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Paul Dotey x Kid Icarus Print Collab!

It’s here! Our on-the-blog debut of the Paul Dotey x Kid Icarus collab prints!

Our prints were designed by Paul Dotey, and were screen printed by us, including a whopping 6 colours each! Both prints are sized at 12″ x 16″ and are ideal for framing.

These prints are available for purchase in both Parkdale and Kensington, as well as through our online shop!

Are you the parent of a budding chef? A vehicle enthusiast? Need an alphabetical reminder every so often?

We’ve got you covered!

Both prints retail for $40 each, $80 framed.

Check out some detail shots!

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CNE Postcards

Despite the noisy large crowds, stomach-churning rides and questionable food choices – the CNE still rules. Bid it, and summer, goodbye with one of our Kid Icarus brand screen printed postcards. Choose from four different nighttime CNE scenes: the classic ferris wheel, the dizzying Starship 3000, charming carousel swing, or one of the midway.

cne1 Kid Icarus brand screen printed postcards, four to choose from, $3 each. Available at our Kensington location.

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River & Sky Festival

Fisher’s Paradise, Ontario (northwest of North Bay) hosts the three-day River & Sky festival this weekend, which features a plethora of Canadian musicians (Shotgun Jimmie, Absolutely Free, Jennifer Castle, Homeshake…) and plenty of space to pitch a tent. We printed their gig poster this year, available at our Kensington location.

12″ x 18″ 5 colour screen print poster on 100lb natural cover stock ~ $22

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Blog TO Love!

Recently Kid Icarus’ Parkdale outpost was featured on Blog TO. You can check out the article here!

NOTE: As of July 2016 we are sadly closing this location as our sales grow along with our rent hikes. Rent increases of 10% year over year are not sustainable. We hope Parkdale can survive the next wave, sorry we don’t have the resources to continue the fight. – Michael. 

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Deck the Halls with the Kid Icarus Holiday Garland!

We are excited to have some new Kid Icarus products this 2014 holiday season.

Introducing our D.I.Y paper chain garland kit.
Each kit contains 40 pieces of hand screen printed paper strips. This creates 10 feet of garland when completed. All you have to do is staple or tape the chain together. Great for decorating your Christmas tree or windows!

Stay tuned for more Holiday product updates.

Available at both Kid Icarus locations for $18 each kit.

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Kid Icarus Art Calendar is back for 2015!

We’re very pleased to announce a Kid Icarus Calendar for 2015! Our first since 2012, the screen printed art calender is hand printed from cover to cover, each month designed by 1 of 12 artists. The calendar is 12″ x 17″ coil bound and a limited edition of 125, pre-order yours here today!

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The 2015 contributing artists this year are:

JANUARY – Jay Dart
FEBRUARY- Rosena Fung
MARCH – Sandi Falconer
APRIL – Selena Wong
MAY – Kaley McKean
JUNE – Alec Donovan
JULY – Joren Cull
AUGUST – Emily McGratten
SEPTEMBER – Drew Shannon
OCTOBER – Michelle Galletta
NOVEMBER – Clayton Hanmer
DECEMBER- Eunice Luk

Each artist choose a month and 3 colours for their design, check out some teasers below!

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For $65 you could own 12 original hand made works of art AND know what day it is into the bargain! Available to pre-order online or buy in-store from 5th November (stock permitting!)

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Polaris Music Prize 2014: Arcade Fire

We are very happy to inform you that for another year we had the great pleasure of screen-printing the posters for Polaris Music Prize!

Monday 22nd’s Gala will reveal the winner of this years Polaris music prize, we’ll be running a series of blog posts for each of the nominees alongside their posters which have been hand crafted by fellow Canadian illustrators and designers!

Firstly we have 2011 winners Arcade Fire who have scored a hat-trick this year with their 3rd nomination for album ‘Reflektor, which reached number 1 on the Canadian, British and American charts.

Arcade Fire’s poster has been designed by St. Johns local Jud Haynes. If you like this poster, make sure you check out our other Jud Haynes designed posters we have in store!

Available to buy here at Kid Icarus after September 22nd
$35.00, 18″ x 24″ 4 colours (including a metallic silver!) on white coverstock.

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We’re in Toronto Life magazine!

If you pick up the ‘Neighbourhoods’ issue of Toronto Life and turn to page 46 you’ll see a lovely feature about us included in their top places to visit in Kensington Market, sandwiched in between our friends ‘Sanagan’s Meat Locker‘ and ‘Fika‘.

Check it out!

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New Valentine’s Day Cards from Kid Icarus

We have some new screen printed cards, freshly made for Valentine’s Day!

Kid Icarus teamed up with Steve Manale to make these fun punchy cards for your sweetie or best friend.

Kid Icarus Artist Series with Steve Manale $6.00 each; Kid Icarus I’m So Trending You and You Autocomplete Me $5.00 each

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