I have a nephew who is almost 7. He’s inquisitive and really smart for his age. Yesterday was Sunday, it was 106 degrees outside, and I was working very hard to finish orders. I was a little stressed. He came into my studio and asked me what I was doing, I told him I [...]

The official title of this set is the sum of its individual titles: Learning to Share, I was Born from a Drop of Water, Just for Fun, but it was a bit long so I settled for Awwwwwww which is what most people say when they see them anyway. www.thumbtackpress.com

Rod Hunt has the second best name in the known universe right after Laser McAwesome. But we’re not a name competition, we’re a print factory of joy©. Rod brings a unique perspective (isometric) to Thumbtack Press with these complex yet playful prints. Again, I have to mention that these damn low-res jpegs can’t show you [...]

Bob will be signing his first cameo book at Comic Con!

I’ll be signing my new book with Murphy Design this Sunday at Comic Con from 11am to 1 pm. Please stop by and say hello. Booth info for Mark Murphy / Murphy Design is below. Hope to see you there.

All the best, Bob Dob

Mark [...]

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And speaking of Canada! I’d like to welcome the veteran illustrator, instructor, and Canadian Rick Sealock to Thumbtack Press. You know his work and now, finally, you can have him in your home! Rick has won every illustration honor in the known universe and hasn’t slowed down yet! He is still the busiest guy [...]

Hi Canada, it’s me! Tony, your friend in the States. Thanks to a little programming change I made to the website today you may now order prints to be sent via UPS instead of Int’l Air Mail. I know this news won’t make the front page of the Toronto Star but I thought you art-loving [...]

Bendito Machine is an award-winning short by Jossie Malis done in Flash. I am a big fan of Flash animation and actually started my early career doing flash exclusively before the Dot Com Thud of ‘01.

About 99% of all Flash animations are garbage, but every once in a while I see some thing like this [...]

This set of prints by Oksana Badrak may be all different sizes but they fit together beautifully, both thematically and aesthetically. A customer bought these three last week and - by chance - I spread them out on my work table and noticed how they descend/ascend in perfect ratio to one another in size like [...]

The boys at Mutt Ink have added five new prints to their tackboard. They have two types of prints, I call them the Sepias and the Golds - easy to mix and match as sets, and they won’t break the bank. www.thumbtackpress.com

I just finished a marathon session of printing which began about 12 hours (and 6 color replenishes) ago . . . now here’s a video of me with blue hands, in a zombie-like state, casting a spell on myself to go to sleep - set to surf music, of course.

good morning. www.thumbtackpress.com

Someone is suing WalMart because they “own” the smiley face symbol and name.

From the article: “A prehistoric man probably invented the smiley face in some cave, but I certainly was the first to register it as a trademark,” said [a total fucking imbecile*], who said he initially registered the design.” —

If this ruling goes against WalMart [...]