Frank Kozik's upright "Skeleton Labbit"... where did it all start?

Well, I'm not 100% certain if this is the first time Frank Kozik painted up his upright "Skeleton Labbit", but I do know that fellow artist Leecifer has the original painting of this now, soon to be released (posted HERE), Kidrobot vinyl figure hanging in his house... and above is a cool photo that Leecifer shared with us of this large 36" x 48" painting. It's rad to see things like this come full circle and actually pop from 2D to 3D... and according to Leecifer, he purchased back in 2004'ish... so that's been a very long time to see the figure come to fruition, and how fantastic is it for Leecifer to own the OG painting... pretty cool if you ask me. Those new figures will look quite nice next to this piece!