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Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah Discuss How Mutant, SpectreVision’s Poster and Vinyl Venture, Will Reinvent the Collectibles Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah discuss Mutant, SpectreVision's new collectibles venture led by four former members of Mondo's creative team.
Subsequent layoffs of senior creative director Garza and Mondo co-founders Putnam and Rob Jones in March 2023 led to Hickman, Shafeek and Shannon Smith tendering their resignations in June 2023, prompting fiercely loyal longtime collectors — and importantly, collaborating artists — to announce the death of the brand, at least in its original incarnation. It was the work these four and their associates did — both creatively and commercially — that made Mondo attractive to Funko; by the time of the company’s acquisition, they’d successfully forged licensing deals with many of the biggest (and most carefully controlling) individuals and brands in entertainment, from Disney and Lucasfilm to Tom Cruise and Stanley Kubrick. After pioneering avant-garde packaging at Mondo on releases like “Autopsy of Jane Doe,” which came with a body bag and required listeners to crack open art of a chest cavity in order to access the record, Hickman and Shafeek plan to implement a broad spectrum of initiatives, both operational and philosophical.
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