French duo Gangpol & Mit is renowned for their deviant worlds of technicolor characters set to synth-pop melodies. Guillaume Castagne and Sylvain Quément take turns trading bits of animation or music via email, inspiring the other to create the missing elements until the resulting pastiche explodes with energy and surprise. Preview the DVD below, available through pictoplasma.com!

Director Michel Gondry, the frenchman behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep drew a portrait of our favorite UK doodler, Jon Burgerman in a classic Kidrobot hoodie.

Check it out on Mr. Burgerman’s Flickr page!

Make MUNNYWORLD at peace with the universe and win your toy own to customize!

You have until 6pm EST to compose your own haiku poem about one of the MUNNYWORLD characters (MUNNY, TRIKKY, BUB, RAFFY or ROOZ). Write a non-rhyming 3 line poem with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the last line.

At 6pm EST, we’ll close the contest and randomly choose winners from the entries. One entry per MUNNYWORLD character per person. After your poem, indicate which character your zen masterpiece is about. We’ll award 5 MUNNYWORLD prizes, one for each character!

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Thanks to everyone who entered. We’ll announce the winners tomorrow!

Worth1000.com is putting your Photoshop skills to the test. Composite graffiti into the scene of a Renaissance painting from your armchair to earn the respect of your peers. Some of the entries so far are pretty incredible.

You don’t need expensive software to enter. The web-based “Aviary” app is free on the site.

Enter now and drop a link to your entry in the comments for KRonikle viewers to check out!

Kidrobot prez, Paul Budnitz posted a glimpse on his blog of the unannounced upcoming Jeremyville plush project coming early in 2010. We love it, but don’t tell anyone.

What’s left of the turkey is chillin’ in the fridge.  Aunt Connie got over her hangover and headed back south last night. It’s you versus the last slice of pumpkin pie…what are you doing with your Thanksgiving leftovers?

Leave your leftover legacy in the comments!

Nutter 5-Inch

More Pics

All of MUNNY’s new MUNNYWORLD friends are available now. You can start making your own new world of toys!

Graffiti artist, Tony Quan lives with a degenerative condition called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s disease, but with the help of a few clever friends and about 50 bucks of electronic equipment, he’s painting again using only the movements of his eyes.

Luke and Rob of London-based graphic design and toy shop, Triclops Studios gives Kidrobot a tour of one of their toy-packed workspaces!