FLESH EMPIRE- onsale info! The Flesh Empire / Foxing Quarterly / Yann Legendre party last Thursday was a huge success, and a ton of fun. Art and Literature was purchased, delicious food was served, and alcohol was imbibed. Somewhere in there a man gave me a business card that read- “Clown Escort” and all my nightmares were realized all at once. For those of you who were not able to attend the…

“DON’T MESS WITH THE BULL” TEXAS EDITION BY JON SMITH! Now that Jon Smith is a bona fide TEXAS resident, he’s releasing this very special TEXAS EDITION of his classic ‘Don’t Mess With The Bull’ print! Featuring the addition of a gold metallic layer of TEXAS-centric detail, this 18×24 print is signed and numbered by Jon in an edition of 200. Print will be released on TUESDAY at 2PM on the Nakatomi Site HERE in…

NEW! FREE! NOW! Freebie Giveaway prints! WELL- our last freebie portrait print set wrapped up with the most recent Tube Sale, and so we’re moving on to SOMETHING NEW! Something who? Oh- SOMETHING WHO. These two prints are the third and fourth print in what we hope will be an 11 (or is it 12? SPOILERS.) set of portraits that we’re giving away for free with orders!  Each 2-color hand-printed image measures 9×24, and is…

  FLESH EMPIRE Full Show Preview This Thursday night, here in Austin, Foxing Quarterly and Nakatomi are co-hosting an art event featuring food, music, and the amazing art of YANN LEGENDRE. You can RSVP for the event on Facebook HERE. Yann is a French illustrator and designer that was originally brought to our attention by the amazing JAY RYAN back when Nakatomi founder, Tim Doyle, was art directing the Mondo series of posters in 2008. …

“A Torrent of Light Into Our Dark World” by Bernie Wrightson This is a special one, folks. This stunningly beautiful image was created over 30 years ago, but never actually included in the final publication of Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein. Only printed once in the rarely seen and long out-of-print “The Lost Frankenstein” paperback from 20 years ago, this masterpiece is relatively obscure (undeservedly so) compared to the rest of this…

A bunch of new prints from Jon Smith’s mental break-down. I want you to look at the above image. LOOK AT IT. Jon decided that not only was a cheetah’s face would fit nicely on top of a slice of pizza…but it also needed a skull… And the cheetah’s eye repeated again, making it appear like a multi-dimensional unspeakable slice of deep-dish horror. Sal from Do the Right Thing says- “Extra Cheese costs two dollars…and…

Keiko the Koi From Clint Wilson- “Welcome to the month of JULY. We are now a little further than half way through the year and my friend Keiko is just dying to meet you. So without further ado, meet Keiko the Koi:     Keiko is actually a Ryukin goldfish. She lives in Japan where she has been adopted by families of Koi. The Japanese tea gardens offer Keiko a plush life with plenty of food…

Dark City print by Tim Doyle for Bottleneck Gallery! This Thursday from 8-9pm EASTERN time, Bottleneck Gallery will host an on-line pre-sale of their upcoming show- “Where Is My Mind.”  The show opens officially in NYC this Friday at their gallery, but those of us not living in the area can get first crack at the prints! Above is pictured Tim Doyle’s “TUNING” print inspired by the film Dark City. Print measures 20×30, is signed…

BLUE RUIN- the new Album by Head for the Hills! Nakatomi artist Tim Doyle was commissioned by Head for the Hills to design the cover for their new full-length album- BLUE RUIN, which is available now for pre-order on their site HERE. You can purchase in a couple different ways- CD, Download, etc- BUT- you can also get it on Vinyl with a limited edition (100 qty) 24×24 silk-screen print of the cover. These prints…

  FLESH EMPIRE AND FOXING QUARTERLY Nakatomi Inc, in conjunction with Foxing Quarterly is proud to announce a unique Art and Literature event this coming Thursday the 18th here in Austin Texas! Not only will this be the release party for the 3rd issue of Foxing Quarterly which is guest-Art-Directed by french artist and designer Yann Legendre, this will also be the American debut of Yann’s award winning print series- Flesh Empire- published in the…