** Kreuser Gallery’s first Miniature Show, Colorado Springs **

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You’re Invited to Kreuser Gallery’s

first Miniature Show.
Featuring work by: Abigail Kreuser, Kathy Wallace, Carole Reece, Armand Alexeev, Tish Lacy Reed, Amanda Jean, Jennifer Gleason, Tylan Troyer, Tokka, Tim Davis, Samantha Bachechi, Roland Hawkins, Lori DiPasquale, Eric Murphy and Tracy Eastland.
Opening Reception
Friday May 4th
5-8pm
Don’t forget about all of the other Galleries participating in First Friday!
Gallery 113, Bridge, Modbo, SPQR, Boulder Street,
Cottonwood on Tejon and Splash!It’s a perfect opportunity to find the perfect gift for Mother’s Day!
We look forward to seeing you Friday!

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A (What is This… 4th? 5th?) Plea for a TMNT: Special Edition

I know… I know… “Where’s Turtle Soup #2!?” but I have a plea to make (one that I’ve made over… and over… and over again), and since the Turtles are in new hands (yeah, I know they’ve been in those “new hands” since 2009), and lately big news has come out of those new owners, I thought why not float this out there anew.

Viacom, dear sweet Viacom,

We the Turtle Fans (who until recently were called “Sewer Heads;” thanks for discontinuing that by the way), have stuck with the franchise through thick (the Mirage Comics and Fred Wolf eras), and thin (the Coming out of Their Shells and Next Mutation “dark ages”), and one thing we’ve never been given is a multi-disc special edition DVD (or now I guess it’d be Blu Ray) release of the feature film debut of our favorite adolescent amphibians (it fits if you use the term very loosely). Sure, there’s the German release, but come on, it’s in German and you have to import it. (Yes, I have… but that’s neither here nor there.)

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-The German DVD for the Incredibly Desperate-

You may be thinking, “That wouldn’t be financially sound! Who would buy that?” Well, me. Isn’t that enough? No. Drat, well it was worth a shot. There are many people who would buy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Special Edition. Those aforementioned “Shell Raisers” (it’s something being bounced around by the fanbase; it’s still under review) would surly double (or triple, or quadruple,) dip for a really well put together 2-disc release chock full of special goodies. But other people, people who love film may buy a version of the movie that’s more than bare-bones. That, and people who have never bought the thing might be inclined to buy the new and improved release. Well, maybe anyway. You never know. I’m sure the pros outweigh the cons.

“But what do we add to make this ‘greatest of all TMNT movie DVDs’?” you may also ask. And I would respond by saying, “Geeze, if I have to do all the work for you, I expect to be paid.” I then go on to say that there are deleted scenes, including an extended ending that can be used. Things like this. Or this image:

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Isaac Elliott-Fisher, of iProductions, has been working on a documentary on the Turtles since before the sell. In researching his project, he says of the deleted scenes, “The fact of the matter is, all the footage exists…” Heck, even if it doesn’t, the documentary in itself would make for at least something for longtime fans of the franchise, and it would certainly help Issac get the film distributed.

So please, Viacom, make this 27-year-old Turtle fan’s day and put out a special edition of one of my all time favorite movies. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was made for an estimated $13,500,000. According to boxofficemojo, the film made $25,398,367 IN IT’S OPENING WEEKEND. (That’s almost double it’s budget.) It made a total of $201,965,915 by the end of it’s theatrical run. It is the 23rd highest grossing Super Hero and Comic Book Adaptations movie of all time. It was the 5th highest grossing movie of the year when it was released. #5 behind the likes of (in order) Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, and Pretty Woman. That’s steep competition. (The rest of the top 10 you ask? #6: The Hunt for Red October, 7: Total Recall, 8: Die Hard 2, 9: Dick Tracy, and 10: Kindergarten Cop) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles even beat the box office of the 3rd Back to the Future flick! It was 5th out of 226 flicks.

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“What the heck does Supergirl have to do with this article?” you ask? (Man, you are full of questions.) I figured I’d look at a comic movie that got a 2-disc special edition that I’m sure fewer people have asked for. Supergirl had an estimated budget of $35,000,000 (quite a bit more than Turtles). It made  $14,296,438 in it’s whole theatrical run, $5,738,249 of that was in it’s opening weekend. That’s less than half. It cost more than twice as much to make Supergirl than Warner Brothers made off the turkey, yet it has seen at least 4 DVD releases: 1 bare bones release with an audio commentary (which is more than TMNT got… in America anyway), 2 extended cuts (with more footage you wish you hadn’t seen), and a 2 disc Limited Edition release. All this for a movie that wasn’t even able to make it’s money back. TMNT did it in spades (Or should I say wheelbarrows? That’s a gardening tool, right?)

So, please, again, Viacom, (is that too many commas?) we can haz Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Special Edition?

Happy Anniversary To MEEEEE!!!!!

Today is the 1 year wedding anniversary of my wife Heather and I. Some of you may recall that my groom’s cake was a red bandanna turtle head. At the time, I couldn’t bear to cut into it, so we decided to save it for our one year anniversary (normally tradition would dictate saving the top tier of the wedding cake).

Well, tonight we cut this sucker wide open. And this is the result! Shockingly, the interior cake portion was still really awesome! Though the exterior sugar shell was kinda gross. Red Velvet Cheesecake for those that are interested 🙂

Happy Anniversary Heather. I am the luckiest man in the world.

‘COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts’ Cautiously Presents:: “TOKKA” ~ One x One Show

COTTONWOOD Presents ; TOKKA One x One Show

‘COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts’ Cautiously Presents::

“TOKKA” ~ One x One Show

MARCH 25, 2011

427 E. Colorado Ave.
Colorado Springs, Co 80903

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**Cottonwood Center for the Arts

*** Directions to Cottonwood on Google MAPS..

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“Tokka .. Regardless of what he calls himself you know him as an
intensely gifted and thoroughly focused artist. Raw, realized, passionate, political, his work screams at you on levels both in your face and abstractly, both Day-Glo and nuanced, bold and sublime. His mediums are many: he puts the bang back into Pop, pours power across a page, tears pixels into tomorrow, gives action figures a second coming. He rocks, he raves, he saves. He wakes us up from ourselves.”

— Steve Murphy :: Former creative director of Mirage Studios Inc.;
Puma Blues, Umbra, TMNT Adventures, Tales of the TMNT

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” [ Tokka ] .. the creme da la creme of TMNT fans!! ”

— Ryan Brown :: TMNT Legend and Artist alumni, Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa

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Lambasted by the industry that motivated him; lauded ,endorsed & cheered by the creators that inspired him.

Tokka’s work has singed the eyeballs of the likes of Lucasfilm Licensing, Midway Games, Sega, Microsoft, Disney Comics, Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, Playmates Toys, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, Heavy Metal Magazine, Mirage Studios, Dark Horse Comics, and Viz Communications just to name a scant few. ( Barf-bags were provided as a courtesy to said company representatives ).

His global & unique cult-following has embraced his schizophrenic renderings & twisted visions of pop-culture iconography & recycled heroes as much as those who’ve shunned him.

It’s also landed him in the sights of the acclaimed international 80s animation magazine ; “CerealGeek”.

And then there’s that crazy “Turtle” thing he does with so much $#%^@#* heart !

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COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs will present a one night, open-house & special engagement featuring Tokka’s FRIGHT FEATURES on the second floor !!

The First FINAL Friday event of it’s kind with all kinds of fun from the Mutant Monster- Mind and Slaphappy Snapper Freak !!

Friday – March 25, 2011 :: 5 – 8 P.M. @
COTTONWOOD Center for the Arts in Downtown Colorado Springs.

Prepare to be Shell-shocked or just bring a box of tomatoes to “SHUCK” at him letting him know how much you disprove of his antics.

And if he owes you money – then bring a pair of boxing gloves to pop him in the beak until he’s bloody and blue and ponies up the $$ !

Heck, you may even get a free sketch from Tokka out of it !

Hope to smell you there !

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“Everyday Art” Exhibit Opening Reception : B.A.C. – Manitou Springs,Colorado

"Everyday Art" Exhibit Opening Reception

“Everyday Art” Exhibit Opening Reception

BAC - Business of Art Center

513 Manitou Avenue
Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Presented by Business of Art Center at Business of Art Center

January 28-March 12, 2011

Everyday Art is an exhibition of a fluxux potluck of 22 offsider artists.  It features a strategy for making art that involves everyday objects and simplicity, collaboration between each of the artists to create a reactionary statement from the fluxus manifesto, luck of the draw exchange of that piece within the show artists which requires a reaction, and artist-centered creative offside from commercialized culture.

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Artists include Billy Guman, Harley David Young, Holly Conlon, Craig Cantrell, Jonas McCluggage, TokKa, Tylan Troyer, Sarah Gee, Molly Harris, Garrett Dawson, Caitlin Goebel, Bobby Joe Grubb, Lorelei Beckstrom, Neil Fenton, Marc Huebert, Lee Stuurmans, Phil Lear, Jeff WishMer, Lowgun, Hilary McCandles-Beard, and Lauren Potereiko.
Treats will be created for the event by chefs Kevin Toppen, Ryan DuBois, Jonas McCluggage, Hilary McCandless-Beard, Tanya Shaw.
And, Dear Rabbit will be playing live music!

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