Oh what fun we had at Comic Con this year! Among the many wonderful sights, from top left: our new favorite type 1 diabetic, Cas, wearing a plush mustache and holding our new giant pancreas shared with us the dudes of Epic Mealtime, to whom he sold his Mr. Toast Shaky Bacon necklace for all the money in their wallets. Our booth was staffed by the finest people on the planet, my dear friends Chuva, Carolyn and Shelayna and my brother, Greg, also made an appearance to help peddle guts. Thanks, everybody! We met this pink pair on the floor, this guy wears a screaming pink mohawk in honor of his mom, a 14-year breast cancer survivor, so we asked them to pose with our mammary glands to help promote his site, chanceforhope.com. This lady was sporting a fabulous eyeball hat; Popeye posed with our stomach to digest his daily dose of canned spinach; and a very intimidating Mr. Vader stopped by to show us his heart. Thanks to each and every person who stopped by to take a look at our guts, we truly had the best time meeting and talking to everyone!
Archive for July, 2011
Seen on the Scene
Posted: Friday, July 29th, 2011Surreal Life
Posted: Thursday, July 28th, 2011
This J-pop video features twirling brains, floating Roy-Lichtenstein-esque hearts, floating femurs, eyeballs, teeth, skulls and more oddities that will make your cranium explode from all that pink cuteness. [via Scotti on BoingBoing]
Play-Doh Pals
Posted: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
We met a super-cool, super-dedicated Irvine-area teacher at Comic Con this year, and not only is she dedicated to her students, she is also an impressive sculptor along with her sister. “A few months ago we stayed in on a Friday night and decided to make little clay models of your products just for fun,” Rachel told us. “That just shows you a) how much of a nerd I am… and b) how much we love your product!” Thanks, Rachel, it was super fun meeting with and chatting with you and thanks for making little sculpey guts! We especially love the eyelashes on the uterus, she looks great with mascara.
Giving “U” Snuggles
Posted: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
I don’t often feel like cuddling with my uterus, but this Utera Maxima – sadly sold out on Etsy — may change my mind. [via Trendhunter]
Bowels on Burritos
Posted: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Saw this gorgeous guts-splattered shirt at Comic Con, Your Body on Bean Burritos by Jay Avendano on Threadless. Love it! Comic Con was great, more on that later…
SDCC Favorites List
Posted: Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Likely, you already know which booths you want to visit at Comic Con 2011, but just in case, here’s a short list that’ll get you around to see some of our favorite people, characters and things, and of course you’ll discover more along the way. Here’s our Best of Comic Con 2011 cheat sheet, biased heavily toward stuff we love, i.e. cute stuff, nerdy science stuff, art stuff, fashion stuff and bizarre stuff:
Bored Inc 609
Chronicle Books 1506
Conduct Happiness, Inc. 4832
Blick Art Materials 5106
DKE Toys 4728
DK Publishing 2913-G
Emily the Strange 4637
Frank Kozik 4734
Gama Go 4738
Giant Microbes 735
Giant Robot 1729
Hi-Fructose Magazine 4939
Kidrobot 4529
Kinokuniya Bookstore 5549
Lego Systems Inc 2829
Mr Toast 4831
Munky King 4539
Poketo 4634
Spicy Brown 4845
Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi 4736
Tokidoki 4731
Toy Tokyo 5437
Uglydoll 3245
Upper Playground 4633
Wacom Technology 5238
…and of course stop by I Heart Guts at booth #932!
Big Things Ahead
Posted: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Maybe your brain wasn’t burning with the question, “What’s new with guts at Comic Con this year?” but we’re gonna share anyway. Some more BIG GUTS will debut at Comic Con, specifically the new Colossal Kidney, Big Brain, Immense Intestine and Prodigious Pancreas, all pictured here. These are so fun and fluffy and fabulous, we cannot wait to share them with our favorite folks at the world’s largest geek convention (being geeks ourselves, we’re allowed to say that). If that’s not enough, we’ll also have our brand new plush appendix and plush thyroid, seen below, so please stop by our booth, #932! We’ll also have our usual array of tees, pins, posters and other fun stuff. And for those of you who can’t make it, don’t worry, these guys are on now for sale on our website! And there’s still a handful of the lifesize kidneys, pancreases and intestines left if you want ‘em.
Too Much Lymphormation
Posted: Monday, July 11th, 2011
Which phrase goes best with our new lymph node buddy? The most infectious to me are “Love at First Cyte” and “Lymph For the Moment” but I like the spirit of “Fighting For You!” I’m having a hard time choosing a fave – help me! Another one we thought of was “Lymphomaniac,” but believe it or not it’s been done before.
Metabolic Mate
Posted: Friday, July 8th, 2011
The latest in our bizarre stuffed body parts was actually inspired by a pretty heart-wrenching experience — cancer. Making a plush thyroid was something I’d been toying with for a while, after getting several requests from you, our wonderful customers, but it became personal when my husband — and I Heart Guts’ co-founder — was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year. As far as cancers go, thyroid cancer is really not so bad, especially when compared with say, pancreatic cancer or brain cancer. But, let’s be real, hearing the word “cancer” attached to someone you love is horrible. While my husband got his thyroid removed and underwent radioactive iodine treatment, I found solace in planning a friendly and fuzzy version of this butterfly-shaped endocrine gland, which hugs the trachea and controls our metabolism. We gave thyroid and parathyroid pins to the amazing staff at UCLA Endocrine Surgery, and the fantastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Yeh, was super-excited to see such a strange and specialized product. “The parathyroid gets no love,” Dr. Yeh lamented. I also tried to make my husband laugh by doodling a silly disco-dancing thyroid and a jogging thyroid, and both of these drawings are included in the new hangtag, see details below (thanks to your input, my dear readers, we chose the Travolta Thyroid for the cover, yay!). So stay tuned, your plush thyroid will be available for cuddling very very soon! We hope you like it.
Cuddle Your Guts
Posted: Friday, July 8th, 2011
Super cute organs from illustrator Lim Heng Swee, who doodles every day. Don’t they just make ya want to snuggle? Guess what — it’s also available as a t-shirt on Threadless! [via Street Anatomy]
