First Day at first Expo

Elaine and Kurt in the Monkey Doodle Dandy booth at our first Licensing Expo.

Kurt and the Squarey Monsters banner.

Elaine and the Wudjadoo banner.

The Jitterbutter banner and Betty Bones' skateboard concept.

The Squarey Monsters display.

Our first day of Licensing Expo went very well… even better than either of us had expected it could. We met manufacturers and producers from all over the world. Sometimes inventors had a product they thought would work well with our images. Sometimes an agency wanted to know what was available. There seems to be pretty even interest among all four of our properties, Jitterbutter GirlMonsters, Wudjadoo, Squarey Monsters and Squaredy Cats.

Today is the second day, and we don't know what to expect. We hope it can go half as well as it has already. I can't wait to see what the end result will be, and how these new connections will affect Monkey Doodle Dandy. 

We haven't figured out if our ad in Art of Licensing has sent anyone in our direction. It's possible, when everyone browses their papers from the show they can find us then. Not like we had many free moments yesterday. It seemed like someone was always stopping at our booth, and we're thankful for that! Even the heads of Tara Toy stopped by to say hello.

Clup and Dodger are for real

Karen Goetsch in our new studio with the commissioned Squarey Monsters, Clup and Dodger.

Plush Squarey Monster, Dodger.

Plush Squarey Monster, Clup.

We hired Karen of Karen's Monsters to make plush versions of three of our Squarey Monsters. She's finished Clup and Dodger already (shipping to the Licensing Expo today), and Flitz is still to come. We love how they turned out, and can't wait for the show.

Check out Karen's Monsters.
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Heck, even Betty Bones is loving her work.