Mari Inukai opened her Infiltration solo last night @ Corpo Nason with some of her best work yet. Her new paintings offer a nice evolution of her style -- combining her cute and quirkly characters alongside lovely ladies. While her cartoonish characters have always been engaging, they are now part... Jack Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/seen-mari-inuka.html

1134NYC Writers Mikhail Sokovikov (MINT) and Jason Wall (SERF) have fused their styles to create the upcoming "MIRF" wall-mounted rotocast vinyl (9" wide) from Thunderdog Studios. First shown at Toy Fair '06, the vision of a rotocast graff tag piece becomes a reality when these drop in June. This is... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/thunderdog-x-11.html

It's Unspeakable (flier). Joe Ledbetter and Andrew Brandou, open their joint show next Friday (5.16) @ Gallery 1988 San Francisco from 7 to 10 PM. Thanks to the gallery we have a sweet preview of three of Joe's new pieces. Joe's flexing an evolved style -- the hard signature black... Jack Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/joe-ledbetter-a.html

David Lanham's original Zog vinyl from Strangekiss is coming along nicely. He just posted pics of the wax pattern and dropped the news that Frank Kozik will be doing an edition as well. There's the cute purple standard edtion and then the gushing bloody one (guess who did which). Click... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/david-lanhams-z.html

LA-based Derek Albeck and UK artist French bring out life's details with their meticulous drawings on paper for Desolate Delights opening tonight (5.9) from 7 to 10 PM @ Berdhouse Gallery. Fans of Derek's work will note that he's showcasing a new style -- combining his recent interest in patterns... Jack http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/derek-albeck-an.html

Prolific urban artists D*Face and Armsrock contemplate conflict in society with a new series of illustrations, drawings, paper collage, and an installation for RockFace D'arm (flier) which opened last night (5.08) at Fifty24SF. Francis Ramos (aka Metatron1050) caught the show and sent back these shots -- props. The show continues... Jack Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/seen-dface-and.html

Here's a teaser of kaNO's new Hi-DEF figure in collaboration with ToyQube. SDCC '08 release. Interesting -- man or machine ? What's under the arm ? deck? Looks too wide at the back. kaNO will be in the house. More soon. Jack Incoming SDCC 08 http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/kano-x-toyqube.html

The cultural phenomenon that is the I am 8-Bit art show is ready for another round (#4). Different space -- 3x bigger. Same rad art. August '08. Not familiar with it? For shame ;-) Curator Jon Gibson has captured the attention of nostalgic gamers and art collectors alike by blending... Jack http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/i-am-8-bit---au.html

SOLD OUT. Fin. Here's the last few shots -- Smash closeup cameos ;-) 'Night. Jack Release Event http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/jled-pyro-sma-1.html

Just cause I can... Enjoying the live blogging... Oh, just in case.... It's Munky King on Melrose. Munky King 7308 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 323.938.0091 Jack Release Event http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/jled-pyro-smash.html

He's signing... Online sales have come and gone ... 3 minutes? in a flash. Jack Release Event http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/jled----its-on.html

Munky King is about to open the doors... Joe Ledbetter's Pyro Smash Launch is in 8 minutes. Here are some pics of the line... Jack Release Event http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/jled---pyro-sma.html

Thinkspace Gallery will host the opening of Uncommon Gardens, a four girl show featuring Caia Koopman, Kelly Vivanco, Lilly Piri and Catherine Brooks, this Friday (5.10.08) from 7 to 11 PM. Here's a quick preview of each four the ladies' work -- be sure to come out for the opening... Jack Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/uncommon-garden.html

They're nearly here. After a little bit of a wait, Zakkamono is ready to drop the first artist edition of Miao (7") + Mousabi (3"). Limited to 500 pieces, the tokidoki Miao + Mousubi features Simone Legno's immediately recognizable characters on the blue cat and the cleverly cute Mousabi (it's... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/tokidoki-miao-m.html

The infamy of Super7's Squirm (part of the Snakes of Infinity) continues to grow. His newest incarnation, Blood Rage Squirm (4.5"), features a clear rotocast body with red highlights (eyes, suckers), brown boots, and silver spray. This one drops this Saturday @ 11 AM from Super7's SF store for $50... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/s7s-blood-rage.html

Kidrobot is participating in AIDS Walk New York (5.18) -- a benefit event to raise money to promote awareness, prevention and assist those afflicted with this the deadly disease. You can help out Kidrobot's efforts to raise at least $3000 for the cause this year by donating through their team... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/aids-walk-new-y.html

Andrew Bell created three limited-edition Altars sculptures with production by Hobbymaster 2K3 Studio for his recent Burning Desire show in LA. There's All Seeing (3 pieces), Skull (5 pieces) and Big Mouth (3 pieces). Each hand-painted piece is 30" tall and available from Lulubell Toys for $1000 (+ s/h) each.... Jack Heads Up http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/andrew-bells-al.html

Luke Chueh will open his She's My Heroin(e) solo this Saturday (8 - 11:30 PM) @ Corpo Nason. This is Luke's primary solo for '08 and is definitely one to catch. Juding by the title, also promises to be a personal and introspective collection. Also it appears that his Silver... Jack Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/luke-chueh---sh.html

Sket One's Snake Eyes installation for the Kidrobot Room @ CiRCA in Toronto featuring eight custom Dunnys and Munnys opens this Friday evening.(5.9.08). As you might guess from the flier and the "Clue" preview piece (below), Sket's picking up the board game theme he started with his Operation Munny from... Jack Customs Shows http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/sket-one---snak.html

Frank Kozik has been turning heads for a while with his busts of world leaders (some would say dictators). Up until now they've been vinyl or fiberglass. For Ludwig Van, he's stepping it up -- 16" bust in bronze with a marble base. This Clockwork Orange inspired design pays homage... Jack Incoming http://www.vinylpulse.com/2008/05/frank-kozik---l.html