Over the past few years Dark Hall Mansion has released some amazing Peanuts screen prints, but this haunting “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” poster by Nicolas Delort might just be their best yet! The Blot’s embarrassed to admit I wasn’t familiar with Nicolas’ work before this release, but after visiting his website I was blown away by his designs. His black and white line work is seriously amazing!

Nicolas Delort's gorgeous interpretation of Schulz's annual Halloween classic signals the holidays are upon us! Nicolas’ emotionally charged vision of a faithful Linus awaiting the visit of his beloved Great Pumpkin is pure pathos. His highly detailed line work well serves his hauntingly beautiful composition, truly making this year's Great Pumpkin screen print a singular and moving release.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Nicolas Delort is an 18”x24” screen print. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 280 pieces and will retail for $65, while the Glow in the Dark Variant is limited to 50 pieces and will retail for $100. There is also a super rare Foil Edition limited to just 15 pieces and retailing for $150 each. All three prints go on sale this Thursday, October 2nd, at Dark Hall Mansion's online store at a random time between 9:30am and 12pm PDT.

Now here’s an announcement The Blot has been anxiously waiting for! Super7 and Secret Base are finally releasing a second Alien Popy vinyl figure after its initial unpainted black colorway sold almost instantly at San Diego Comic-Con 2014. I was so bummed I missed out on this figure at SDCC, but dang this new colorway is pretty sick!

For this release, Alien’s Xenomorph “Big Chap” has been cast in grey pearlescent soft Japanese vinyl and features a black paint rub with a transparent vinyl dome. Standing 4″ tall and featuring multiple points of articulation, this pearlescent grey Alien Popy vinyl figure comes packaged in a full color window box referencing the original Kenner 18″ Alien package.

The Alien invasion begins at noon PDT this Thursday, October 2nd, at the Super7 online store where these awesome figures will retail for $50 each.

Next month at New York Comic Con 2014 Valiant Entertainment and CKRTLAB Toys will be debuting their new line of urban vinyl figures based on Valiant's popular line of comic books. Slated for a release in comic shops and online in 2015, the new Valiant urban vinyl toy line will feature a wide selection of highly stylized Valiant super heroes, beginning with X-O Manowar. Collectors’ first opportunity to get their hands on this exciting new Valiant toy line will be at NYCC 2014, where the X-O Manowar vinyl figure will see an exclusive early release.

The X-O Manowar vinyl figure stands 5.5” tall with 6 points of articulation and comes enhanced with a luster-rich metallic finish, exclusive "lightning sword" weapon accessory, and collectible packaging that is perfect for display. Limited to just 150 pieces, the X-O Manowar vinyl figure by CKRTLAB Toys will be available for purchase at the Valiant Entertainment NYCC booth #2028 for $25.

If you can’t wait until New York Comic Con 2014 to get your hands on one of Funko’s new Astro Boy Hikari Japanese Vinyl Figures (seen here), you’re in luck! The first two colorways of this exciting new 6” figure just went up for pre-order. Osamu Tezuka's iconic Astro Boy (or Mighty Atom as he was originally named) is currently available in a sweet metallic version of his original colorway and a vibrant metallic blue “NVS” colorway that’s exclusive to Entertainment Earth.

The Metallic Astro Boy Hikari is limited to 1,500 pieces and retails for $49.99, while the Entertainment Earth Exclusive NVS Astro Boy Hikari is limited to just 750 pieces and also retails for $49.99. Both are available for pre-order now at Entertainment Earth here.

The Blot doesn’t know exactly when it happened, but Deadpool has become one of, if not the, most popular character in all of comic books. It seems like he’s neck and neck with Batman these days. People can’t get enough of the Merc with a Mouth, and with FOX finally announcing a premiere date for their DP live action movie the hype is only going to get crazier! Now you can show your love for Deadpool with this awesome “Mini-Merc” t-shirt by UME Toys, featuring their adorable chibi style take on the beloved Marvel mutant.

The “Mini-Merc” Deadpool t-shirt is now available at the UME Toys online store in sizes S-2XL for £15.50.

After originally debuting as a print, Johnny Cupcakes awesome Incredible Hulk inspired design “Cake Smash” has finally been released as a t-shirt! The Blot’s a sucker for a good Marvel Comics homage, and I love the character specific purple and green color scheme of “Cake Smash”. You can never go wrong with a sharp looking purple tee!

The Johnny Cupcakes Incredible Hulk inspired “Cake Smash” T-Shirt is currently available at the Johnny Cupcakes online store in sizes XS-XXXL for $32 each.

Nathan Hamill has teamed up with Outsmart Originals to produce two awesome new t-shirts based on his recent red hot designer vinyl figure, Lavabear! First up is the “Lavabear Rising” design, which features the character’s original design in vibrant and sharp, eye-popping color. The second tee is the “Lavabear Artist Edition”, which features Nathan’s original hand-drawn design of Lavabera. It’s a mix between minimalism and abstract styles that really looks fantastic on a shirt. Plus it’s a great representation of Hamill’s unique art style.

Both of Nathan Hamill’s Lavabear t-shirts are currently available for pre-order ladies (S-L) and mens (S-5XL) styles at the Outsmart Originals online store for just $25. These will be made to order and are expected to ship early October so get your orders in ASAP!

After debuting at Thailand Toy Expo earlier this year, Kronk’s “Mutant A” Bad Ass vinyl figure is finally seeing a wider release! Produced by Pobber Toys, the Mutant A Edition Bad Ass features a really nice mutated color scheme of off-white, light blue, purple, yellow and pink. For some odd reason this colorway really reminds The Blot of ice cream. What do you think? 

Mutant A stands 9” tall, features 7 points of articulation, and comes complete with spikes, rivets, sharp teeth and even a few battle scars. Limited to just 50 pieces, only 25 of this Bad Ass colorway will be hitting designer toy stores worldwide soon where they will retail for $95.

Austin, Texas is the “Live Music Capital of the World”, and on any given night you can find live music playing up and down the streets of downtown Austin. Add to this the annual music festivals and rich history of the city's music scene and you begin to understand where Austin gets its well-deserved moniker. This fall, Guzu Gallery pays homage to its hometown's strong musical tradition with a sequel to last year's successful music-themed art show, “Deep Cuts”.

For “Deep Cuts 2: 12" Tributes to Our Music Heroes”, Guzu asked each artist to pay tribute to a beloved music icon, cult hero or legend in the form of an album-sized screen print. Each 12”x12” limited edition print will be sold for just $25.

The Deep Cuts 2 opening reception will be held tonight, Friday, September 26th, from 7-10pm, and the artwork will remain up through October 20th. On opening night Guzu will be featuring live music by Austin dream pop trio, Yum, and indie rock quartet, Antiques. Guzu Gallery welcomes everyone to the show, but if you can't make it out, the artwork will be available for purchase in their online store on Monday, September 29th around noon CDT.

Ok, wouldn’t we all look awesome in a blue furry fitted hat!?! It’s been a while since The Blot spotlighted one of New Era’s amazing Marvel Comics hats, and I absolutely love this “Furry Beast” 59Fifty fitted cap inspired by original X-Men member Hank McCoy (aka The Beast). “Furry Beast” features the X-Men logo embroidered on its front, Dr. Hank McCoy embroidered in script on the back, and a really cool graphic under the visor that spotlights four different incarnations of Beast. X-Men fans can pick one up today via the New Era online store for $49.99.

This past weekend was the first ever MondoCon in Austin, Texas! MondoCon was a culmination of everything Mondo has always wanted to see in a convention, and from everything I’ve seen and read it was a huge success! Later today they’ll be releasing a few posters that were originally available for purchase at their Mondo booth, including the convention’s exclusive poster by Mike Saputo and Phantom City Creative. What makes this print super bad ass is that it features Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot in honor of co-creator Geof Darrow’s attendance at the show. Darrow is a comic genius and The Blot’s always loved Big Guy and Rusty. What a killer idea!

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Mike Saputo and Phantom City Creative is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print. Limited to just 235 pieces, this print goes on sale at a random time today, Friday, September 26th, at the Mondo online store for $45.

The Blot’s had some pretty mixed feelings about Funko’s new line of Hikari vinyl figures. Some of these officially licensed pop culture figures have looked awesome, while the sculpts of other Hikari figures have looked pretty terrible. To be honest, I’ve tried to ignore the bad ones and focus on the Hikari toys I do like. Take for instance, these amazing Astro Boy Hikari!

Osamu Tezuka's iconic Mighty Atom gets the Funko Hikari treatment this October, and Toy Tokyo will be releasing the figure’s first two colorways exclusively at New York Comic Con 2014! First up is the Botan Rice Candy Edition and the Pyro Edition. I love both versions, but the how crazy is that Pyro colorway with its beautiful melted crayon façade!?! This one is going to be especially hard to get as it’s limited to just 88 pieces.

Meet “Franken Leverton”, the newest version of UME Toys’ adorable hot dog, Watson Leverton! It’s never too early to celebrate Halloween, right!?! Each one of these three Franken Leverton resin figures features a unique scar with stitching and metal bolts through its neck, making these one of a kind customs.

Franken Leverton, the undead UME Toys hotdog, stands just under 3” tall and goes on sale at 9pm London time this Friday, September 26th, at the UME Toys online store.

Furry Feline Creatives have teamed up with Suburban Vinyl to release this monstrous New York Comic Con 2014 Exclusive “Suburban Reptile Kaiju” Purridge Plush. Each one is 100% hand sewn with love and measures a whopping 14”x12”. Purridge fans can pick one up exclusively at the Suburban Vinyl NYCC booth #208, which is in The Block as part of the Tenacious Collective. Limited to just 12 pieces these are sure to go fast! Also, for the first time ever the folks from Furry Feline Creatives will be attending New York Comic Con, and will be on hand at Suburban Vinyl’s booth with some of their other amazing plushes.

Grey Matter Art, in collaboration with StudioCanal, have teamed up with the super talented artist Grzegorz Domaradzki (aka Gabz) to release this awesome officially licensed movie poster for David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive! What’s crazy is this is the first authorized screen print for the film.

Mulholland Drive by Grzegorz Domaradzki is a 24”x36” screen print. The Regular Edition is limited to 225 pieces and will retail for $50, while the Variant is limited to just 150 pieces and will retail for $75. Both versions go on sale at a random time between 1-2pm EDT on Tuesday, September 30th at the Grey Matter Art online store.

ConventionExclusive.com is heading back to New York Comic Con again this year with a killer new exclusive Stan Lee Pop! vinyl figure! Produced by Funko, the final Stan Lee Pop! of Series 2 will sport new color scheme and the iconic Stan Lee signature on his t-shirt as he’s ripping off his jacket Superman style.

The New York Comic Con 2014 Exclusive “Signature” Stan Lee Pop! stands 3.75” tall, comes packaged in a full color window box and can be purchased at the ConventionExclusive.com NYCC booth #2654 for $25. Any remaining figures will be made available at the ConventionExclusive.com online store.

For New York Comic Con 2014, Square Enix will be releasing a limited edition exclusive metallic variant of their upcoming Deathstroke Batman: Arkham Origins Play Arts Kai 10” action figure! This NYCC 2014 exclusive features a metallic black and gold color scheme instead of Deathstroke's signature orange and blue armor. This deadly figure includes swappable hands to hold his various weapons, a hand gun, club, sword, rifle, and a display stand.

The New York Comic Con 2014 Exclusive Metallic Deathstroke Batman: Arkham Origins Play Arts Kai action figure is limited to just 1,000 pieces and can be purchased at the Square Enix NYCC booth #1813 for $99.99.

The Blot is a huge fan of the Grateful Dead, so I really excited to learn that Medicom was teaming up with this iconic American rock band on a new line of Dancing Bears Be@rbricks! This February Medicom will be releasing red and blue versions of The Dead’s iconic mascot as 100%, 400% and 1,000% Be@rbrick vinyl figures. Whether you’re a fan of the Grateful Dead, Be@rbricks, or rock ‘n roll memorabilia in general, this is one release you won’t want to miss out on!

The Grateful Dead Dancing Bears Be@rbricks will be released worldwide in February 2015. The Dancing Bear 100% Be@rbrick comes in red or blue, stands 3” tall and retails for $15, while the Dancing Bear 400% Be@rbrick comes in red or blue, stands 11” tall and retails for $65, and the Dancing Bear 1,000% Be@rbrick, which only comes in red, stands 28” tall and retails for $300.

Later this week Funko’s very first Target exclusive Pop! vinyl figure will be hitting store shelves, and it’s this awesome Unmasked Batman! Finally Bruce Wayne is getting the Pop! treatment. What a killer release for Target’s first exclusive. The Blot is always excited about new DC Comics Pop! figures.

Each Target Exclusive Unmasked Batman Pop! Heroes vinyl figure features one point of articulation and comes packaged in a full color displayable window box. Available for purchase at your local Target, this Bruce Wayne figure will retail for around $10-15 each.

Tonight’s the world premiere of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Season 2 and The Blot can’t wait! To promote the new season, ABC has released this kinda “meh” one sheet teaser TV poster. It doesn’t actually say anything, but you can decipher some hidden messages by how the cast in lined up. For instance, Chloe Bennet’s Skye is now a full-fledged agent of SHIELD, while Brett Dalton’s Grant Ward has his back turned to the rest of the cast, which shows he is still at odds with the rest of his team. What more can we learn from this last official image before tonight’s premiere?

Agents of SHIELD premieres tonight, Tuesday, September 23rd, at 9/8c on ABC.

Super7 has something sweetly refreshing on the menu! Lemon Pie Guy and Foster are freshly baked and available at noon PDT this Thursday, September 25th, at the Super7 online store for $25 each. These delightfully delicious two part Kandy Kaiju soft vinyl figures are cast in lemon yellow vinyl with white and tan sprays and stand 3” tall. Satisfy your sweet tooth with these fruit flavored happy little monsters.

For Pobber's very first print release they’ve teamed up with popular South African artist Kronk to produce a beautiful print featuring his epic Bad Ass vinyl figure! Last weekend they unleashed this stripped down, 4 color screen print designed to show off the “badass-ness” of Kronk’s giant mecha ape known as Bad Ass. For this design, Kronk “looked at classic King Kong and sci-fi posters for inspiration, especially those that show destruction.” The result is a striking image that will make an excellent addition to any art collector’s walls!

“Bad Ass” by Kronk is an 18”x24” screen print on 140lb French Fine Art Paper. Limited to just 50 pieces, this print is currently available for purchase at the Pobber online store for $70 each.

Stripped down and streamlined, the Floral Pleasure ‘Bot is a real beauty. For this release, Kidrobot asked Tristan Eaton, the foundational Kidrobot designer, to embellish the Kidrobot mascot platform with his golden illustrative touch. Featuring an elegant, intricate and daring design, the Floral Pleasure Kidrobot is a homage to beautiful bodies. The Blot’s loving this design, but I am a little bummed to see another release featuring the super simplistic DIY version of the ‘Bot platform.

The Floral Pleasure Kidrobot Mascot Vinyl Figure stands 7” tall and is available now at Entertainment Earth for $44.99 each here.

Finally, one of The Blot’s favorite Star Wars action figures is getting the Jumbo Vintage Kenner Star Wars action figure treatment by Gentle Giant, Princess Leia Organa in Boushh disguise! Digitally scanned from a mint 3 ¾” Kenner original figure and reproduced to a substantial 12" tall, the Princess Leia in Boushh Disguise Jumbo Vintage Kenner Star Wars action figure by Gentle Giant is an exact replica of the classic ROTJ toy!

Made of durable plastics, this jumbo figure includes a faithfully reproduced Boushh helmet and rifle, is fully articulated just like the original figure, and comes packaged on a Return of the Jedi inspired blister card (featuring original photos and artwork) with a plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display this awesome action figure.

The Star Wars 12 inch Jumbo Vintage Kenner Princess Leia in Boushh Disguise action figure by Gentle Giant is not expected to be released until June 2015, but it can be pre-ordered through Entertainment Earth for $71.99 here.

This weekend is Popcon Asia 2014, where this awesome Black and Red GeekWok Star Wars resin figure by UME Toys will be making its debut. This bad boy Ewok sports a satin black finish and bright red glasses. Standing a hairy 3” tall, this little chap is cast resin, hand painted, signed and numbered on the base. If you happened to be in Jakarta, Indonesia this weekend then stop by Toy Kulture’s Popcon Asia booth #AAH-2 to pick one up. Limited to just 10 pieces, only 5 will be available at Popcon while the other 5 went on sale last night at the UME Toys online store. Sadly those 5 sold out immediately.

Argh, another reason The Blot wishes I was at MondoCon 2014 this weekend in Austin! Mondo will be releasing this epic Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus screen print by Mike Sutfin. Sutfin is one of my favorite artists and he freaking killed it on this one, which depicts Spidey battling Doc Ock in Chinatown.  It's been way too long since Mondo's released a new poster in its Marvel Comics Screen Print Series, but I'm glad it's back with an awesome design like this!

The MondoCon 2014 Exclusive “Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus” by Mike Sutfin is a 36”x23.25” 12 color screen print, and is limited to just 175 pieces. Don’t worry though, a second edition of this awesome print featuring a different color palate will be released via the Mondo online store at a later date.

If you’ve ever wondered what Mondo’s been doing with their vinyl record test pressings since they first started their record label back in 2011, here’s your answer! They’ve been saving them up for an extra special release! To celebrate the third anniversary of their label, Mondo will be releasing their test pressings exclusively at MondoCon 2014. All of the album test pressings will be randomly assorted, blind box style, packaged in a killer gatefold jacket designed by Tyler Stout (the spine is marked MOND-000 for all the completists out there).

There will only be around 200 MondoCon Exclusive “MOND-000” vinyl record test pressings released, and they will include everything from The Beyond (MOND-002) through their newest release, Shaun Of The Dead (MOND-043). This release will even include test pressings from albums that haven’t been announced yet! The MondoCon 2014 Exclusive MOND-OOO test pressings, featuring artwork by Tyler Stout, will be limited to 1 per person and retail for $100 each.

You know, The Blot was just thinking to myself it’s been way too long since we’ve seen a new colorway of Funko’s hugely popular Deadpool Pop! Marvel vinyl figure. And then BAM!, Funko announced its 1,000th Deadpool colorway! Ok I’m being a little facetious, but there have been a ton of Deadpool variants. Could there have been better timing for this release than the same week that FOX announced a premiere date for its upcoming live action Deadpool movie!?! This new X-Men Edition Deadpool Pop! sports a blue and gold uniform based on the costumes of the original X-Men team. Evidently Deadpool actually wore this costume in the Cable and Deadpool comic book series after losing a bet to Wolverine and Beast.

Each “X-Men” Deadpool Pop! Marvel vinyl figure bobble head stands 3.75” tall, features one point of articulation, and comes packaged in a full color displayable window box. This variant Merc with a Mouth won’t ship until October 2013, but you can pre-order one from Entertainment Earth for just $9.99 here.

Who in the world would have thought the true breakout star of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy would be Baby Groot!?! With only one scene in the whole film Baby Groot stole the world’s heart. Since everyone’s been clamoring for Baby Groot toys, Motorbot took matters into his own hands with this awesome Baby Groot resin figure! This movie accurate 4” figure is 100% hand sculpted (including the rocks in the pot) and is one solid piece of hand cast resin.

The Baby Groot Resin Figure by Motorbot is available now at the Meathead Toys online store. The fully painted version is just $15, while the blank DIY edition is $10. Get one now while supplies last!

October Toys’ Mini Gwin 1″ PVC mini figure is back in an all new colorway, “Midnight” Black! Based on Tux, the Linux logo, and created by Larry Ewing and The GIMP, the “Midnight” Mini Gwin is part of August’s OTMFG mini figure of the month release. Sculpted by George Gaspar, the “Midnight” Mini Gwin is on sale now at the October Toys online store for $2.

For some odd reason we’re still weeks away from the season premiere of Arrow on The CW. To help us kill the time until Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen/Green Arrow returns to the TVs everywhere, The CW has released this Arrow Season 3 television poster. I actually like this group shot of Team Arrow, which includes Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal, Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak, Amell, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance and David Ramsey as John Diggle. My only gripe is how freaking fake this poster looks! They couldn’t they have just taken a cast photo? Ugh… Regardless, bring on the 2014/2015 television season! With 5 different DC Comics live action shows airing this fall, The Blot is in hog heaven! I just hope they live up to they hype.

Arrow Season 3 premieres on The CW Wednesday, October 8th, at 8/7c.