Curiouser & Curiouser exhibit at Gallery Nucleus
(above Alice in the Rain by Lorelay Bove)

Pixar announces another new character for Toy Story 3:
Buttercup the “cuddly unicorn”

(via the Disney Pixar facebook fan page)

“Hello Kitty The Show”

“The first theatrical performance to immortalize the Japanese icon, Hello Kitty The Show is a collaboration between Italian school of performing arts Mas and Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, currently on view at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan…”
—Paolo Ferrarini for Cool Hunting

(discovered via Cool Hunting, more info to follow on Hello Kitty The Show official site)

photos of Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1959-1962 Box Set
(via fantagraphics)

character “floati” pens by Gama-Go (via design:related via gama-go)

“Art Clokey dies at 88; creator of Gumby”
(photo and article via latimes.com)

character puppets wishing you a happy christmas (via nespyxel)

new Toy Story 3 image of The Daycare
(discovered via pixarplanet.com)

“Simpsons characters as art masterpieces”
(via design:related)

mabelmoments:

Google doodle featuring E.C. Segar’s Popeye on what would have been Segar’s 115th birthday.

And why spinach?

Segar chose the vegetable due to an 1870 German study which claimed it contained the same amount of iron as red meat.

The strength-giving properties of spinach were later revised however, after it was found a stray decimal point had led researchers to believe the vegetable contained ten times its actual iron content. (via guardian uk)

“Friends With You Open New Boutique in Miami”
(discovered via Bernstein & Andriulli)

FriendsWithYou Mr. Phantom X iPhone Skins by Infectious
(via Mimobot)

new Star Wars USB key character designs…

“Hello Kitty: A cool cat turns 35” today
(article via latimes.com, and link to the animated design history promo)