How did your work on Art Asylums Battlestar Galactica Minimates come about?
That was a total fluke! I was accompanying the guys from Millionaire Playboy, helping them cover Toy Fair back in February of 2005. We were in the Art Asylum studio, and while the MPb guys were asking the questions, I was handling the photography duties. As we began wrapping up, everyone shook hands and exchanged business cards. I handed Art Asylum VP Adam Unger my card. He paused for a moment and did this crazy double-take, saying “YOU’RE Iron-Cow?!?” He then took my hand and gave me this crazy handshake. Apparently he was really impressed with the Minimate designs I had contributed to the SubCultures: Art of the Action Figure exhibit, and had even opened a file on my work. It was incredibly flattering, I have to say. Anyway, he introduced me to the other staff members and designs and told me then and there he wanted to bring me in to work on some projects for them. It took a few months for the right project to come along, but they took a chance on me with the Galactica line, and thin
