For Immediate Release
Contact:
Franky & Minx
Heidi Minx
minx@frankyandminx.com
Gale Group
Tara Clavell-Vera
tara@galegroup.net

Franky & Minx Go Mobile
Wallpaper Downloads Worldwide With AGInteractive

NEW YORK, October 6, 2004 - New York-based Franky & Minx, Inc. has signed a licensing deal with AGInteractive for downloadable cell phone wallpaper. Bryan Biniak, Senior Vice President/General Manager of Wireless, American Greetings Corp. and Heidi Minx, President of Franky & Minx made the announcement. The deal was secured by Creative Minx Marketing.

Franky & Minx designed several series of tattoo-influenced zodiac and kanji images. The Zodiac designs are currently available on Verizon. Other providers are being added.

Minx notes, "Franky & Minx's core concept is product modification, we license our art into fashion and lifestyle categories so those products reflect our lifestyles, and the attitudes of those who buy it. From loungewear, to snowboards, to scooters - we've done it. I'm glad we're doing the cell phone wallpaper; cell phones are everywhere, and people want to be able to make them their own, to give them style. It's already so popular in Japan and Europe - I'm glad we're a part of it."

Franky is recognized nationwide for his "old-school" inkwork. Previously he has brought his skills to the likes of Betsey Johnson to create tattoo-oriented textiles for the designer's collections. Minx, an underground icon, is recognizable from her myriad of press appearances -- as a model for Varla and Hot Topic, in photo spreads of tattoo magazines, as a stylist and as an alternative youth marketing expert.

AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary of American Greetings, operates the network of sites including AmericanGreetings.com, BlueMountain.com, BlueMountainCards.co.uk, Egreetings.com, MIDIRingtones, and Beatgreets.com. Together, the AG Interactive sites offer over 20,000 high-quality greetings and related social expression content, and comprise the number one online greeting card destination, with over 2 million paying subscribers and millions of unique visitors per month.

AG Interactive also includes business units: AGmobile (the wireless division) and AG Ventures (the international and new product division). AG Interactive is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. AG Interactive is a subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of social expression products. American Greetings companies also include Carlton Cards®, Learning Horizons®, Balloon Zone® and DesignWare®. American Greetings is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Franky & Minx is a New York-based lifestyle brand, built around the tattoo designs of Elvis and Franky, both internationally recognized tattoo artists, and their alternative punk rock lifestyles. Started in response to the lack of authentic alternative brands on the market today, Franky & Minx does not fall into the confines of a limited niche market; it touches a wide audience that relates to the art, designs and personalities behind the brand. Other licensees include, Ripple Junction (tees and hoodies), Malaguti (motor scooters), Lamar (a division of Huffy Corporation for snowboards), Mascorro (leather accessories), and Olivia Miller (slippers). Creative Minx Marketing is their exclusive domestic agent. Learn more at www.frankyandminx.com.