Seattle Times artist Gabriel Campanario, the Seattle Sketcher, recently paid a visit to Archie McPhee headquarters and spent some time with the fine, feverishly creative members of our graphics department…
…as well as Mark Pahlow, Archie McPhee founder and our fearless leader.
Click here to view all of Gabriel’s Archie McPhee sketches and profiles.
You’ve heard of a tattoo sleeve, but how about a bandage sleeve? This particular sleeve features a colorful array of our bandages. You can see Boo Boo Kisses, Bacon, Rainbow Monkey, Mustache, Underpants, Jesus, Jane Austen, Crime Scene, Pirate, Macaroni and Cheese, Pickle, Abraham Lincoln, Enchanted Unicorn, Cupcake, Affirmation and Skin Art Bandages.
Just because you’re injured doesn’t mean you can’t be stylish!
Conventional Christmas presents like video games, appliances and socks are great. But you can make Christmas even more fun with some delightfully strange and unexpected gifts as well.
That’s why we made this handy list of our top 5 unforgettable Christmas gifts for 2012 to help you get started:
After tending to their beloved yards all year long, Dads have earned some yard-related entertainment and this unusual gift is just the ticket. It also makes a funny (and useful!) present for nature lovers and anyone who thinks the town squirrels are getting a little big for their tiny britches. This time of year those naughty neighborhood squirrels are running around like crazy trying to stock up (and fatten up) for the winter. Hang this feeder in the backyard, fill it with something squirrels find irresistible and then stand back while hilarity ensues.
Moms are renowned for kissing our boo-boos and making us feel better, but Moms sometimes get boo-boos of their own. Fancy bandages decorated with pretty images of one of literature’s most famous female novelists or quotations from her best works make an entertaining and delightfully practical gift. (Pairs well with Downton Abbey dvds.)
3. Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats
Most of us know at least one crazy cat lady. If there’s one thing crazy cat ladies love almost as much as their cats it’s a present for their precious feline friends. Plenty of cat lovers probably already think their kitties are magical creatures, but this inflatable unicorn horn makes it official. It also makes for some seriously funny photos.
This mask is a perfect gift for that famously funny uncle as well as aspiring, accomplished or just downright terrible cooks. Put this realistic raw turkey mask in the hands of someone who already has a great sense of humour and Christmas will turn into something straight out of a sitcom.
What do you get for the person who has everything? Easy, you get them an Inflatable Beard of Bees! There’s no chance they’ve already got one and it’s useful in all sorts of unexpected situations: impress the ladies (or the gents or hives of single bees), conceal your identity, cover up that patchy moustache while it’s still just growing in or use it as a bib instead of a traditional napkin. It also makes a handy life raft for pet hamsters and the perfect present for notoriously hard-to-shop-for apiarists.
With presents like these, your holiday is sure to be a truly memorable experience. Remember, the more people are laughing, the less they’re discussing politics or gossiping about
This year Dave Barry chose five of our items for his 2012 Gift Guide.
He selected the Squirrel Mask, Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats, Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Humans, Chicken Mask, and the Emergency Underpants Dispenser.
Here’s what he had to say about the kitty horn:
Do you have cat lovers on your holiday list? If so, here’s a gift that is sure to make them say: “What?” It’s an Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats“. And if you know anything about cats, you know how much they, as a species, enjoy being dressed up as mythical figures. To use this horn, you simply blow it up and attach it to your cat’s head with elastic straps. Then it’s time to sit back and enjoy the ensuing hilarity for several lighthearted nanoseconds. And then it’s time to go to the emergency room.
And here’s what he said about the Squirrel and Chicken masks:
Have you ever found yourself in a meeting at work when you wanted to fall asleep, or make faces at other meeting participants, but you can’t because you need to remain employed? If so, you, or some employed person on your holiday gift list, could definitely use one of these masks. These are large rubber masks that cover your entire head. You can see out, sort of, through the eye holes, but nobody can see in. So you (italics) appear (end italics) to be an attentive, interested, meeting-attending squirrel or chicken, no matter what you are actually doing with your face in there.
FACT: Many airline pilots wear these on international flights.
Click here to read the whole article!
Photos by Bob Eighmie/Miami Herald/MCT
Thanksgiving is just a few days away. Have you stocked up on all the necessities?
We want to help make your Thanksgiving dinner memorable, so we’ve stuffed our Thanksgiving shop with all the hilarious trimmings.
For example, the Clumsy Cook Turkey Mask makes it look like you have a raw turkey stuck on your head:
The Inflatable Turkey is the perfect placeholder while your turkey is still in the oven:
Set out a bowl of Thanksgiving Gumballs for everyone to enjoy. The tins of pumpkin, cranberry and turkey flavored gum also make a perfect place setting decoration that each of your guests can take home and enjoy:
This is a very special time of year. Families are gathering to feast, celebrate and reflect. Remember, if people are laughing, they won’t be arguing about politics!
The winter holidays are approaching, but they aren’t as well-defined as they used to be. This year don’t stress yourself trying to choose between celebrating Hanukkah or Christmas. Let’s all get together and celebrate Chrismukkah instead! The wooden Santa Dreidel is a cheerful and charmingly misguided way to mark both occasions and make merry with friends and family.
(Click here if you aren’t sure how to play the dreidel game.)
Archie McPhee’s Halloween Butcher Shop of Horrors was a bloody success:
We loved Dan’l’s Slicey the Pig Dashboard Wiggler Halloween costume so much that we were inspired to recreate the famous GIF:
We hope you enjoyed Halloween as much as we did.
One of the highlights of the Halloween season is the entire Archie McPhee store staff dressing up in different costumes for an entire week leading up to (and including) Halloween itself. There have been many truly great costumes over the years. (You can peruse a few years’ worth via the store’s Flickr account: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and of course this year: 2012)
Halloween 2012 is still a few days away, but we’ve already seen a costume that is sure to go down in Archie McPhee history as one of the best. It’s as hilarious as it is frightening. Behold the wonder that is Dan’l dressed up as Slicey the Pig Dashboard Wiggler, the only pig who is so eager for you to taste how delicious he is, he’s already carving himself up for you:
We’ve even got video of Dan’l standing in the street in front of the store, merrily slicing away at himself for passing cars:
Many customers were creeped out and children terrified, so as far as we’re concerned, mission accomplished. Happy Halloween! Who wants some bacon?
Mustache math is a lesser known branch of mathematics with very valuable (and stylish) real world applications. It’s also the secret to transforming yourself into a Hipster Werewolf.
Rachel Tepper from The Huffington Post recently sat down with our very own Shana Iverson, High Priestess of Rubber Chickens, to discuss a few of our favorite topics, Bacon, weird candy and other food-related products, and their ever-increasing popularity in popular culture.
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