Lost Screen Print #16 - LOST by Tyler Stout

This is it, the 16th and final Lost screen print in the Lost Alternate Reality Game series released in honor of Lost: The Final Season. The print is entitled “LOST” and is by one of the most popular artists in the screen print genre, Tyler Stout. Some were concerned the print couldn’t possibly live up to the hype surrounding this ARG, especially after the huge build up to last night’s Lost Underground Art Project, but I think Stout blew all expectations out of the water! According to the Powers that Be, “LOST” includes two spoilers for the show’s upcoming 6th season, can anyone spot them!?!


Tyler Stout’s limited edition Lost screen print “LOST” is the largest Lost screen print to date, measuring an impressive 24”x35”. Like the previous 15 prints released on Damon, Carlton and a Polar Bear, “LOST” has a run size of 300 pieces and comes hand signed and numbered by the artist. This extra large Lost print will retail for $70 and go on sale later today here.

In celebration of LOST's final season and as a project of fan appreciation, 16 top designers and artists, who are also fans of the show, were commissioned to create artwork celebrating one of the series' most memorable, and unforgettable, "water cooler" moments. This ultimate "fan art" was then turned into labor intensive, hand-pulled screen prints, limited to an edition of just 300, with less than 200 available to the public through our websites. Each beautiful poster tells its own different story, allowing the fan to relive memorable and influential moments in an artistic manner, as the show's storied run comes to a close. Once this limited edition print has sold out, they will never be printed again. Celebrate the fandom, community and family created by one of televisions' greatest shows by hanging a little part of its history, inspiration and influence on your wall. (link)

The Lost Underground Art Project Opens Tonight

Everyone involved with the Lost Underground Art Project (opening tonight at Gallery 1988) has been so tightlipped, The Blot’s been unable to find out any additional details about the show other than what was announced on the event’s official flyer. Thankfully, the same can’t be said for the great art website Arrested Motion! Yesterday, AM debuted the beautiful Lost themed mixed media painting below created by Edwin Ushiro for the Lost Underground Art Project.


The unnamed piece above by Edwin Ushiro features Hurley, Sun, Sawyer, Jin, Michael, Jack, Sayid and Locke wondering through the island’s dense jungle in search of...something. After seeing this amazing Lost artwork, The Blot is even more excited for tonight’s opening. If only I could be there in person! According to the Gallery 1988 website, the entire exhibition will be put on its website after the show's opening (hopefully by Wednesday).


The Lost Underground Art Project opens at Gallery1988 LA Tuesday, December 15th from 7-10pm and runs through December 24th. So if you live in the LA area, be sure you make your way to Gallery1988 sometime before Christmas.

UPDATE: Here is some more beautiful Lost art debuting at tonight's show! Thanks to the fine folks at Lost ARGs for the heads-up!

The Lockeness Monster by Alex Pardee

A 7 Foot Lost Painting by Jeff McMillan

Ellie's Lost with the Others by Jeremy Asher Lynch

Lost Artwork by Ken Garduno

Threadless - The Simpsons Themed T-Shirt “Springfield Still Life”

The Blot is in a state of pop culture euphoria thanks to the fine folks at Threadless. Yesterday, the t-shirt company released a Simpsons themed tee entitled “Springfield Still Life,” and it’s absolutely perfect. In fact, “Springfield Still Life” might have just passed “Dark Side of the Garden” as my all time favorite Threadless tee.

“Springfield Still Life” by Alvaro Arteaga Sabaini

The shirt looks like a sofa scene at the end of The Simpsons’ opening credits, and transforms each member of the family into an inanimate object. The artist, Alvaro Arteaga Sabaini, did a great job making it obvious which character is which inanimate object without overdoing it (i.e. no passifier for Maggie’s star pillow). The firecrackers in Bart’s paper bag are also a nice touch.

You can purchase The Simpsons themed “Springfield Still Life” t-shirt at Threadless.com on sale for just $10 all this week (normally it’s $18). The shirt comes in both guys and girls styles, sizes S-3XL.

Barneyism of the Week - Smoking

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

I am not a smoker.

I only smoke in certain situations:

Postcoital, when I’m with Germans,
sometimes those two overlap,
coital, birthdays, to annoy my mom,
precoital, on a sailboat,
the day the Mets are mathmatically eliminated every year,
and, ofcourse, wait for it, cuz lord knows I have,
preganacy scares.

“Why are you smoking right now?” - Ted

I’m always precoital, Ted.

- Barney Stinson

"Last Cigarette Ever"

How I Met Your Mother

DC Direct - Blackest Night Series 5 Teaser Image

Thanks to artest extroidinaire Ryan Hipp, The Blot gets to share with the world this awesome promotional photo featuring all of the characters in DC Direct’s popular new line of Blackest Night action figures, including three never before seen figures. I can only assume the Nekron, Black Lantern Deadman and Black Lantern Hawkman action figures seen below will be included in a currently unannounced Blackest Night Series 5. Sadly, the picture does not include a sneak peek of Series 4’s Black Lantern Wonder Woman figure, which corresponds directly to the events that took place in Blackest Night #5.

(click on the photo above for a more detailed look)

Personally, I think the Blackest Night figures are some of the best DC Comics figures every produced (by DC Direct or Mattel), especially the Black Lantern figures. Not only do we finally get some killer zombiefied versions of our favorite DC Comics heroes, but they are really detailed! Just look at Nekron’s chest, Black Lantern Firestorm’s head and Black Lantern Hawkman’s wings.

DC Direct’s Blackest Night Series 1 includes Alpha Lantern Boodikka, Black Lantern Earth-2 Superman, Blue Lantern Saint Walker and Red Lantern Atrocitus. Blackest Night Series 2 includes Black Lantern Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern John Stewart, Indigo and Sinestro Corps member Kryb. Blackest Night Series 3 includes Black Lantern Aquaman, Green Lantern Arisia, Orange Lantern Larfleeze with the slain and slavish Glomulus and Star Sapphire. Blackest Night Series 4 includes Black Lantern Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Black Lantern Firestorm and Black Hand with Bruce Wayne’s skull.

Heels&Zimerman x Muttpop The Junior Vinyl Figure

Heels&Zimerman, a full-bore attitude company, is collaborating with Muttpop, one of The Blot’s favorite toy makers, on a limited edition 8 inch "The Junior" vinyl figure. The Junior is a speedo sporting antics assassin, and also the man-boy mascot and mouth of H&Z. After seeing the awesome preliminary sketches for The Junior by Muttpop's Gobi, The Blot can’t wait to see the final product.


Heels&Zimerman was launched earlier this month by a skater/creator crew as an outlet for their attitudes and world views. H&Z presents North American made fresh culture clashes and clued in communiqué on cotton canvas, ollie popping 7 ply maple and the pulped pages of Papercraft and Collection One. You can follow the progress and process of the Heels&Zimerman x Muttpop 8” The Junior vinyl figure here, and to learn more about The Junior's ridiculous escapades, check out a few crazy video clips staring The Junior shot by H&Z’s low-budget film crew here.

Iron Man 2 Teaser Promo Movie Poster featuring Whiplash

Wow, that’s all The Blot really knows to say about this latest Iron Man 2 teaser one sheet promotional poster featuring Mickey Rourke as the Russian villain Whiplash. This is our first official close-up look of Rourke as Whiplash and he looks awesome!


To be honest, the fanboy inside me had some initial concerns that director Jon Favreau had taken too many liberties with Whiplash’s look and strayed a little too far from the source material. But let’s be honest, it’s not like Whiplash is some iconic Marvel character tied that to that old 70’s styled purple and black outfit. Besides, the character’s already been given an updated/grittier look in the current Marvel U., so why not give him a look in the movie that fits with this new universe being created by Marvel Studios.

The second live action Iron Man adaptation is scheduled to hit theaters May 2010.

Medicom x Disney Toy Story 3 Kubrick Series

The Blot doesn’t know too much about the upcoming Medicom x Disney Toy Story 3 100% Kubrick Series, but I’ve got a feeling this is going to be one hot property in 2010. The Toy Story 3 Kubrick Series includes Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Green Army Man, Alien, Jessie and Zurg, and I have to say each figure looks remarkably detailed!


This will be a blind box series, which means each character will have its own ratio and there will probably be at least one surprise character thrown into the mix to really send collectors scrambling. I’m also willing to bank one of these figures, and I have no idea which one, will be impossible to find.


The Medicom x Disney Toy Story 3 Kubrick Series is scheduled to hit store shelves sometime in April of 2010, while Toy Story 3 the animated film will debut in theaters on June 18, 2010.

Mugglab.com’s Custom Mighty Muggs Fundraiser

The Blot is very excited to announce Mugglab’s upcoming custom Mighty Muggs fundraiser to help keep Dr. Mugg’s website up and running. Eight very talented artists, all featured on Mugglab.com, have each donated an amazing custom Mighty Mugg to help create Mugglab’s first ever Fundraiser series. Dr. Mugg will be putting these eight customs up for sale on the official Mugglab eBay store sometime this morning, and 100% of the proceeds will go towards paying for Mugglab’s future site costs (including server fees, domain registration fees, and photobucket fees).

Mugglab’s Custom Mighty Muggs Series 1 includes: the Penguin by Mattcandraw, Iron Man by Legendary Customs, The Flash by Fuller, Red Robin by Malo Muggs, Darth Nihilus by B.A.L.D., Metal Gear’s Snake by Are-Jay, Kilowog by Hamstar Customs, and my personal favorite, Usagi Yojimbo by Dr. Mugg.

(click on the photo above for a more detailed look)

These are one of a kind Mighty Muggs and each vinyl figure features a design that will never be offered again - this is truly a one of a kind set! Each Mugg will come in a custom box, which features all of the other figures in the series on the back and the classic green/black theme of Mugglab.


If you’re a fan of Mighty Muggs and never been to Mugglab.com you’ve got to check it out. It has an amazing database featuring hundreds of custom Mighty Muggs by amazing artists from around the world.

Kick-Ass Character Movie Posters Set 2

Here is the second set of character one sheet movie posters for the upcoming live action adaptation of the Mark Millar/John Romita, Jr. comic book, Kick-Ass. The Blot’s loved all of the marketing for Kick-Ass so far, and I just hope the film can live up to the hype building around the movie’s promo posters and trailers. In Matthew Vaughn we trust!?!



The Blot has a feeling there will be more posters included in this set of Kick-Ass character movie posters, and if so I will be sure to update this post once they are released. You can see the original set of Kick-Ass character movie posters here.



Kick-Ass, which stars Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, is scheduled to premiere in theaters on April 16, 2010.