Deer Hunter- the home game.

Actually, this might be Korean.  Pardon my ignorance.  I’m a fat American.  Regardless, an Asian country has manufactured a Russian Roulette toy for children.

This is evidence that everything is more awesome in parts of the world I am not in.  I’d go there, but then something would happen back here that would make me think here was more awesome.   I’ll never be happy until I have pink plastic feet kicking me in the head.

-alex fugazi

Mystery Tube Sale!

Nakatomi has a ton of new prints and shirts coming up and we need to make room!

What you get- 4 different hand pulled silkscreen prints and a T-shirt in your size.
That’s $180 in merch for just $50!

Only 15 tubes available. We will also be randomly inserting in outgoing tubes 2 Change into a Truck GLOW IN THE DARK APs, 2 Daniel Danger Letterpress prints, and one lucky buyer will get the Tyler Stout Wood Variant that was previously only available to subscribers to the Nakatomi Invitational.

Sold out bonus posters, randomly inserted!

If you have ordered from us before, we’ll make every effort to make sure all NEW posters and shirts come your way! If you order more than one tube, we’ll do the same!

Go on over to the ITEM PAGE to pick up a tube!

-alex fugazi

Kevin Tong is literally a pair of cat’s pajamas.

A few weeks ago, between projects, Doyle started drawing the first in a new series depicting the unconsidered awesome results of Global Warming called “The Sea Also Rises”.  And when faced with the Herculean task of coloring and separating the print, Kevin Tong stepped up, out of the darkness, and let his stunning color sense wash over the line art like a technicolor tide made from newly melted icebergs.  From Kevin’s site, TragicSunshine, come these very informative process pics! (And seriously, go there and check out Kevin’s great work…he’s a real wiz with the art stuff!)

From Tragic Sunshine-

“Below, I have included a step by step process that details each hour I spent on it. I used Adobe Photoshop to color in Tim’s scanned artwork. Tim will be printing it at his studio in Austin.

“The Sea Also Rises: the Subway Squid” Will be available sometime next week!  Subscribe to the mailing list or RSS this blog to be let in on the exact date!

- alex fugazi

Tim Doyle’s  poster for the ‘Lost’ Viral event through ABC Disney-

The print is currently for sale on this site- http://actuallyitsketchup.com/dcpb/I/

And considering how many rabid LOST fans there are out there, it won’t last.  What’s not mentioned on the site is that this thing glows in the dark, and has a varnish overlay, repeating Hurley’s numbers.

You can read all about the event and see video of it (It’s weird, thinking people had to go to a party in LA to find out about where to buy a poster) HERE-

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/16/lost-viral-lost-inspired-art-announced-tim-doyles-hurley-art-revealed/

Cool!  I haven’t even seen the art from the rest of the series, and am COMPLETELY happy that Doyle got to go first!

- alex fugazi

So, I ordered a Flatscreen from Amazon.com.  Got a good deal.  It showed up earlier than expected.  The delivery guys brought it inside, and opened up the box, and plugged it in.  Really nice service.  BUT- when it powered on…the screen was obviously RUINED.  Totally had a crack in the imaging unit that looked like a spider’s web, from the bottom left corner, all across the screen.  And, wouldn’t you know it, the front of the packaging had a big-ass hole punched in it, that suspiciously looked like the front of a forklift blade.  YIKES.

So, what’s a guy to do?  The delivery guys don’t know if it should stay or go, and they gotta hustle to their next delivery.  I’ll call Amazon!  Well, when you go to Amazon.com, and click on ‘help’ and type in ‘Customer Service Phone Number’ all I got was a listing of Customer Service books that they sell.  Way to go, Amazon!  There was no number that could be found quickly on their site, and no number in any of my delivery confirmation emails…nothing.

So, Google to the rescue!  And I found this info-

Amazon US Customer Service
1.800.201.7575 (Toll free, US and Canada)
1.206.346.2992 or 1.206.266.2992 (Outside US and Canada)
1.877.586.3230 (Canada only)

Amazon UK Customer Service
Phone: +44.208.636.9200

That’s from an article on Slate’s site.  Yikes.  As far as Google is concerned, an article on just how hard it is to find Amazon’s phone number ranks higher than AMAZON’S ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER.  That takes some stealth.

So, the people on Amazon’s help line were EXTREMELY helpful, and they talked to the drivers, they took the TV back, and they’re shipping a new one.  I got a shipping notice in my inbox on the same day.  That was spectacular service.  BUT GETTING THERE shouldn’t be so damn hard.  And, I’m assuming that Amazon does this on purpose.  It costs money to have someone sitting on the other end of the phone, taking your calls.  For that person to be answering so many questions that could be solved with just a quickie search on their site, is a big waste of resources.

BUT- in my situation where an answer was needed immediately- clock was ticking, the window of opportunity was closing- the wisdom of Amazon burying their toll free number is mystifying.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering- Nakatomi customer service number is 512-940-3838.  Call between Noon and 9pm CST.  Leave a message if no-one picks up.  Emails usually answered w/in 24 hrs, and is the best way to get in touch-   Contact (at) nakatomiinc.com.

Holla!

-alex fugazi

If you are one of the millions of people interested in what the Nakatomi Staff is eating, waiting in line for, or what the biopsy results might be, you should be following us on TWTTER.

I’m not going to guarantee interesting, groundbreaking releases to be posted there, and you can probably stay on top of all our awesomeness just by subscribing to the MAILING LIST, but considering the mailing list goes out MAYBE once a week (no spam!) the Twitter feed is probably a good way to stay on top of those things that might fall between the email cycle.

And yes, we are on Flickr.  Or at least, Nakatomi founder, Tim Doyle is on Flickr.  If you want to see what’s been cooking in the print shop, possibly WEEKS before you can actually get it here, I suggest you roll on over to the Nakatomi Print Shop Flickr set.  (And yes, THAT poster you see there is something that’ll be available SOON-ish.  OOOhhh…now you wish you friended us a while ago on Flickr now, don’t ya?)

See you in the internets!

-alex fugazi