Not for the first time Banksy worked on a Simpsons episode. Timing could not be better, as the artist’s tag appears in the most recent episode (22×14) of the cartoon, where The Simpsons visit the Oscar award ceremony. With Banksy’s recent Oscar nomination for his documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop”, this is a great fit!

Check out the latest Banksy pieces to have appeared in Los Angeles prior to the Oscar show here.

Today we give you a first look at the second series of t-shirts from the Nike “Write The Future” campaign. Our favorite is of course the Homer Simpson x Ronaldo tee, the scene that was also featured in the “Write The Future” commercial.

The tees are now available at retailers. Take a look at the others after the jump.

It’s not a joke – Marge Simpson is the new cover girl on Playboy magazine. The issue celebrates the 20th anniversary of the cartoon and features Marge on the cover as well as on a 3-page spread inside the magazine. The Playboy November 2009 issue hits newsstands soon, keep your eyes open!

A more detailed view of the cover follows after the jump.

Format has come out once again with a fun series of characters. Last time around we saw them turn Hip Hop albums into Lego figures, this time the Hip Hop icons were Simpsonized. The set features Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Flava Flav, Eazy E, Andre 3000, Eminem, and Fat Joe alongside iconic O representations for each artist.

Designed by Moxy Creative the posse shot is available as a 11.75 x 15.75 limited edition (100) print for $45 USD including tax and shipping. Special orders for individual artist shots are available at $55 USD by e-mail (editors@formatmag.com).

After the jump you can check out the individual Simpsonized versions of each artist.

Famous New York toy giant Kidrobot got together with the Simpsons and will bring out a series of mini figures of the famous characters of the show. From Homer to Bart to Sideshow Bob, they have everybody in the mix. Overall 24 figures, which will be released in August.

We reported about the Simpsons Qees already and the movie has not been released so far, but the toys just have been. Sold Out received now both the 10″ and the 3″ version of the Bart Simpson Qees.

A few weeks ago pictures of the Simpsons Qees were already floating around. Toy2R will not only release 3″ & 10″ Bart Simpson Qees, they will also release an entire line-up of Bart Simpson Qee keychains. Here above we show you the line-up!

You are probably already sick of hearing it with all the teasers we ran before. But only now we can actually show you detailed pictures of the Vans x Simpsons artist collaborations that are dropping this weekend. For all the Vans and Simpsons fans out there for sure an interesting project to keep an eye on.
Bodega will be releasing all 14 models this Saturday, July 14th. We have shown you before the models created by Kaws, Stash, Futura and some others. Now after the jump detailed pictures of all sneakers out of this collaboration. Check them out and make sure choice!