Ooh, how I’d love to see all the entries in the Charity By Numbers gallery show. The Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA and the Alliance for Children’s Rights are presenting a collection of vintage paint-by-numbers pieces transformed into new original works by a serious crapload of great artists (over 100!) including Gary Baseman (shown here), Amy Crehore, Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Shag, Paul Frank, Jeff Soto, Gary Taxali, Kaz, Patrick McDonnell, Kozyndan, James Jean, Souther Salazar, and, well, the list goes on and on… Kent Williams has the full scoop, as well as more samples like the one shown here.
Such is the price of über-fame kids: Paul Frank is suing Paul Frank Industries. Here’s a snip from the Vanity Fair article:
Since its inception in 1995, Paul Frank Industries has sold $100 million worth of its cute but edgy clothes and accessories, and won the loyalty of trendsetters from Jack White to Maddox Jolie. Late last year, however, it lost the allegiance of Paul Frank himself, the design savant whose quirky creations, starting with Julius the monkey, gave birth to the brand itself. As Frank and his erstwhile partners trade allegations of disrespect, disengagement, and wedding-day slights in a battle for millions of dollars, the question arises: Which Paul Frank—the man or the company—is to blame?
