Pop Culture

  At Curio & Co. we take silly very seriously. After all, most of what we collect so passionately – animation artwork, movie memorabilia, comic books and more – were originally created to thrill, entertain and just be downright fun.  So we’ve got a lot of fun things around the...

  We can’t wait to visit our favorite City by the Bay for this year’s WonderCon.  The conference promises to be terrific – have you seen the list of special guests? – and WonderCon’s size makes it perfect for connecting with people. But we’re also looking forward to some off-duty...

  As the recent ticketing fiasco demonstrates, Comic-Con is getting a little crazy.  There are so many people there that it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle, and it’s getting harder and harder to make connections with people. But those brief connections make a difference.  We’ve always had a...

Pouring over the new images in Finding Frank and His Friend, we’ve started reminiscing about our favorite ones from the past. We asked some of the folks around the office who were responsible for getting this beautiful book out, what their favorite classic strips were: Bert’s favorite from the old...

Margie likes her candy bars. A lot. But she makes a point not to eat them “just because” or “whenever she wants to”.  Instead, she seeks out new candy bars to try so that it’s not snacking, it’s “research” or “adding to her collection”. She does a lot of research....

It’s raining lightly in Vienna as I write this.  But isn’t that the best weather in which to poke around in small shops? Ned and I are in Austria for the 2011 Knickknacks and Novelties Convention (as part of the world-wide Year of the Snow Globe).  And between the panels...

We’ve been updating our site with a brand new look, just in time for New Year’s. When your business is collecting, you’ve got to update the system every few years. Take Ned’s record collection: he’s got more LPs than anyone around (a copy each of the 16 international releases of...

Cars don’t have amazing grills anymore.  Men don’t wear dapper hats.  Homes aren’t constructed with those great built-ins.  What happened to all the details? Here at Curio & Co., we spend a lot of time in the past - understandable given the fantastic products we handle on a daily basis...

Thinking about these illustrations from Frank and his Friend hiding in the garage for the last 30 years still has us reeling.  How many times did we close the Completely Final and Absolute Anthology of Frank and his Friend and wish that there were more?  Hundreds of times, I’m sure. ...