BD Labs Inc. is representing Game Insight as the developer launches licensing for its “Guns of Boom” multiplayer first-person shooter mobile title with an initial focus on apparel, says BD Labs’ Marc Caplan.  The Lithuania-based company released “Guns of Boom” in May 2017 and had achieved 55 million downloads as of December 2018… MerryMakers  is the agent for author Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man children’s books, as the Scholastic Corp. series moves into licensing for the first time. A spin-off of Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” book series, Dog Man was launched in 2016 and a seventh title, “Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls” is due in August…. MHS Licensing and Consulting is representing John Keeling as the former art and creative director at Hallmark Cards and watercolor artist branches into licensing for the first time… Jewel Branding & Licensing is handling licensing for artist Cat Coquillette’s CatCoq illustration and design brand that has been featured at Urban Outfitters and women’s clothing ecommerce retailer ModCloth… Planeta Junior is representing The Smurfs for licensing in Spain and Portugal as licensor IMPS gears up for a 52-episode, 11-minute animated series in 2021, marking the brand’s return to TV after an 18-year absence….

Contacts:

BD Labs Inc., Marc Caplan, Principal, 310-245-5813, marc@bdlabsinc.com

IMPS, Veronique Culliford, Pres., +32 2 652 02 20

Jewel Branding & Licensing, Ilana Wilensky, Pres., 404-698-3350, ilana@jewelbranding.com

MerryMakers, Clair Frederick, Pres.,  510-451-2254,  clair@merrymakersinc.com

MHS Licensing, Marty Segelbaum, Pres., 952-544-1377, marty@mhslicensing.com

Planeta Junior, Antonella Ceraso, Spain/Portugal Country Mgr., +34 91 423 03 23, aceraso@deaplaneta.

Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the children’s book series Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies, the latter of which are written under the pseudonym Sue Denim.