Monday, Jan 23, 2012
by Jay Laramie
Curio & Co. in Angoulême
We travel to France for the largest comics festival in Europe.
Angoulême is France’s capital of comics, animation and visual arts. The city is home to the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe’s largest event dedicated to comics attracting nearly a quarter of a million international visitors. Curio & Co. will be there with a booth in Le Nouveau Monde section (F18, BD Alternative, Nouveau Monde, Place New York). We’re pretty excited.
Though the festival only lasts about a week, the city has plenty to over comics fans year-round. There’s la Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image. This large complex is housed in three buildings along the Charente river and includes a museum, a heritage library, a specialized public library, a documentation center, an...
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012
by Ned Wazowski
Mickey Mouse - The gloved one
Mickey Mouse seems like an easy-going guy: approachable, friendly, somewhat freewheeling. So why the formal white gloves?
Mickey Mouse has worn white gloves since 1929, when he appeared in Opry House. Though he doesn't start out the short with them, by the time he gets to the end (having performed as a snake charmer, belly dancer, and long-haired pianist), he's wearing them. he...
SPACE CADET - SPACEMAN JAX FANCLUB - 1961
Are you an official Space Cadet?
For a period in the early 1960s, Spaceman Jax was part of a balanced breakfast for kids everywhere. The show was sponsored by Sunington Morn Breakfast Cereals, and merchandise for Spaceman Jax and the Galactic Adventures hit supermarket shelves even before the first episode hit the airwaves. But whether kids saw him first on TV or a cereal box, Spaceman Jax – the “hero with a heart of gold, and the intellect of a Ploridian Lunar Beast” – won a legion of fans.
These die-struck pins are exact replicas of the original fan club pins released in 1961. And thanks to Curio & Co., you don’t have to collect box tops to get them!
Thursday, Jan 05, 2012
by Ned Wazowski
Happy Birthday Hayao Miyazaki!
Grab a slice of birthday cake to celebrate our favorite anime director.
January 5th is the 71st birthday of Hayao Miyazaki – writer, animator and director working in the industry for over 50 years.
Miyazaki began working in 1961 as an in-betweener for Toei Animation. He established his own studio, Studio Ghibli, in 1985 where he produced most of his best-known work: Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away (for which he won the 2003 Oscar for Best Animated Feature).
But here at Curio & Co., our favorite has to be Miyazaki’s work on Lupin III. Miyazaki directed half of the episodes of the first season of the animated series (the “green jacket” season), and two episodes of the second “red jacket” season. Miyazaki also wrote and directed the best known of the Lupin III feature films, The Castle of Cagliostro, released in 1979.
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Spaceman Jax Model Sheet
Spaceman Jax
This reproduction of the original Spaceman Jax model sheet is a limited edition giclée print and all are signed by designer Philip La Carta. Spaceman Jax had a heart of gold and the intellect of a Ploridian Lunar Beast. He...
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Thursday, Dec 22, 2011
by Ned Wazowski
Prep & Landing, 2009
You think your job gets stressful around the holidays.
It's not a surprise that one of the best animated holiday specials of the last few years was produced...
