Obey Giant x Misfits Apparel Collection by Shepard Fairey x Obey Clothing

Shepard Fairey and OBEY Giant have partnered with the Misfits to release an epic apparel capsule collection, which includes awesome t-shirts, satin bombers, M-65 and leather jackets, as well as accessories like hats, skateboards, and pins. The designs are a perfect mash-up of Fairey’s iconic Andre the Giant logo with the Misfits’ fiend skull, gig posters and album covers.

“The Misfits are a punk rock revelation and a band that have mesmerized me from my first introduction to them in 1985. The Misfits art is pure alchemy genius and the best example of remixing marginal subculture imagery into a cohesive cult brand in history. I remember making my first homemade stencil of the Misfits fiend skull back in the mid ‘80s and how proud I was of how it looked sprayed on a t-shirt. It was fun to revisit stenciling the Misfits imagery and is a reminder that my entire career is built on do-it-yourself empowerment!” – Shepard Fairey

All of the Obey Giant x Misfits T-Shirts seen here and so much more are available now at the Obey Clothing online store. Each t-shirt is available in a variety of colors in sizes S-XXL for $28-53.

Obey Giant x Misfits “Horror Business Tomb” & “Horror Business Crypt” Screen Prints by Shepard Fairey

Today, Wednesday, April 18th, marks the anniversary of when the Misfits played their first show at CBGB’s in New York City over forty years ago. To commemorate this iconic event, Obey Giant is releasing two epic new Obey Giant x Misfits screen prints designed by Shepard Fairey! Check out “Horror Business Tomb” and “Horror Business Crypt”, which brings back Fairey’s iconic merging of Andre the Giant with the Misfits’ fiend skull.

“The Misfits are a punk rock revelation and a band that have mesmerized me from my first introduction to them in 1985. The Misfits art is pure alchemy genius and the best example of remixing marginal subculture imagery into a cohesive cult brand in history. I remember making my first homemade stencil of the Misfits fiend skull back in the mid ‘80s and how proud I was of how it looked sprayed on a t-shirt. It was fun to revisit stenciling the Misfits imagery and is a reminder that my entire career is built on do-it-yourself empowerment!” – Shepard

Horror Business Tomb and Horror Business Crypt by Shepard Fairey are 18”x24” signed and numbered screen prints on cream Speckle Tone paper. Each print is limited to 450 pieces and will go on sale at 10am PDT today, April 18th, for $50. The Tomb Edition is available exclusively at ObeyGiant.com, while the Crypt Edition will be sold exclusively at MisfitsOfficialMerch.com and MisfitsRecordsOfficial.com.

NYCC 2017 Exclusive WWE & Ghostbusters Bootleg Resin Figures by RYCA

DKE Toys is going to have an awesome line-up of New York Comic Con exclusive resin figures this year at their NYCC booth #678, including two killer pieces by RYCA! First up is this fantastic “Recycle the Giant” resin figure, which mashes up the WWE’s Andre the Giant with OBEY GIANT’s “Andre the Giant has a Posse” sticker. RYCA was disappointed that Andre never got a chance to wear his own shirt, so he’s recycled the famous street art campaign into a collectible resin figure. Reminiscent of the Hasbro WWF figures from the 1990s, “Recycle the Giant” by RYCA is a hand cast and painted 5” carded figure. Limited to just 20 pieces, this signed and numbered figure can be purchased at DKE Toys’ booth for $65.

RYCA’s second New York Comic Con 2017 exclusive is this amazing Ghostbusters resin figure, The Stay Fresh Man! RYCA had such a huge success at SDCC with Wampapi that he had to make more BIG STUFF. Stay Fre$h is a hustler from the mean streets of 80's NYC. After getting blasted by four guys in '84, he never goes anywhere without his vest. Each The Stay Fresh Man figure is almost 1.5 pounds of resin on hand silk screened and laser cut card backs. Limited to just 30 pieces, each hand cast and painted 6” carded figure comes signed and numbered and retails for $80.

DCon Exclusive “Greyscale” Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse Resin Figure by Junk Fed

Junk Fed is releasing a third colorway of his epic Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse resin figure at Designer Con 2015! Though it may resemble the WWE action figures from our childhood, it features zero points of articulation and may not play well with the rest of your toys. Andrew the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse is a mash-up of Shepard Fairey's two signature elements in his OBEY Giant street art campaign: professional wrestler Andre the Giant (his street art campaign’s original mascot) and They Live (the movie Fairey took his Obey motto from).

The Designer Con 2015 Exclusive “Greyscale” Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse by Junk Fed is a hand cast and painted 5” resin figure. It is limited to just 15 pieces and will retail for $50 at the DKE Toys DCon booth #812.

Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse Resin Figure by Junk Fed

The Blot absolutely loves Junk Fed’s newest resin figure, Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse! As Junk Fed explains how with this release he revisits an experiment in phenomenology, perpetuating a meme into infinity. Longtime fans of Shepard Fairey's OBEY Giant will recognize the figure as a mash-up of Fairey’s two signature elements: professional wrestler Andre the Giant (his street art campaign’s original mascot) and They Live (the movie Fairey took his Obey motto from).

For this release Junk Fed has taken the WWE’s Eighth Wonder of the World and turned him into one of the aliens from They Live. Though it may resemble the action figures from your childhood, it features zero points of articulation and may not play well with the rest of your toys! Each figure is individually hand cast, painted, and finished by Junk Fed.

The “Infinite Edition” Andre the Giant’s Posse Has a Posse Resin Figure by Junk Fed stands 5” tall, weighs 1.75 ounces and features a blue and black color scheme. Each figure comes bagged with a header card and can be purchased on Wednesday, July 22nd, at the Junk Fed online store for $40.

Marvel x Obey Giant “Watch!” T-Shirt by Blair Campbell

Over the past two years Blair Campbell has really made his mark on many of the popular daily t-shirt websites with his awesome pop culture mash-up designs. His latest might be my all time favorite though! By combining Shepard Fairey’s signature Obey sticker with Marvel Comics' the Watcher, Blair’s designed a pretty awesome new t-shirt that can be worn by both comic book collectors and street art connoisseurs. Entitled “Watch!”, Blair’s replaced Obey’s now iconic Andre the Giant minimalistic stencil with that of the giant bald head of a Watcher. It’s hilarious and poignant all at the same time!

The Marvel x Obey Giant “Watch!” t-shirt by Blair Campbell can now be purchased through Blair’s Red Bubble online store in a variety of styles, colors and sizes starting at just $24.54.

“FFB Posse” Obey Giant T-Shirt by Fur Face Boy

Now this is a design after The Blot’s own heart! Fur Face Boy has taken Shepard Fairey’s original “Andre The Giant Has A Posse” sticker, the image that started the OBEY Giant street art and viral marketing campaign, and turned Andre a little hairy! Honestly though, Fur Face Boy looks right at home replacing Andre in this classic image. I especially like the realistic look the Fur Face Boy has in this particular design…and at 5’ 9”, 134lbs I know no one’s going to want to mess with the FFB!

The Obey Giant inspired “FFB Posse” t-shirt can now be purchased at the Fur Face Boy online store for $24.99 (while supplies last). Get one while you still can because sizes are already selling out!

The Art in the Streets Graffiti Exhibit

The Blot is way behind on blogging due to my move last month, but I wanted to share with you some photos from my recent trip to the west coast. Aly and I traveled to Los Angeles over the 4th of July holiday weekend, and in between sightseeing and visiting family we took a little detour to the Museum of Contemporary Art to and its "Art in the Streets" exhibit, the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art. And let me just tell you, it was amazing!!! You can check out some of my photos in the slideshow above, or click here to see some official photos on the MOCA website.

The exhibition traces the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on key cities where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved. "The Art in the Streets" exhibit showcased installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community, including Fab 5 Freddy (New York), Lee Quiñones (New York), Futura (New York), Margaret Kilgallen (San Francisco), Swoon (New York), Shepard Fairey (Los Angeles), Os Gemeos (São Paulo), and JR (Paris).

I am so glad we were able to visit the MOCA while we were in Cali and see this incredible art show. Being able to see artwork and photographs from the 70s and 80s documenting the early years of the graffiti art scene in person was seriously mind blowing. Growing up in the deep south, I couldn’t get over the sketchbooks of graffiti legends I had previously only read about in magazines and the internet. While the exhibit closed yesterday, it now heads out east to the Brooklyn Museum, where it will be on view March 30–July 8, 2012. Catch it if you can!

OBEY Giant - Flower Vine Prints by Shepard Fairey

The Blot found out via Twitter yesterday that Obey Giant would be releasing its second print this week. The “Flower Vine” screen print, which will be released later today, comes in three colors, Black & Red, Black, and Red. I love Fairey’s pattern prints and the “Flower Vine” is no exception, especially when two of the flowers are replaced with the Obey/Andre the Giant has a Posse Star logo.

Black and Red Flower Vine Screen Print


Black Flower Vine Screen Print


Red Flower Vine Screen Print

All three 18” x 24” “Flower Vine” screen prints go on sale later today, Wednesday, April 29th, at a random time. Each color of the print is limited to just 100 pieces, comes signed and numbered by Shepard and will be sold for $45 at the official OBEY Giant online store.

OBEY Giant x KIKS TYO T-Shirts

You may remember the Japanese clothing company KIKS TYO from when The Blot blogged about their line of Disney themed t-shirts a while back (you can read that post here). Well KIKS TYO is at it again with a sweet new collaboration with Shepard Fairey and OBEY Giant. Right now at the KIKS TYO international web shop you can pre-order two very cool limited edition OBEY Giant x KIKS TYO t-shirts.


Above is the OBEY Giant x KIKS TYO – KIKS TYOBEY GIANT t-shirt. This shirt and the KIKS TYOBEY SKULL t-shirt below features Fairey’s iconic and stylized Andre the Giant artwork meshed with KIKS TYO’s sneaker based imagery. (link) These OBEY KIKS propaganda shirts are a must get for any fan of the KIKS TYO brand or Fairey’s OBEY Giant street art campaign.


Both styles of the OBEY KIKS propaganda shirts are $55.73 each and come in three colors (black, white and red) and sizes XS-XXL. The pre-order for these great KIKS TYO x OBEY t-shirts ends on August 31, 2008 (or while supplies last), so act now before it’s too late! KIKS TYO expects the shirts to ship sometime in late September.

The Blot Has A Posse

Since its seems to be a growing trend over the past year or two for high end department stores and boutiques to carry trendy, expensive OBEY t-shirts, The Blot felt it was important to enlighten readers of where this OBEY clothing line really came from. Especially since the clothing line is based on one of my favorite artist’s work. But, to find out what these OBEY shirts are all about you have to go back to the company’s roots.

The company that many refer to as OBEY is actually named OBEY Giant, and the giant in question just happens to be one of the greatest pop culture icons of all time. You see the OBEY Giant movement began with a simple sticker created by Shepard Fairey in 1989. The picture I’ve created above is actually a spoof of the original OBEY Giant sticker known as "André the Giant has a Posse.” André the Giant, as I’m assuming most of you know, is one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He also did some acting and is fondly remembered by most as the gentle giant Fezzik in The Princess Bride.


From what I’ve read, the movement came out of the skateboarding subculture Fairey was a part of growing up in South Carolina and later as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. (Link) Sometime in the early 90’s the WWE, who owns the trademark for the name André the Giant, took notice of the stickers, which were quickly spreading across America, and threatened to sue Fairey for copyright infringement for illegal use of the name. Because of the threat of a lawsuit, the street art campaign morphed from "André the Giant has a Posse” to “OBEY Giant” and more recently to the ubiquitous “OBEY.” As Fairey’s style evolved, the imagine of André has also shifted from the full head shot of early stickers, to the more iconic square outline of his face, to now in Fairey’s more recent pieces of artwork using his facial outline in smaller designs like the star pictured here as a part of a larger image.

It has been reported that Fairey added the OBEY slogan as “a parody of propaganda, but also a direct homage to the ‘OBEY’ signs found in the 1988 cult classic film, They Live, staring Roddy Piper” and directed by John Carpenter. (Link) It really is amazing how I can always tie things back to Rowdy Roddy Piper, don't you think? As the graffiti art campaign continued to evolve, the posters and stickers have continued to take on more of a propaganda look with the outline of André’s face being moved to the background in much of Fairey’s more recent work.

For a better explanation of what the OBEY movement is really about, I defer to the company’s website ObeyGiant.com. In the company’s own words, “The OBEY campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. The first aim of Phenomenology is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one’s environment. The OBEY campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with OBEY propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer’s perception and attention to detail. The medium is the message.”

If anyone is interested in finding out more about Fairey and OBEY Giant, I recommend roaming around ObeyGiant.com and definitely check out this article. Also, for a really great comprehensive gallery of Fairey OBEY artwork and additional information on the propaganda art campaign go to TheGiant.org. And remember, to become an official member of The Blot’s Posse keep coming back to The Blot Says… every weekday and don’t be afraid to post a message.