Pink monkey baby

While visiting friends in Princeton we found a store with lots of fun imported toys. This baby pink monkey thingy was one that caught my eye.

Night-light monkey

Glad I had my camera for this one. I was at a Halloween party, and found the monkey night light in the bathroom. Luckily he didn’t fling anything. Yes, that’s right. I brought my camera into the bathroom.

Shower Monkey

Here’s a page from a book that was given to a friend at her recent baby shower. As a male monkey, I was honored to be allowed attendance.

Tiny Monkey

My Daughter found this tiny monkey in a vending machine. I love vending machines, just like Cracker Jacks used to be, you never know exactly what you'll get, but it might be something really cool.

Tim

Monkey Handstand

Here's a monkey I drew a while ago. It was posted on my Creatures & Characters Weekly website.

Reading to Monkey

Getting Monkey Ready To Read is a blog by a mom about the books she's reading to her daughter. I came across it during a Google search, as my new book is on her daughter's reading list.

Wibbly icon

This is a little Wibbly.

I found myself face to face with this fearsome monkey while messing around in Facebook. In one of the side panels they offer gifts to give to friends. This “Wibbly” was today’s gift.

Wibbly is today's new virtual gift. Visit the gift shop and send to a friend.

Surf Monkey

I spent a few days on the beach with my family. While my kids were skim-boarding, I sculpted a couple of sand creatures. Here's a Gorilla I made on Saturday, and on Friday I made a Monster. That's my son James next to the Monkey, and my son Ian is the one who's about to be bludgeoned with a shovel by some kid who was hanging around. You can see the monster and another shot of the gorilla here.

Holy monkey

I was visiting my new niece, and quickly realized she was in possession of several monkeys. Here’s one with a ring body for easy gripping.

Stoopid Monkey

Here’s a graphic from the end of Robot Chicken. They change it every episode, but it’s not likely I’ll be at the ready with my camera.

G'rilla

I want to thank Kurt and Elaine for inviting me to post to Millions of Monkeys! I'm Tim Young and I have a company called Creatures & Characters and I am also a big monkey fan, so I'm adding a big monkey. You can see more of my work at my illustration blog, Creatures & Characters Weekly.

Bar monkey

I was at The Slipper Room in NYC to see a friend’s performance with his physical comedy group Happy Hour when I spied this monkey high above the bar. Not until I saw the image did I notice the Mexican wedding figurines.
Looks like they need to dust. No wonder my martini was dirty!

Drunken monkey

Here’s a bottle of wine we bought for a rooftop party. Never did get to taste it :(

What a mug!

Elaine finally showed her mug, so now I have to show mine. A friend who had no idea I bought one for Elaine bought one for me!

Monkeying hard or hardly monkeying?

My hubs-end got me this mug for Christmas, lest I forget that we work together. I enjoy a variety of hot bevs in it.

Stuffed monkeys are so cute

Here’s a plush monkey my nieces gave me.

Sticky

This is a tiny stainless steel magnet. I got a set of eight monkeys as a gift.

Smile pretty!

2 monkeys for the price of 1!

Monkey roll

Here’s a monkey I forgot to add from Licensing Show or Toy Fair. I can’t remember which. I’m not even sure it as a monkey though, because all the characters on the poster were sea creatures except this one. It was called “Sushi Pack.” I’ve never had monkey sushi.

Coconut monkeys are bananas

These have to be the cheesiest souvenirs one can buy, but somehow they have been getting made (and apparently bought) for as long as I can remember. These were in the Bahamas. There were more, but I couldn’t bear to take any more pictures of them. I had to take the one that looks like Dr. Zaius, though.

Monkey love is the most swingin' love there is

Porcelain monkey

Leaving the restaurant (Cafe Martenique in the Bahamas) after having our 2nd wedding anniversary dinner we spotted this porcelain monkey.

Green Monkey

Just before we left for vacation Elaine and I found ourselves watching a show with a title something like “I Survived a Japanese Game Show.” There were two teams, and one was the Green Monkeys. This is the graphic that popped up when they won a challenge.

Madagascar at the zoo

I was lucky to have my camera with me in the subway when I saw this poster for a new Bronx Zoo exhibit featuring animals from Madagascar. I believe the little guy in the lower left corner (detailed on top left) is a lemur.

Kiko Macaco. Who is he?

Here’s a sticker I got at the NY Comic Con or Licensing Show or something. Can’t remember, thus no story. It’s the mystery of my Kiko Macaco sticker.

Yoga Monkey

Whoa, that's a fluid monkey!

The Kong and I

All this monkey talk, and you can guarantee a few things that will show up in this blog. Planet of the Apes, Curious George, and King Kong! Here’s a close-up of a really cool King Kong sculpted toy I got in the late 90’s. Kong is the ultimate monkey, and deserves to be listed early in Millions of Monkeys! He stands on a shelf in my studio forever trying to break free.

Dairy Fest Monkey

Went to a Dairy Fest in Meredith, NY this past weekend. Not sure how it was much of a dairy fest as much as a fest of vendors selling stuff. Where plush monkeys have a place in the world of dairy or farming, I guess I’ll never know. I found this guy nestled in with some other plush between gas powered remote controlled cars and trucker hats with race car logos.

Silhouette on the stairs

Another image of a monkey I found at the Javits Center during Licencing Show was this silhouette. Anyone who’s ever been to a convention or expo at the Javits has seen those ads they pit on the stairs. When you are on the lower level they are clear, but when you are on the stairs it’s visual gibberish. Almost like a poster sliced horizontally to fit your blinds.
Anyway there was some new property being advertised. Maybe it was a TV show in Australia. I think it was called World Girl. Looked like the premise was inspired by Dora the Explorer. I’m sure Boots will make it in here one of these days!

Lonely George

I found Curious George at the Licensing Show in NYC, and he was sitting all by himself. Still had a smile as lonely as he looked.

Nesting Monkeys

This is one of those wooden nesting characters. It’s a set of monkeys that a friend gave to me on my birthday. The great part is that they are so tight that when you open them they squeak like little monkeys. The smaller ones squeak with a deafening pitch, which I believe is the reason they have no ears.

Banana Monkey Mints

I’ll start off with this green monkey tin that had banana flavored “mints” inside. My wife, Elaine brought it home for me, and left it on my desk. I ate the whole tin within a few hours, and expected a stomach ache, but instead all I had was minty banana breath for several hours of burps.