From our good friends at BUMPERACTIVE.COM come stickers of the fast sold out ‘Change Into a Truck’ print. The stickers are approx 4×6, and ship for free in the US. 2 stickers for $5.00!
Go visit the ‘Accessories’ category in the store to pick ‘em up!
I’ve worked with Billy Perkins on projects for a year or more now, and let me say- he has a shiny, shiny head.
But beyond that, he is also one of the best guys working in the world of gig-posters. You can see his extensive on-line portfolio on the legendary Gigposters site HERE.
Billy has brought his newest piece “Ursus Major” to the neon-hued halls of Nakatomi-
‘Ursus Major’ is a 16×24 4-color silkscreen print on metallic silver paper, signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to 100 copies worldwide, with only 90 for sale through Nakatomi!
And, for the SERIOUS fans among you, there is a METALLIC version of the print, produced with enamel inks and screened onto a sheet of aluminum. If you’ve never seen the metal prints coming out of D and L, you are missing out, my friends. It is a high-gloss thing of beauty. The metal prints are limited to just 10 copies worldwide, with only 8 going to the public!
Both prints are available right now for a limited time in the ART PRINTS section of the store!
Get your damn dirty hands on these!
-alex fugazi
As a tomboyish six-year-old, the little dolphin would tell the other calves she didn’t know that her name was Susan. She wanted to be a boy; she felt like a boy inside; but her pink dorsal fin and lil’ flippers made her know she looked like a girl on the outside. Growing up, the feeling intensified. She presented an increasingly male facade to the world. She wore men’s clothing, kept her hair cropped and took testosterone for years to promote beard growth. Unlike most mammals dolphins don’t have hair… but hair grew on her large pink breasts hidden by a chest binder.
But now Samson (formerly Susan) is able to live an aquatic life in ordinary ways that once eluded him: “I went swimming for the first time and got changed in the change room.” No hiding required. Samson became the unwoman long hidden in a male body on September 11, 2001 — but only because veterinary tech Carlos Cartwright was given special permission to keep up his special skills by performing a de-vaginoplasty — removal of the dolphin vagina Susan was born with and creation of male genitalia. However, nothing could ever be done about her sweet pink skin.
More about this “touching” story:
Pink Dolphin Appears in US Lake
Rare Pink Dolphin Photo Gallery
First- some background. I never watched Buffy. Or Angel. I did however completely fall in love with Firefly. But only AFTER seeing the movie Serenity first. (Which ACTUALLY, probably wasn’t a bad way to get into it all…it is a pretty great film.) And when Joss Wheedon came on board to write The Astonishing X-Men at Marvel, my new-found faith in Wheedon was rewarded with a great, great comic.
But- my interest in the new show Dollhouse over at FOX was …eh…tepid. BUT- through the miracle of HULU, and hours upon hours strapped to my drafting table, I was able to catch the first 3 episodes yesterday.
So, you have to at least give FOX credit for airing a program about million dollar super-powered ninja hookers.
The basic premise is this- The SUPER rich have everything they want…but sometimes, they want people who can fit their every need, and then go away. Like a million dollar one-night stand with NO reprecussions. Be it a bodyguard, hostage negotiator, or an AMAZING lay who likes extreme sports. Enter THE DOLLHOUSE. What they do is take people who want to escape from their past, completely blank their memories out, and these people become blank slates into which Dollhouse can dump a gestalt of pre-set personalities and talents on. These people are called “Actors”, and sleep in a crazy bed-thing waiting to get assigned.
And they’re all…uh…TV hot.
And by TV hot, I mean they fit the Joss Wheedon leading actress look of being unbelievably thin with goofy giant eyes normally seen on Disney forest-animals. (One of the reasons I was never into Buffy…that girl needed to EAT.)
There’s no need that in a country of plenty like the USA, that actresses like this should go hungry. Please send help. And ham sandwiches.
But that’s really an aside- once you get past Eliza Dushku’s impossible face and racing-dog physique, Dollhouse is actually pretty damn good. I give it…3 more episodes before FOX kills it. It’s too high-concept, the through-line for the characters are unclear (mainly because in each episode, the lead character gets blanked), the time-line is wonky (lots of flashbacks), no-one is really like-able or relate-able. Basically- it’s too good for broadcast TV, but not good enough for HBO. (Or, HBO 3 years ago…when it had shows worth watching.)
Now for me, the meta of the show is really fascinating. These ‘Actors’ wait around, empty and helpless, with no past, no personality…waiting for the idle whims of the super-rich to imbue them with purpose and goals. And then they come alive until their performance ends and they get put back in their creepy boxes until the next client comes along. Just like the casts of the whole TGIF line-up used to be.
Now…OF COURSE Wheedon knew what he was doing there. I can only imagine that somewhere out in LA, there’s some dim glimmer of realization in the eyes of some former People’s Choice winner, and they saying…”Hey…I really should call my agent. And eat some ham.”
But besides the obvious sideswipe of the emptiness of your run of the mill TV actor- Dollhouse does seem to have a lot going for it. There’s a pretty disturbing subplot of an escaped ‘Actor’ that had a download of some serial killer-skills who had (off camera) slashed his way through the doe-like unactivated ‘Actors.’ (Kind of like a chainsaw through the cast of ‘Facts of Life’ between scenes.) The episodic nature of the show isn’t TOO episodic, and the violence does leave it’s scars on the characters, who seem to be BRUTALIZED every episode. (The ‘most dangerous game’ style episode was rather vicious, all things considered.)
And of course, Eliza’s character (Echo) is working her way to regaining her memories slowly but surely, and we still don’t know what drove her to the program in the first place.
I’m going to stick with it for a while and give it a go. It might…JUST MIGHT pay off in a way that adventure TV never seems to. (Holy shit Battlestar, don’t let me down.)
Send Dushku some ham.
-alex fugazi
The day has finally come!
Jermaine Rogers’ entry into the Nakatomi Invitational dropped today-
“Rabbit Fighter” is based on the cover of the classic 70′s glam rock epic album “Electric Warrior” by T-Rex. “Rabbit Fighter” is an 18×24 screenprint, for sale ONLY from March 2nd through March 31st!
There is also a Glow In The Dark variant limited to just 30 copies. At the time of this writing, there are still a few copies left. (Like, 5…)
Jermaine Rogers is one of the GIANTS in the poster industry, and we here at Nakatomi are thrilled to have him aboard! (And when I say Giant, he’s like that endocrine mutant Chinese basketball player…like, 8 ft tall. He scares small children, and shops for pants in a parallel dimension where gravity is a weaker element, and everyone grows taller. For real.)
-alex fugazi
