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Marty, Martystuff, and Sock Puppet City sometimes gets written about. Weird! Here's a list of some articles and blog posts :
(Know of others? Let Marty know! Adding your own? We love to post them! Your blog or Tik Tok news channel rules!)
September, 2022 - New York Times features Marty’s show A Perfect Party for Trees
"...perhaps the greatest gift this new play offers its audience is intangible: the freedom to be themselves."
-The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/theater/a-perfect-party-for-trees.html
November, 2018 - Interview with Goomba Stomp for Marty’s book, Retro Games
https://goombastomp.com/retro-games-marty-allen/
March, 2016 - Rhode Island Morning News, "The Rhode Show" had Marty as a featured guest in celebration of his artist's residency at AS220. Antics ensued.
http://wpri.com/2016/03/28/puppet-making-classes-at-as220/
December, 2014 - GeekDad selects Uncle Monsterface's "Rise of the Lava Men" an "Indispensible Album of 2014"
http://geekdad.com/2015/01/nerdy-dozen-albums-2014/
December, 2013 - ABC News, like a foolish people, put me on the news:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/specialCoverage?section=Happy-Holidays&id=8878859&vid=9360984
March, 2013 - Wired.com gives an amazing review to "Sock Puppet Madness"!
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/sock-puppet-madness/
February, 2013 - Mindhut wrote a great review of Marty’s book, "Sock Puppet Madness"
http://www.sparknotes.com/mindhut/2013/02/21/book-review-sock-puppet-madness
December, 2012 - Mindhut does a great piece on Marty’s puppety pictures!
http://www.sparknotes.com/mindhut/2012/12/11/these-sock-puppets-are-creepily-cute
July, 2012 - Cool photo-blog tribute: http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Think-Its-An-Art/2393145
May 2012 - Cool blog! - http://www.sending-postcards.com/2012/05/sock-puppet-portraits.html
August, 2011 -Cool Indie profile - http://hvtbm.com/2011/08/05/marty-allen-uncle-monsterface-and-sock-puppets-the-art-speaks-for-itself/
June, 2011 - Crain's Business Journal, Online and Print Feature, "Gotham Gigs" -
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110313/SUB/303139994
Dec, 2010, Cool Blog Post! - http://www.worleygig.com/2010/12/sock-puppet-portraits/
Aug, 2010 - http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4166/nyc-continues-efforts-to-curtail-art-vending-in-public-parks - regarding Street Artists vs. NYC
July 2010 - http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/art-vendors-continue-to-protest-park-restrictions-in-union-square-39540.html - regarding Street Artists vs. NYC
April 2010 - http://www.examiner.com/article/parks-department-plan-will-bring-chaos-to-union-square-say-street-artists - regarding Street Artists vs. NYC
July 2010, Cool Blog Post! - http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/where-quirky-is-normal/
July 2009, Cool Blog Post! - http://design-newyork.com/blog/2009/07/22/marty-the-sock-puppet-portrait-maker/
March, 2009 - Time Out New York, Print and Online -http://www.timeout.com/newyork/own-this-city-blog/sneak-peek-marty-allens-sock-puppet-portraits-at-sputnik
December, 2008, Cool Blog Post - http://susirajah.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/sock-puppet-portraits-what-to-buy-the-person-who-has-everything.html
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