{"id":1073,"date":"2008-12-10T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2008-12-10T23:03:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:03:23","slug":"a300-homies-grilled-corn-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"#a300 :: Homies grilled-corn vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/121008.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/121008-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ENLARGE\" title=\"ENLARGE\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1074\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/121008-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/121008-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/121008.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Little plastic characters from barrio life, <a href=\"http:\/\/viagranoprescription.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">check<\/a>  the Homies get as much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JT8-atrmNPw\">flak<\/a> as they get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&#038;hs=Tie&#038;q=%22homies+are+not+stereotypes%22&#038;btnG=Search\">props<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>They were created by Mexican-American cartoonist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Gonzales_(cartoonist)\">David Gonzales<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cialis-generic-online.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">troche<\/a>  who clearly launched the collectible-toy phenomenon (120, <a href=\"http:\/\/cialis-order.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">patient<\/a> 000,000+ figurines sold) from a place of respect. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just a stupid white guy, but this vendor&#8217;s face and stance seem to radiate the affection that was poured into his design. <\/p>\n<p>He was made in China, like the others, and I bought him in Chinatown &#8211; but I&#8217;m not even gonna <i>try<\/i> to unpack that. <\/p>\n<p>Seen elsewhere on HLO: <a href=\"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=215\">&#8220;Chato&#8221;, the Homies pit bull<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little plastic characters from barrio life, check the Homies get as much flak as they get props. They were created by Mexican-American cartoonist David Gonzales, troche who clearly launched the collectible-toy phenomenon (120, patient 000,000+ figurines sold) from a place of respect. Maybe I&#8217;m just a stupid white guy, but this vendor&#8217;s face and stance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,37,19,21,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-ephemera","category-fetish","category-miniature","category-symbol","category-toy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}