December 13, 2025 Today is the one-year anniversary of Bosko Baseman’s passing. All of us at Baseman Studio miss him and his trouble-making, from his leaps onto furniture taken before looking, to his surprise flights landing on our backs (ouch!) Bosko left us with bountiful creative inspiration. Below is the…
Please ORDER by Wednesday, December 17, 2025 to receive by 12/25 US domestic. While not guaranteed, meeting this deadline makes it a good possibility! ORDER by Friday, December 19, 2025 to have order shipped. Orders made AFTER this date WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL 2026. BASEMAN STUDIO and GARY BASEMAN SHOP…
Affordable prints of Toby and Blackie the Cat are available now from RoomFifty HERE. Baseman collaborates with friends across the pond in the UK, featuring select works from the Nine Lives and Toby at Nineteen series. Graphic and bold, yet understated in black and white, these line art drawings show Baseman’s spirited…
Dear Friends, November started with the Dodgers winning their back-to-back World Series title. I introduced Beverly and Fairfax to baseball as kittens, just as I was introduced to it as a kid. Back then I would ride the bus to Dodgers Stadium and collect baseball cards. The crowds excited me,…
LIMITED DROP OCT 11-25, 2025 Brighten your life with Baseman’s Swell, a limited edition print that celebrates Toby’s 20th and Mattel’s 80th anniversaries! This brilliant swirl of characters reminds us of the power of wonder, imagination, and play. Gary Baseman reinterprets beloved Mattel characters and brands like Barbie, Skeletor and…
This past spring Gary Baseman adopted two foster cats, Beverly and Fairfax. Still just kittens, they debuted big on the “Best Friends Forever!” cover for The New York Times for Kids (print edition Sunday, July 27, 2025) and feature article “How to be the Best Friend Ever” by Charley Locke…
Today’s Business section in The New York Times features Gregory Schmidt’s “Toymakers Team Up With Artists for Tariff-Proof Toys,” highlighting one current strategy for global toy companies: aim for the adult audiences with higher-priced toys. An extension of his broad creative universe, Baseman thinks of his toys as works of…
Celebrate Toby’s 20th with this shirt to remind others to spread warmth and acceptance. Get your Hugging Tobys t-shirt HERE. The Hugging Tobys t-shirt image originates from Baseman’s 2005 painting I Am Your Mirror from the series For the Love of Toby. Celebrating 20 years of Baseman’s iconic character who loves…
Updated 5/21/25: All items sold out at the festival and online. THANKS! Gary Baseman teamed up with Cruel World on an exclusive festival drop: a T-SHIRT, HOODIE, and a limited edition silkscreen POSTER, hand-numbered and signed! All available exclusively 5/17/25 on site at Cruel World – the music festival “for outsiders, sad…
