{"id":15737,"date":"2012-04-12T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T21:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15737"},"modified":"2012-04-26T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T21:44:03","slug":"a-toy-design-first-max-toy-company-collaborating-with-1-star-wars-artist-dave-dorman-and-dormans-young-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15737","title":{"rendered":"A Toy Design First: Max Toy Company Collaborating with #1 Star Wars Artist Dave Dorman and Dorman’s Young Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Toy Company<\/a>\u00a0CEO Mark Nagata is pleased to announce his first-ever collaboration with Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning artist Dave Dorman, and Dave Dorman\u2019s seven-year-old son Jack Dorman. This also marks the first time Max Toy Co. has collaborated with a father-and-son team, but according to Nagata, \u201cDave\u2019s son Jack has already exhibited some uncanny art chops, so this unique team will make for a way cool monster design. Add Dave\u2019s passion for Japanese monsters and his design sense to the mix, and I know this toy will be a best seller.\u201d Nagata, who named his own company after his own son, understands the power of the father-son creative connection.<\/p>\n

Dorman, no stranger to toy design, worked with Hasbro for seven years creating\u00a0G.I. Joe<\/a>\u00a0character designs, and also created the best-selling\u00a0Alien: Resurrection<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0action figures toy line. Both lines can be seen in Dorman\u2019s autobiography,\u00a0Rolling Thunder: The Art of Dave Dorman<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(IDW Publishing\/Desperado Publishing).<\/p>\n

Said Dorman, \u201cI am honored to be working with Mark. I\u2019ve been a fan of his toys for a long time and attended his Toy Karma exhibit at\u00a0Rotofugi<\/a>\u00a0here in Chicago. I am equally excited to be working with my son Jack on this project, whose early passion for Domos has evolved into a fascination with Kaiju, in no small part thanks to Max Toy Company\u2019s wonderful Japanese monster toys. This will be one of the most fun and memorable projects I\u2019ve had the good fortune to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toy progress and teasers will be announced on\u00a0http:\/\/MaxToyCo.com<\/a>, and Nagata will show teasers during San Diego Comic-Con from the Rotofugi and Dragatomi booths. For more information, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/maxtoyco.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0http:\/\/davedorman.com<\/a><\/p>\n

About Dave Dorman\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A legendary, beloved figure in the comic book industry often characterized as \u201cone of the nicest guys in comics,\u201d Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning artist Dave Dorman was voted the\u00a0#1 Star Wars Artist of All Time\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by the fans; George Lucas owns more than 90 of Dave Dorman\u2019s original oil paintings. Dorman has created art for every major publisher and licensed character within the worlds of science fiction, fantasy and horror, including but not limited to\u00a0Batman, Conan the Barbarian, Planet of the Apes, King Kong, Spiderman, Buckaroo Banzai, Captain America, G.I. Joe, Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings, Alien, Predator, Alien v. Predator, World of Warcraft, Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons,<\/em>\u00a0and many more.<\/p>\n

Dorman has been a featured guest many times at San Diego Comic-Con where he exhibits yearly in Booth #4500. Dorman is also an exhibitor at\u00a0Star Wars Celebration shows<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Chicago\u2019s C2E2<\/a>. Dorman\u2019s own I.P., Steampunk motorcycle western\u00a0The Wasted Lands<\/em>, is relaunching in 2012. Dorman\u2019s biography and career retrospective book,\u00a0ROLLING THUNDER: THE ART OF DAVE DORMAN\u00a0<\/em>(IDW\/Desperado Publishing) is available on Amazon. Dorman’s pencil illustration and traditional oil painting tutorials are available through Hollywood’s The Gnomon Workshop.<\/p>\n

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