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These were COMICON exclusives designed from the style guide by my pal PATRICK OWSLEY! KEVIN at www.timeandspacetoys.com has the official releases of these figures! The packaging also has Patrick's artwork on them.
This is MORRIE TURNER creator of the WEE PALS comic strip that ultimately was developed into the RANKIN/BASS Saturday morning series KID POWER. There is a documentary in the works on MORRIE and I am a part of it. I did my interview at Christmas 2005 and looking forward to seeing the final piece. This picture came from a GREAT new book that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND called THE ARTIST WITHIN (Dark Horse) with Photographs by Greg Preston of JACK DAVIS, JOHN ROMITA, SR., ALEX ROSS, JACK KIRBY, MITCH O' CONNELL, etc. etc.
Here is someone I thought you should know! Romeo Muller's brother GENE! He has been so helpful with all the RANKIN/BASS Projects I have worked on over the years and he deserves a BIG THANK YOU! Romeo was such an incredible part of the RANKIN/BASS legacy and will never be forgotten. I could have never researched Romeo's work without the kindness of GENE! 
Here are some VERY cool exclusives www.timeandspacetoys.com are offering for the Holidays of 2007! I am especially excited about the GRINCH item, which was done in conjunction with McFARLANE toys. NICE stuff! TIME & SPACE TOYS will also be a part of our BROOKFIELD ZOO weekend, which looks like it will be December 15th and 16th now. Make plans to come out! This may be the last public appearance for the SANTA & RUDOLPH ANIMAGIC figures for a while.
A couple of GREAT GIN BLOSSOMS shows coming up this weekend! Friday August 24 at the CUBBY BEAR and then Saturday August 25 at the PALATINE STREET FESTIVAL!
Check www.ginblossoms.net or www.myspace.com/ginblossoms for details!
We had the fortune of seeing CROWDED HOUSE last night at their 2nd SOLD OUT show at the HOUSE OF BLUES in Chicago! One word...AMAZING! I saw them on every tour in the Chicago area and they still have it! Reforming after 11 years...THANK YOU CROWDED HOUSE! They have a new CD out called TIME ON EARTH and I love the tune "Don't Stop Now." Check them out at www.crowdedhouse.com and www.myspace.com/crowdedhouse 
Exciting News! We confirmed an appearance at BROOKFIELD ZOO'S HOLIDAY MAGIC 2007! When I say we...I mean the original RUDOLPH & SANTA Animagic figures ( courtesy of http://www.timeandspacetoys.com/ ) and myself! I will be signing books, talking about RANKIN/BASS and showing some VERY RARE stuff! This will be a VERY nice RANKIN/BASS Holiday event and we may even bring a guest or two! As soon as I confirm the dates, I will post them here!
Here are a few pics around town. JOSH bought a limited edition LOLLAPALOOZA skateboard by Element and the Hall of Fame statue is of Chicago legendary broadcaster JACK BRICKHOUSE!
This was from a series of drawings I did for several different RANKIN/BASS lines of figurines back in 1999! Several concepts were actually produced and were quite successful for the company. I gave direction on many other RANKIN/BASS items over the years at ENESCO CORP.
This is a vintage picture of my band THE STARVING ARTISTS by Angelo Di Gangi! That is me on the right, when I had a JAN & DEAN haircut! Check out www.myspace.com/rgoldschmidt 
Tell them WWW.RANKINBASS.COM sent you for an added surprise! Their PIZZA and BEER NUGGETS are the BEST!
of 3 comic books based on the RANKIN/BASS hit TV series THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO! Here are a few of the original covers. The first time the COMICON switched to the DONALD H. STEPHENS CONVENTION center...these comics were high on my priority list.
