House of Fun Newsroom

art for sale page has moved

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:46:25 +0000

Our ability to keep the art for sale page completely fell apart this year as Evan cannot work in html or access the site, and every time I'd have a new version he'd have more changes and sales for me to add in. So, I'm trying out a google doc page that he can edit every time he has an enquiry or sale without my help! Soon we'll add links....but that requires uploading which I still have to do. Go and check it out!

Milk and Cheese Mugs

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:18:30 +0000

They're here! For beer! Get used to it!

This brand new set of beer mugs features the beloved and terrifying dynamic dairy duo belting out more of their trademarked idiocy. It's probably funnier if you're drunk. Either way, the set is now available from SLG Publishing. These babies are perfect for either casual or intensive two-fisted drinking, and can easily be filled with whatever liquid refreshment you happen to prefer or have on hand.

Get them now, and you will have them soon. Delay that order, and you may wind up regretting it for the rest of your miserable days. And you won't be able to drown your sorrows with these lovely mugs. So there.

Biff Bam Pow #1 In Stores

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:56:44 +0000

Biff Bam Pow #1, the latest comic from the H.O.F. and SLG publishing, is now available through better comic shops and the . This most-ages comic features the humorous, action -filled adventures of One Punch Goldberg, Kid Blastoff, Super Rad (and his sibling nemesis, Billy), as well as a Nutsy Monkey strip from the pages of Nickelodeon Magazine. Biff Bam Pow #1 is a 24 page standard comic in b&w, and is cover priced at $2.95.

Milk & Cheese reviewed!

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:22:10 +0000

Plastic and Plush has a nice review (with lots of photos) up of our M&C vinyls. They gave them a very respectable score of 8.6 out of 10. We were pretty excited to see it pop up today, as P&P is probably our favorite toy blog.

The only thing I will disagree with in the review is on the accessories - we have had no trouble switching the accessories, our figures can hold either the bottle or the hammer with no trouble whatsoever. So do not fear, you can switch weapons at will. (I will have to agree about the board, it's a little wobbly and I'm not sure why; in the sculpt stage it fit perfectly. They can hold it, just not as well as the other weapons.)

more milk and cheese enjoyment

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:27:10 +0000

Another unveiling has been posted! Check it out!

they are here! they are here!

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:28:45 +0000

Milk and Cheese have arrived! Boxes and boxes of them are at the SLG warehouse right now, and you can order them direct, or wait until they show up at your local retailer some time next month.

Want to know what it's like to get your very own set? Check out this cool flickr set from brother_of_nool. Fun!

new YGG! episodes next week!

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:57:26 +0000

Next week, four more new episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba! will be premiering on Nick Jr, and two of them have SMRG segments in them!

Super Martian Robot Girl in Do You Like My Haircut (a.k.a. "Harry Haircut" according to Emily) is in episode 111 and will be airing: 9/25 (Tuesday) at (I believe) 10:30 am.

Super Martian Robot Girl in Dance of the Cobra Man (a.k.a. "Snakey" according to Emily) is in episode 113 and will be airing: 9/26 (Wednesday) at 10:30 am.

I think both will be repeated in the afternoon and/or on Friday, plus they'll go into rotation after this.

Also -- if you are, or ever were, a ska kid or rudie....do not miss episode 112, which will air on Monday. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. I MEAN IT.

Yo Gabba Gabba airdates!

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:31:20 +0000

We have a schedule for the first two weeks of YGG's airdates on Nickelodeon -- of course, that's starting this past Monday while we were still up in Toronto. The segment we worked on is the Super Martian Robot Girl feature and two of our episodes will be airing during the premiere period:

Super Martian Robot Girl in Jumbo Shrimp (a.k.a. Shrimpy according to Emily) is in episode 102 and will be airing: 8/24 Friday at 1 pm; and 8/30 Thursday at 1 pm.

Super Martian Robot Girl in Where's My Mama (a.k.a. Pink Baby according to Emily) is in episode 106 and will be airing: 8/28 Tuesday at 10:30 am; and 8/31 Friday at 1pm.

FYI: (mostly swiped from Evan) the YGG shorts were originally planned for live action, and the first few were shot as such. For the original live action version, we did the costume design for Super Martian Robot Girl and the comic book cover/panel art. For the animation: script breakdowns and storyboards by Sarah, character and background designs by Evan with Sarah's help, finished drawings by Evan, color by Sarah, flash animation by two small animation studios (and one big one - Shrimpy was done at W!ldbrain).

Milk & Cheese are on the way! Order yours now!

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:37:30 +0000

The Milk and Cheese vinyl figure set is finally about to come out, and you can pre-order yours right now to make sure you get them as quickly as possible right here. The final price on the complete set of two figures and three accessories is $69.95, and US orders get free shipping from SLG. And not only do you get free shipping, that's free shipping on your entire order, so here's your chance to get those one or two SLG titles you haven't been able to find locally with no shipping charges. Cool beans, huh?

Lost Thomas has arrived at the Monster Store

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:26:38 +0000

Lost Thomas has joined Tiny Madison and Montague Blaylock in our cafepress Monster Store. Okay, really it's the House of Fun store, but with 3 monsters and more coming, it's turning into a monster store!

H.O.F. Badger Paper Toy Now Available

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:42:26 +0000

The Badger paper and pin toy designed by Sarah and I is now available at Toydigger. As I posted earlier, these are extremely limited, only 15 of each design will be made available for purchase at this site. The designers were given the remaining 10 of each run of 25 to do with what they will. We may sell a few at shows, but for the time being we're holding onto them. So, if you want one, now is the time.

Holiday Heroes Charity Auction

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:12:49 +0000

We've contributed a custom Munny vinyl figure to the Holiday heroes charity auction sponsored by the folks at
Uberbot. Other custom designed figures were contributed by Matt Wagner, Dave Johnson, David Mack and Mike Allred, among other cartoonists and comic creators. All proceeds from the auction goes to Toys For Tots. You can see the auction listings and bid on our Surf Mummy custom figure here. More photos of the Surf Mummy can be seen on our Flickr page.

The Dark Horse Book of Monsters now in stores

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:36:48 +0000

The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, the fourth and final entry in DHC's horror anthology series, is now available at more well-rounded comic shops and bookstores. It features a twenty-page story painted by Jill Thompson and written by Sarah and I, "A Dog and His Boy", which continues the adventures of the supernatural-battling canines (and feline) seen in the previous three volumes. Two of these stories, "Stray", and "The Unfamiliar", have won Eisner awards, the former for Best Painted/Multimedia Interior Art, the latter for Best Short Story.

Other contributors to the Book of Monsters include Mike Mignola (who offers up a new Hellboy story), Kurt Busiek, Keith Giffen, Scott Allie and Gary Giann, who provides illustrations for a prose short story by long-dead English horror writer William Hope Hodgson.

The Dark Horse Book of Monsters is a 96-page hardcover which retails for $15.95, and is from the fine folks at Dark Horse Comics (duh).

The Simpsons Winter Wingding #1 now available

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:00:19 +0000

The Simpsons Winter Wingding holiday special from Bongo Comics was released last Wednesday to comic shops. This 48-page special features "The Gift of the Maccabee", a 9-page Krusty the Clown Hannukah story written by Sarah and I, with art by John Constanza and Phyllis Novin. The story concerns Krusty's 1963 holiday romance with a Vegas showgirl, which turns into a fifty car pile up replete with booze, gambling and vehicular violence. Oy! The Winter Wingding also features Simpsons stories written by Paul Dini, Tony Digerolamo and Eric Rogers. Happy Holidays!

Dork #11 In Stores Now!

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:46:38 +0000

The latest issue of Dork is now available at select comic book shops (i.e., those that ordered it) as well as from SLG Publishing. This "all-gag" issue runs 26 pages -- counting the inside covers -- and contains a whopping 216 gag strips and panels. That comes to less than two cents a joke. Yikes! We work cheap here at the H.O.F., so the least you can do is find it in your hearts and wallets to pick up a copy of Dork #11, the first slab of solo cartooning from Evan Dorkin in four long years.