MATT STEWART Guest Signing on Saturday

If you haven't heard of Matt Stewart yet - you will soon. He's an amazingly talented guy working in animation up in Ottawa.

This Saturday, Matt will be in Toronto as a guest at our booth at the TORONTO COMICON -Fan Appreciation Show. He should be at the booth aprox 12:30 or 1 pm, for about 1 hour. He'll gladly sign copies of his new Artbook.

The Show is on Friday-Sunday this week April 13-15. Friday is Free admission, while Saturday and Sunday admission is priced at a reasonable $15 for both days.

Check out: www.hobbystar.com/ComicConToronto2007/Mini_Home.asp
for other guests and show info.

DAVID COLMAN IN DA HOUSE

Finally back in stock, David Colman's Art of Animal Character Design. While I wouldn't want to have to repeat that title ten times fast, I could look at this book all day long. A truly terrific piece of work. Dave has also been super nice, and signed all the copies @ no extra charge. Get 'em while they're hot!

Dean Yeagle Minotaur

Hey Folks,

Got a treat. The Amazing Dean Yeagle, drew up a couple of images of a potential Minotaur. It's not final,but Dean has allowed me to share them with you so here they are. Feel Free to leave comments.

GURIHIRU -NEW FROM JAPAN

So it's not every day that I discover a new blog. Now some of you may already be familiar with this guy -but boy was I surprised. Usually we see folks here in North America, trying to draw anime style. Well, here's a dude from Japan - who draws inspiration from North American animators.
check out his blog and see for yourself http://gurihiru21.blog11.fc2.com/

WANTED : MASCOT DESIGNS

Hi All,

Still working on the store. Hopefully the lease will be signed soon and I can announce that its all official. In the mean time, I am trying to come up with a mascot. A character that can appear on t-shirts, the store sign, business cards and possibly a full body costume (like the kind they have at wonderland or disney world)

Some suggestions included a dragon or a minataur, however, it can be anything -that fits with animation, illustration or anime. It should be fun, appealing and not overly complicated.

Please email me your design ideas. I will post them here on the blog. If your design is chosen, you will get a $150 store credit towards the goodies of your choice. Plus I will love you forever and sing your praises every time the subject of the mascot is brought up.

Email your designs to: inthelab@hotmail.com

Cheers,
Dan

A STORE! A STORE!

First the good news: We finally found a store. Our goal is to be open by June 1st, but depending on how things go, we may be open as early as May 15th. As you could imagine, starting up a store will take some work. I will be taking pictures of the place as we go through the process of transforming it and hopefully post that here. Expect that to start happening in early May.

More Good News: We will be launching a website you can shop from June 1st as well. Nothing is up yet, but we have a programmer working on it right now. We will announce the web address closer to the date.

Not So Good News: I can't reveal the new store location just yet. Sorry. What I can say is that it will be in Toronto. The exact address, hours of operation, etc.. will be revealed here on this blog no later than May 10th.

Cheers,
Dan.

BUYING YOUR BOOKS

WANTED: Used Art, Illustration,Animation, Art Instruction, Life Drawing, Design and Fashion books.

If you want quick cash, for some of your old books, talk to us. If we need the books, we'll make you a fair offer. Keep in mind, we're in business to make a profit.

What we want are books in good condition, that are filled with great art, illustrations etc..

So if you got too many books, or some old books that dont do it for you anymore, email us with a list. our email: inthelab@hotmail.com

We just picked up a collection of books last week -including 1 copy each of: Art of Lion King, Art of Hercules, Art of Hunchback, Art of Tarzan, Art of Toy Story, Art of Bugs Life, and several other hard to find books. Check us out at our next sale, for a chance to grab one of these. (again, we just have 1 copy each of these). The guy who sold us these made more money than if he took it to a traditional used book store, and we got some cool books that people have been asking for.

OH - before i forget. We just got in a huge Brand Spankin New selection of the coolest French books ever. Including several mouth watering sketch version, sketchbooks and terrific BD's.