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Monday, March 7. Judy Budnitz and Elizabeth Gaffney read from Nice Big American Baby and Metropolis, respectively. 6:30 p.m., Harvard Bookstore. Admission free...
...toys. Like regular toys, they come in all materials, sizes, shapes and prices, but they're created by fashion designers, graffiti artists and underground illustrator--graphic artists like Michael Lau and Pete Fowler, and produced in limited quantities. "They are as much art as they are toys," says Paul Budnitz, owner of Kidrobot, an urban-toy boutique with outlets in San Francisco and New York City. Budnitz, whose two brick-and-mortar stores opened within a year of each other in response to his highly successful website, kidrobot.com will open two more stores later this year. Urban-toy prices range...
Urban toys can be hard to track down. "You won't find them in traditional venues," says Budnitz. "They are too unique to be carried at mass-market outlets." But his audience isn't just pop-culture art collectors. Moms, dads, kids and stars including Robin Williams, Mike Myers and Christina Aguilera have been known to pick up quirky, irreverent and highly aesthetic dolls, teddy bears and the like at hip urban-toy stores such as Budnitz's. "Having graphic or graffiti artists involved makes these toys fresh looking and adds depth, but you don't need to go deep...
...Budnitz has always had a sharp wit. She drew cartoons for The Crimson and the Lampoon—“for a long time, I thought I wanted to be a political cartoonist,” she says—poking fun at everything from pompous professors to foul-tasting dining hall food. One 1993 drawing depicts a little girl sheepishly approaching a group of three schoolboys. “Can I play?” she asks. “Yes! No! Maybe!” they reply. “Come back next year...
...from the dark recesses of her mind, but she says most of her inspiration comes from reading the newspaper and watching people walk around in New York City. “People are always saying, ‘Your stories are so crazy,’” Budnitz says, “but I always feel like nothing I write is as crazy as what is happening in the world...