I met Buff Monster at Art Basel in Miami a few years ago and since we have become pretty good friends. I used to hang out with him whenever I was in LA and now that he’s moved to NYC I get to see the guy more often. I even introduced him to his girlfriend so that’s gotta count for something. He paints these crazy pink melty monsters everywhere, makes collectable toys and seems to have every type of clothing imaginable. He also makes trading cards.

Buff is obsessed with the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards from the ’80s. As a kid I was a MASSIVE GPK fan and when I found out Buff made his own version of them called Melty Misfits I immediately bought a box from him. I was out in LA visiting my girlfriend at the time and I sat on her floor and opened all the packs as soon as we got home. She said it was the happiest she had ever seen me. It was honestly so much fun to get hit with that nostalgia and also get to see these really cool pieces of art from my friend.

Today at 3pm Buff is releasing series 2 of the Melty Misfits trading cards at P!Q in Grand Central Station and I will be there. I helped fund his Kickstarter so I got my cards in the mail yesterday but I might buy a few extra packs anyway. Clearly you should come if you live in NYC, but if not you can buy Melty Misfits series 2 from P!Q here.

A few weeks ago I went over to his studio “Melty Manor” to take some press photos for him and then we walked around SOHO and I shot him in front of a couple of his murals. I also got to see some of his original paintings that became the Melty Misfits cards. (The He-Man and Motorhead Melty Misfits are my personal favorites…)

Anyway, I figured I would post some of the stuff we shot the other week in order to promote his card release, so check the photos out and then go buy some trading cards ya nerds.

Click here to see a bunch of photos of my Buff Monster studio visit!

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