{"id":27358,"date":"2012-06-25T18:52:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T18:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/touma-friends-munky-king-721\/"},"modified":"2012-06-25T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T18:52:52","slug":"touma-friends-munky-king-721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2012\/06\/touma-friends-munky-king-721.html","title":{"rendered":"Touma &amp; Friends @ Munky King (7.21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/ToumaFriendsMunkyKing7.21_10806\/t_pcstandard_frontFUL01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"t_pcstandard_front-FUL01\" border=\"0\" alt=\"t_pcstandard_front-FUL01\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/ToumaFriendsMunkyKing7.21_10806\/t_pcstandard_frontFUL01_thumb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Fresh off celebrating his tenth anniversary of creating infectious characters, Japanese artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touma.biz\/\">Touma<\/a> (Knuckle Bear, Hellhound, Goon, and so much more) will open his \u2018<strong>Touma &amp; Friends\u2019<\/strong> show @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.munkyking.com\/\">Munky King<\/a>&nbsp; on July 21st.&nbsp; Expect plenty of awesomeness from Touma including an army of customs and artist interpretations of his numerous characters from a long list of friends including Aguru Mukai, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grasshutcorp.com\/bwana\/\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grasshutcorp.com\/bwana\/\">Bwana Spoons<\/a>,<\/a> Christopher Mitchell, Chikuwaemil, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamzero.com.hk\/dateambronx\/index.html\">Tim Tsui<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chax.cc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mori Chack<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/davidhorvath.blogspot.com\/\">David Horvath<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathanhamill.com\/\">Nathan Hamill<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emiliogarcia.org\/\">Emilio Garcia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankkozik.net\/\">Frank Kozik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.immortalstudios.net\/\">Jesse Hernandez<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaijin-toy.jp\/\">Kaijin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennyswork.com\/\">Kenny Wong<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukechueh.com\/\">Luke chueh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvrb.jp\/\">Devilrobots<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/marknagata.com\/\">Mark Nagata<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www007.upp.so-net.ne.jp\/birdland_yoshi\/electric.html\">Satoshi Yoshioka<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stolleart.blogspot.com\/\">Scott Tolleson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderdogstudios.com\/\">Tristan Eaton<\/a> and more.&nbsp; This will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touma.biz\/\">Touma\u2019s<\/a> first LA exhibition since \u201809.&nbsp; Not to be missed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Touma &amp; Friends\u2019<br \/><\/strong>Opening: Saturday, July 21st 2011 (7-10 PM)<\/p>\n<p>Munky King<br \/>7308 Melrose Ave.<br \/>Los Angeles, CA 90046<br \/>323.938.0091<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"t_pcstandard_back2-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"t_pcstandard_back2-1\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/ToumaFriendsMunkyKing7.21_10806\/t_pcstandard_back21.jpg\" width=\"441\" height=\"297\"><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off celebrating his tenth anniversary of creating infectious characters, Japanese artist Touma (Knuckle Bear, Hellhound, Goon, and so much more) will open his \u2018Touma &amp; 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