scooter fever that is Archival Gicleé Print with UV Varnish on Canvas.  Nice.

Whatever didn’t sell in the show will soon be available for purchase from Rotofugi here.
Veggiesomething’s official site is here
and Jesse LeDoux’s site is here.

In anticipation of his upcoming “Hells Yeah! Let’s Do It!” show at Rotofugi (opening this weekend!), Veggiesomething has been releasing some sweet sneak peeks of his work via his Flickr.

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Our good friend Veggiesomething is putting on a dual show @ kickass designer toy shop/gallery Rotofugi. With artist Jesse Ledoux, this should be a super awesome show. Opening is 11/13 @ Seven. Nerd CIty will be there. and so should you.

Rotofugi

1953-1955 W. Chicago Ave.

Chicago, Il 60622

This Friday promises to be a great time at Rotofugi here in Chicago because of the opening reception for their My Kind of Town show.  Set to feature 30+ Chicago area artists, this opening should feature a lot of amazing work.  The impressive participant list features a whole bunch of friends of Nerd City:

• • Anne Leuck Feldhaus
• • Anthony Lewellen
• • Chad Kouri
• • Chris Elioppoulos
• • Chucho
• • Dan Grzeca
• • Darick Maason
• • Dave Krys
• • David Rettker
• • David Soukup
• • Delicious Design League
• • Diana Sudyka
• • Ervin Orion
• • Gabe Lanza
• • Jason Chalker
• • Jay Byrnes
• • Jeremiah Ketner
• • Jeremy Tinder
• • Joe Tallarico
• • Joey D.
• • Joey Potts
• • Justine Barger
• • Kelly Pelka
• • Lana Crooks
• • Lisa Kuppinger
• • Max Bare
• • Mitch O’Connell
• • Netherland
• • Oh No Doom
• • Peabe
• • Phineas X. Jones
• • Revise
• • Rod Hunting
• • Shawn Smith
• • Steve Seeley
• • Travis Lampe
• • Veggiesomething

The opening is this Friday, the 25th from 7-10 p.m. and will feature music by Genghiswon.

See you there!

The NFL season kicks off tonight.  If you need something to get you in the mood, head over to Pyromaniac.com, a fantasy football site that features extensive visual design by our friend, Veggiesomething.  Not only does the site look cool, but it’s also very informative and quite entertaining, as well.

So yes, the days of hot wings and bloody maries is upon us.  Head over to Pyromaniac.com to check out some sweet character design and get all of the latest about your team and your favorite players.

The steaming pile of poop?  That’s the character design for Terrell Owens.

Check out these awesome new designs by our man, Veggiesomething!

From Killerslayer:

Killerslayer will be dropping our latest teeshirts on Friday May 29th at noon Central Standard Time.  The new design features a brand new character by Veggiesomething named “Debonair Rascal”.  This charming and mischievous fellow will be available in 2 colorways: Yellow ink on Black shirts and Yellow ink on Purple shirts.  The shirts were printed in a super limited quantity as always and the design will not be reprinted.  Grab them while you can!

Get your shirts here on Friday!

Check out this awesome new painting by Veggiesomething for MyPlasticHeart’s New Moon: Interpretations of the Chineese Zodiac show.  For those of you playing along at home, Veggiesomething first discussed this character/ painting with us back in Episode 32.

I’ve got to say that I really really dig this design.  For anyone interested in checking out the entire New Moon show, here are the details:

New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac
Group Show
Opening Friday April 10th 2009
6 - 9pm
Exhibition runs through May 10th 2009

MyPlasticHeart Gallery

210 N Forsyth Street

NY, NY 10002

646.290.6866

Today is the relaunch of the official site of our friend Veggiesomething’s Killerslayer line.

From Veggiesomething:

Killerslayer (KSLY) will relaunch its website on Tuesday, April 7th with three teeshirt designs in two super limited colorways for each shirt.

The first shirt will feature Di Di from House of Liu (http://www.houseofliu.com).  The second shirt will feature Killerslayer’s mascot Stan(http://www.killerslayer.com).  The third shirt will feature the rabbit from Sugar Bandits (http://www.sugarbandits.com).

Killerslayer also plans to introduce a new super limited teeshirt design around once a month.  Other than our mascot Stan’s design, the shirts will not be reprinted.  Once they are gone, they are gone.

_What/Who is Killerslayer?_
Killerslayer (KSLY) is a concept lifestyle label established by Veggiesomething in 2007. It was founded as a vehicle to finally combine his love for art, design, and streetwear. Prior to Killerslayer, Veggiesomething had been releasing teeshirts for his various projects for over a decade.

New York nerds, check it! Cool new art show @ My Plastic Heart featuring work from our buddy Veggiesomething. Be there and be square.

Listen to Veggiesomething’s episode of Nerd City here.