Posted: 29th July 2010 by Bulla in Mondo, Tomer Hanuka
Another great Star Wars print is up sometime at Mondo today. ‘Father: Encounter on Dagobah’ by Tomer Hanuka who did a fantastic job with this one with Vaders mask in the trees. Measuring 19″ by 25″ screenprint by D&L and limited to 350.
The central idea going into this image was depicting planet Dagobah itself as a portrait of Luke’s subconscious in it’s most interesting and unformed phase. In a nightmarish sequence, Luke runs into the mist where he thinks he saw Vader. Luke finds him and a lightsaber duel ends with Vader’s decapitation . The mask cracks open on the severed head, exposing the frozen face of a dead Luke Skywalker. The suggestion here is that somewhere within Luke’s psyche there is a potential for ultimate evil. Luke’s greatest challenge isn’t the Galactic Empire and it’s endless, faceless troopers, but the magnetism of the dark side; the seductive idea of choosing his own potential for power over everything else.
Posted: 21st July 2010 by Bulla in Mondo, Olly Moss
Good news for Trekkies today ! ‘Trouble With Tribbles’ from Olly Moss courtesy of Mondo goes up for sale on Friday. Measuring 18″ by 24″ Trouble With Tribbles: Spock limited to 350 and Trouble With Tribbles: Uhura limited to 190.
Our first release featured Khan, arguably one of the most charismatic, sadistic and charming villains ever,” Ishmael told Wired.com for this exclusive first look at the Trouble With Tribbles posters. “We decided to lighten things up on our second release. Even though tribbles aren’t as sadistic as Khan, they certainly are trouble. ‘Space Seed‘ and ‘Tribbles‘ are polar opposites in terms of mood. We thought the first two releases should really play up how the original series could work on both fronts.
Posted: 14th July 2010 by Bulla in Martin Ansin, Mondo
Mondo continue there must have streak today releasing this fantastic Moon print. Similar to my favorite standard poster release of last year from All City Media but Sam Rockwell art courtesy of Mr Ansin himself. If you werent lucky enough to catch the film in theatres check it out now on DVD/Bluray.
This year at SXSW, I was lucky enough to hang out with David Frost from the design firm, All City Media. If you’re not familiar with All City, check them out by clicking HERE. They have done some amazing work for films such as BAD LIEUTENANT, WALTZ WITH BASHIR, GOMORRAH, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, A PROPHET and MAN ON WIRE, among many others. David was one of the judges this year for the SXSW poster design competition and also spoke on a panel called Floating Heads are Dead: Why Traditional Posters Suck. As you can see, their MOON poster is anything but traditional. This is actually an unreleased version that All City made and were gracious enough to let us release.
We had to make one small change to it, though. The image used of Sam Rockwell was a photograph and therefore was not able to be screenprinted, so we asked our good friend and illustrator Martin Ansin to illustrate it. I remember seeing the poster in a theater lobby here in Austin and it making me do a double take. I distinctly remember saying “wow” outloud. With lobby’s full of giant pictures of actor’s faces, it’s great to actually see some design fighting back. We salute All City Media for being one of the leaders in bringing creativity back to poster design.
-Justin
Poster design by All City Media. Sam Rockwell illustration by Martin Ansin. 24″x36″ screen print w/ glow in the dark metallic inks. Hand numbered. Printed by D&L Screen Printing. Edition of 80. Click HERE to buy.
Poster design by All City Media. Sam Rockwell illustration by Martin Ansin. 24″x36″ screen print w/ glow in the dark metallic inks. Hand numbered. Printed by D&L Screen Printing. Edition of 80. Click HERE to buy.
If your lucky enough to live in L.A get yourself down to Gallery 1988 tomorrow evening for Crazy 4 Cult. As well as the pieces posted earlier, here’s a few more to wet your appetite, oh and if that wasnt enough Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier will also be in attendance.
Apak
Augie Pagan
Ian Glaubinger
Justin Santora
Kevin Tong
Shannon Bonatakis
Veronica Hebard
Posted: 8th July 2010 by Bulla in Dave Kinsey, Mondo
Next up in the Mondo Star Wars Series is ‘Raider’ by Dave Kinsey. This one goes up some time today for $50.
“Raider” by Dave Kinsey. 24″x36″ screen print. Hand numbered. Printed by D&L Screen Printing. Edition of 350. Click HERE to buy. When asked about his memories of STAR WARS, Kinsey said “When I first saw Star Wars as a kid, I remember being intrigued by the Tusken Raider’s mystique and anonymity.”
The Tusken Raiders, like Gonk, have really stayed with us at Mondo over the years; easily one of the most unique characters of the Original Trilogy. Even with very little screen time, the look, mannerisms (riding single file to conceal their numbers) and even the sounds that the Sand People made are classic. We are proud to make this our second offering in the series.
