Paul Frank makes plastic tchotchkes and old-school T-shirts cool—with the help of a little monkey named Julius.

This hip store sells all things Julius and friends, which include less famous but just as lovable characters Clancy the world's smallest giraffe, Worry Bear and Sheree L. Bandit the raccoon. The cartoon faces are plastered on T-shirts, pajamas, bibs, underwear bikes, surfboards, watches, cameras, totes and a bunch of other stuff that if one person actually owned all of it, he or she would look crazy. At the store, one wall has a mural of Julius and friends frolicking in their happy cartoon world, but those smiles maybe turning into frowns soon. Paul Frank, the artist that created Julius, has been fired from the Paul Frank company and is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with his former partners.