About Varner Studios

Varner Studios was founded by Steve Varner and has been shaping character design since the golden era of licensed toys, with foundational work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among its roots. That legacy was built by the skilled sculpting talents of Steve Varner as well as his talented team over the years, including Howard "Quiggly" Chang, who started working at Varner Studios at age 18, contributing hundreds of TMNT designs before building a career across design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Quiggly has slowly been making his way back to his artistic endeavors, and the studio is now reborn under Glorius Art (Glorius Inc.), the Los Angeles based collectibles company Quiggly founded with his wife Gloria Lee.

His return brought Ancientz: ancient biblical figures reimagined as armored sci-fi warriors, hand-assembled and hand-painted, built to expand into toys, fashion, animation, gaming, and film.