Tcho Mini-Figures Background
The really cool thing about doing something creative is you get to meet a variety of talented individuals...and every once in a while you meet someone with whom your fondness and admiration leads to exciting collaborations.
Bill and Gobi have been a source of many such collaborations. Long before Bill and Gobi had anything to do with Lucha Libre, they were busy working on their own comic book series: Zblucops for the Tcho! Megazine Comic Anthology. Tcho! was France's eclectic answer to many of the successful Japanese comic anthologies. The variety of talented artists that worked on the Tcho! Anthology were bringing their global sense of influence to their respective comic series...and naturally, being a relatively young group of artists, much of that influence was coming from Japanese comic, video game, and character design.
It was through Bill and Gobi that we had the fortune of being introduced to Camano (Tcho!'s Editor) and Ohm.
Camano had found great success for discovering Zep and his comic sensation "Titeuf". Since "Titeuf"'s debut in 1992, "Titeuf" became one of the most successful French comics of all time. Using this success Camano developed the "Tcho! Megazine" a comic anthology that publishes "Titeuf" along with many other comic book series including Bill & Gobi's "Zblucops" and Ohm's "Bao Battle".
Camano also happens to be a huge fan of the Designer Toy scene. He instantly fell in love with the Lucha Libre figurines Bill and Gobi developed with Muttpop. Upon our introduction to Camano, we began brainstorming and quickly agreed that it would a fun to do a series of mini-figures based on key characters from a few of the comic series in Tcho!
But in order to do this right, we needed the perfect artist to translate the various characters into a style that could be understood by Designer Toy and Tcho! fans alike. That's where Ohm came in. Ohm's "Bao Battle" comic series has a deceptively clean line that translates nicely to a small scale 3D sculpture. It's a very cohesive art style that is vibrant and leads to very exciting reinterpretations.
We're currently in the final stages of sculpting and the pieces look amazing.
Below is a page from Bill & Gobi's "Zblucops" featuring Jubbei (the "Zblucop" character in the Mini-figure line) and a beautiful pin-up by Ohm with his Bao Battle characters.
More on the Tcho! Line will be revealed soon.
Bill and Gobi have been a source of many such collaborations. Long before Bill and Gobi had anything to do with Lucha Libre, they were busy working on their own comic book series: Zblucops for the Tcho! Megazine Comic Anthology. Tcho! was France's eclectic answer to many of the successful Japanese comic anthologies. The variety of talented artists that worked on the Tcho! Anthology were bringing their global sense of influence to their respective comic series...and naturally, being a relatively young group of artists, much of that influence was coming from Japanese comic, video game, and character design.
It was through Bill and Gobi that we had the fortune of being introduced to Camano (Tcho!'s Editor) and Ohm.
Camano had found great success for discovering Zep and his comic sensation "Titeuf". Since "Titeuf"'s debut in 1992, "Titeuf" became one of the most successful French comics of all time. Using this success Camano developed the "Tcho! Megazine" a comic anthology that publishes "Titeuf" along with many other comic book series including Bill & Gobi's "Zblucops" and Ohm's "Bao Battle".
Camano also happens to be a huge fan of the Designer Toy scene. He instantly fell in love with the Lucha Libre figurines Bill and Gobi developed with Muttpop. Upon our introduction to Camano, we began brainstorming and quickly agreed that it would a fun to do a series of mini-figures based on key characters from a few of the comic series in Tcho!
But in order to do this right, we needed the perfect artist to translate the various characters into a style that could be understood by Designer Toy and Tcho! fans alike. That's where Ohm came in. Ohm's "Bao Battle" comic series has a deceptively clean line that translates nicely to a small scale 3D sculpture. It's a very cohesive art style that is vibrant and leads to very exciting reinterpretations.
We're currently in the final stages of sculpting and the pieces look amazing.
Below is a page from Bill & Gobi's "Zblucops" featuring Jubbei (the "Zblucop" character in the Mini-figure line) and a beautiful pin-up by Ohm with his Bao Battle characters.
More on the Tcho! Line will be revealed soon.
Labels: Muttpop Toys
posted by Muttpop Bob at 3:28 PM
4 Comments:
Muy suave.
"a beautiful pin-up by Ohm"
hum...this is your point of view...
That Ohm pinup makes me happy in the same way Super Mario Brother 3 makes me happy.
luvyatoo:
Thanks.
anonymous:
To each his own. I LOVE Ohm's work. He's done some amazing stuff in the Lucha Libre comic (which will be seen in issue 5). I especially love his designs for the figures. Wonderful stuff.
poondocktaint:
Considering the brilliance of Mario 3...that is considerably high praise!
-MPB
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