Sunday, May 31, 2015

Cool Art: 'You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat' by Francesco Francavilla

'You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat' by Francesco Francavilla, a special 'Jaws' inspired print to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film's release, is a limited edition 13" x 19” giclée print and goes on sale Monday June 1. 

Follow him on Twitter @f_francavilla for the on sale announcement.

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Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Alex Alice

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I'll be showcasing art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Alex Alice.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Cool Art: 'The First Goonie' by Eric Braddock

'The First Goonie' by Eric Braddock, is a limited edition print release through Gallery1988.

It's a 16" x 20" giclée print on archival paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 and costs $65.



Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Aleksi Briclot

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I'll be showcasing art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Aleksi Briclot.

Cool Art: 'Ant-Man' by Matt Ferguson

'Ant-Man' by Matt Ferguson.


Cool Art: 'Ride With Me Eternal' by Steven Luros Holliday

The 'Mad Max: Fury Road' inspired 'Ride With Me Eternal' by Steven Luros Holliday.

It's a 20" x 30" 5 colour print, on Curious Metallic Ice Silver paper, in a signed and numbered edition. It's available for pre-order now for $30 and price will increase once printing is complete.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Cool Art: 'The Gift' by Robert M Ball

Robert M Ball continues the 'Beautiful Death' series of 'Game Of Thrones' episode posters, with the poster from season 5 episode 7, 'The Gift'.


Cool Art: AJ Frena & Mark Chilcott Prints From Bottleneck Gallery

Bottleneck Gallery has a new limited edition print release with prints by AJ Frena and Mark Chilcott.

AJ Frena's 'Ragged Wood' is an 11" x 14" giclée print, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 40 and costs $35.

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' inspired 'What's This?' by Mark Chilcott is an 8" x 8" giclée print, in a numbered limited edition of 50 for $20.

They both go on sale Friday May 29 at 12pm EST.


'Ragged Wood' by AJ Frena
'What's This?' by Mark Chilcott


Cool Art: 'Up To 88' Prints by Under The Floorboards

Up To 88!’ is the official 2015 Showmasters fundraising campaign to benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s’ research, and will run from February 1 2015 to October 21 2015 – Back To The Future Day!

The aim of ‘Up To 88!’ is to channel the ‘fan-force’ of the 'Back to the Future' movies, with a target to raise $88,000 through direct donations and fan fundraisers to the ‘Up To 88!’ team page on the Team Fox website.

Showmasters will also be hosting events across the UK in 2015, in partnership with Gibson Brands. All of these events will host 'Back To The Future' fan experiences as part of their Return to the Future activities.

UK print house Under The Floorboards have three limited edition prints available as part of 'Up To 88!' with portions of the sale of each print going towards the campaign.

Tim Doyle's 'Dr. Who And The Daleks' print is a 20" x 36" 5 colour screen print with metallic gold and glow in the dark ink on cougar white cover 100 lb. It's in a limited edition of 200 for £55, with £20 of the sale going to 'Up To 88!'.

'Goldfinger' by Richard Wells is a 16" x 24" 4 colour Screen Print with metallic Gold on Curious Metallic Lustre 250 gsm. It's in a limited edition of 130 for £40, with £5 of the sale going to 'Up To 88!'.

James Rheem Davis' 'Chevron 7.6' print, for the unofficial UK 'Stargate Universe' convention held in 2011, is a 18' x 24' four colour silk screen print with metallic silver and gold inks, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 for £20, with £5 of the sale going to 'Up To 88!'.
Go here to buy.

'Dr. Who And The Daleks' by Tim Doyle
'Dr. Who And The Daleks' (Glow-In-The-Dark Layer) by Tim Doyle

#FantasyArtFriday: 'Momentum' by Cynthia Sheppard

‘Momentum’ by Cynthia Sheppard

Artwork won the Gold Award in the ‘Unpublished’ category at the recent Spectrum Fantastic Art Live.


#FrazettaFriday: 'The Norseman' by Frank Frazetta


Thursday, May 28, 2015

Cool Art: 'Growing Up' by Lauren YS

'Growing Up' by Lauren YS, is a new limited edition print from The People's Print Shop.

It's a 12" x 16" fine art giclee print, signed, numbered, and doodled by the artist in a limited edition of 20 for $74.95

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: PangeaSeed presents 'La Furia de Neptuno' by Smithe

PangeaSeed presents 'La Furia de Neptuno' (The Fury Of Neptune) by Smithe, part of their 'Tales from the Deep: Stories, Myths & Monsters' print series - a print suite for 2015 to help save our seas that celebrates our relationship and fascination with oceans as portrayed in popular culture.

'La Furia de Neptuno' (The Fury Of Neptune) is a 18" x 24" giclée print on Archival cold press watercolour paper, and is in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 and cost $65.

It goes on sale at Thursday May 28 at 12pm PST.

Go here to buy

For more information on how you can help save our seas, please visit PangeaSeed.org.


Cool Art: 'Robocop' by James White (Signalnoise)

'Robocop' by James White (Signalnoise), is a new print release from Skuzzles.

It's a 24" x 36" 10 colour screenprint with 3 metallic inks. The red regular is in a limited edition of 165 and costs $50, and the purple variant is in a limited edition of 75 and costs $60.

They go on sale Friday May 29 at 1pm EST.

Go here to buy.

Regular Edition
Variant Edition

#FantasyArtThursday: 'Dead Moon: Tsuchi' by Luis Royo

Cool Art: 'Siren' by Christina Inkster

'Siren' by Christina Inkster, is the first in her series of 'Mythological Creatures' prints.

It's an A3 giclée print on 250gsm matte paper in a signed and hand numbered regular limited edition of 200 for £30 and a variant edition in a limited edition of 100 for £50.

It goes on sale at a random time on Saturday May 30. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram for the on sale announcement.


'Siren' (Regular Edition) by I Am Inkster
'Siren' (Variant Edition) by I Am Inkster

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Cool Art: Prints From Tom Whalen's 'Pulp Menagerie' Art Show - Part 1

The first batch of prints from Tom Whalen's 'Pulp Menagerie' art solo art show that opened Friday May 22 and is on display until June 6 at Mondo Gallery, 4115 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78751, will be available through Mondo.

They go on sale at a random time on Thursday May 27. Follow on Twitter @mondonews for the on sale announcement.

'Pulp Menagerie' by Tom Whalen
18" x 24" screenprint in a signed and numbered limited edition of 125. $40

Cool Art: 'Ink & Paint Club' by Glen Brogan

'Ink & Paint Club' by Glen Brogan, is a new limited edition print release from Gallery1988.

It's an 11" x14" giclée print in a signed and numbered edition of 50 and costs $40.

It goes on sale Thursday May 28. Follow them on Twitter @Galleries1988 for the on sale announcement.


Cool Art: 'We're On A Mission From God' by Rob Loukotka

The 'Blues Brothers' inspired 'We're On A Mission From God' by Rob Loukotka, is a 36 x 12" 3 colour variant edition screenprint with metallic ink overlay on 100C cream paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 175 and costs $65.

Go here to buy.


#WhelanWednesday: 'The End Of Nature' by Michael Whelan


Monday, May 25, 2015

May 25th - Happy Geek Pride Day!

Fly the geek flag loud and proud today, it's Geek Pride Day - a special day dedicated to those of us who do not (and should not) feel ashamed about showing off our geeky and nerdy passions!

Check out GeekDad's look at 'What is a geek?'

Chosen to celebrate George Lucas' 'Star Wars', which was released to the world on May 25th 1977 (and also happens to be the date that 'Return Of The Jedi' premiered in 1983), Geek Pride Day also shares this special day with Towel Day, for fans of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' series by Douglas Adams, and the Glorious 25 May for fans of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld'.

The first Geek Festival was organised in Albany, New York around 1998-2000 by Tim McEachern, but it was first celebrated in Spain as "Orgullo Friki" in 2006 and has spiralled all over the world thanks to the internet.

So today, on this special day, no matter whether you're a pop culture geek, a science nerd, a gamer geek or whatever, celebrate and declare your pride at being geek!

As a purveyor of pop culture geekery, mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I have quite a lot of things that I geek out over but, and in no particular order, here a few of them below.

Happy Geek Pride Day!

Pop Culture Art
(Art by Joey Spiotto)

#McQuarrieMonday: 'Star Wars' by Ralph McQuarrie


Saturday, May 23, 2015

Cool Art: 'The Who, 50th Anniversary US Tour 2015' by Chuck Sperry

'The Who, 50th Anniversary US Tour 2015' by Chuck Sperry.

It's a 21" x 31" 7 colour screenprint on cream paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 620.

It will go on sale at a random time on Monday May 25 on Chuck's website. Follow him on Twitter @yosquirt and Facebook for the on sale announcement.

Go here to buy.


Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Alberto Vargas

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I'll be showcasing art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Alberto Vargas.

Cool Art: 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken' by Robert M Ball

Robert M Ball continues the 'Beautiful Death' series of 'Game Of Thrones' episode posters, with the poster from season 5 episode 6, 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken'.


Cool Art: Retro Style Disney 'Tomorrowland' Posters

The Disney Store has three retro style 'Tomorrowland' prints by Eric Tan, Alex Rieger-Waters and Stacey Aoyama.

They are 15" x 12" prints and cost $14.95 each.

'Visit The Future Today!' by Eric Tan
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'Nothing Is Impossible' by Alex Rieger-Waters
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'Make The Future' by Stacey Aoyama
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Friday, May 22, 2015

Cool Art: 'Amelie' by Anne Benjamin & 'City Of Lost Children' by Godmachine

On Saturday May 23, the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, will be presenting a special one-night-only 35mm screening of two classic Jeunet and Caro films, 'Amelie' and the 'City of Lost Children'.

The screening is hosted by Spoke Art Gallery, presented in conjunction with their art show tribute to the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro - 'La couleur de l’etrangete' (The Color of Strangeness), and they will be releasing exclusive two limited edition prints at the screening.

'Amelie' by Anne Benjamin and 'City Of Lost Children' by Godmachine, are both 18" x 24" screenprints in limited editions of 100 and cost $40 each.

'Amelie' by Anne Benjamin
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'The City Of Lost Children' by Godmachine
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Cool Art: 'Tantrum Sandbox' by Patrick Ballesteros

The 'Mad Max: Fury Road' inspired 'Tantrum Sandbox' by Patrick Ballesteros.

It's 9" x 12" print and available for pre-order at $15 and will start shipping June 1.

Go here to buy.


Cool Art: 'Calico Cat' by Casey Weldon

'Calico Cat' by Casey Weldon, is new limited edition print release from The People's Print Shop.

It's an 8" x 10" giclée print, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 for $19.95.





Cool Art: 'Queens Of The Stone Age / Nine In Nails' Concert Posters by Rhys Cooper

These 'Queens Of The Stone Age / Nine In Nails' posters from their 2014 Australian and New Zealand tour by Rhys Cooper, are officially commissioned concert posters and now available from French Paper Art Club.

They are 12" x 35" 4 colour screenprints with metallic inks on 250gr Charcoal Matte Stock. The Adelaide and Auckland posters are in numbered limited editions of 280 and the Melbourne poster in a limited edition of 350. They cost €45 each.

Go here to buy.

#FantasyArtFriday: 'Moonrise' & 'Moonset' by Tsuyoshi Nagano

'Moonrise' and 'Moonset' by Tsuyoshi Nagano

'Moonrise' by Tsuyoshi Nagano
'Moonset' by Tsuyoshi Nagano