Sock Puppet City is the storefront for all of artist Marty Allen's sock puppet sales.

You can learn more about Marty's sock puppets as a body of art as well as lots of Marty's other related work as an artist, writer, musician, and creative producer and get the latest updates at Martystuff (and/or by following Martystuff on Instagram).

All of Marty's art is interwoven in a big world of stories, dive deep (if you dare).

Welcome to Theodore Thursdays! Are you ready to get awesome?

Beginning September 7, 2023, I’m releasing one new chapter of the first novel in my book series Theodore & the 7 Layers of Space. Book 1 is called Brick & Bird. Check out the cover! YES THE SOCK PUPPET PORTRAITS ARE IN IT! ALONG WITH ALL OF MY ART!?!

There are two ways you can access my book. The first is via a free app for phones or desktop called Wattpad where the community is awesome, my illustrations are supported and it’s free for you to access and enjoy! 

https://www.wattpad.com/1322091403-theodore-the-7-layers-of-space-book-1-brick-bird

The second is via my new Patreon, where you can directly support me as an artist and storyteller while getting yourself access to an ad free copy of the book, and get exclusive behind the scenes videos, songs, discounted merch and more awesomeness!

http://patreon.com/martystuff

Meanwhile, I am happy to share that I’ll be selling my Sock Puppet City works and wares at The Maker’s Show at City Point in Brooklyn once again this year!

https://www.themakersshow.com/

Starting this Friday, Dec 1, I’ll be at City Point all December, Friday-Sunday. The place to get sock puppets, their portraits, and see me! Makers Show is full of Makers, and City Point has all the things! 

Sock Puppet City at the Makers Show at City Point - 11am-7pm
Fri-Sun, Dec 1-3
Fri-Sun Dec 8-10
Fri-Sun Dec 15-17
Weds-Sat Dec 20-23

445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn

Every year you say to yourself, “I really should get my estranged uncle a Sock Puppet Portrait.” And every year I am still waiting for you while he weeps. 

Yay!

In honor of Chapter 7 of Theodore & the 7 Layers of Space, I humbly present a very limited re-release of one of my favorite Sock Puppet Portrait characters I’ve ever created, The Baron Claudius Von Cudgel.

The chapter also includes appearances from Auntie Nanaface and Sgt Bullocks, both of who are currently available, but it has been several years since I’ve offered Claudius. This is a limited first edition of 20. Get in there!

The final Nine-time is here: Sunday the Sparklecorn! We enter 2023 triumphantly by offering another brand new Sock Puppet Portrait character - a salute to my most successful style of sock puppets that I offer for sale. She loves to eat glitter and smells like cupcakes and is very good at D&D.

Nine-time was a self-imposed structure I created in order to build a Seres of nine new sock puppet portrait characters. On the ninth of every month from May 9, 2022 - January 9, 2023 , I released a new Sock Puppet Portrait character. Three brand new and six old school re-releases, but all in new styles with new packaging, frames, and dated and edition-ed  tags. For NINE Months! Like a baby, but pictures of socks to build an all new Series of nine characters!

I’m thrilled now to present the SERIES 2, VERSION 2 Sock Puppet Portraits! TAH DAHHH!

The gift that keeps on giving, custom sock puppets of friends, family members, loved ones, pets, sea-faring associates, and so forth. 

Celebrate imagination and creativity with hands-on puppet-building. Awesome fun for both kids and adults and kids with their adults, this scalable workshop is perfect for: families, birthday parties, team-building exercises, or just a wonderful way to make a day or night more interesting and creative.