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Tuesday Jul 31, 2012 by Jodi
You asked for it: Beyond the Permafrost!
Last week we asked all of our readers to tell us which painting or album cover from John Baizley they'd like to see us develop into a mult-color screenprinted art print. Well, the people have spoken and the print with the largest number of votes, by a considerable margin, was the artwork for Skeletonwitch's Permafrost album. We will be working with Mr. Read More
Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 by mike
(Baizley) Vote or Die!
As you may have noticed, we've been printing quite a lot of prints with the incredibly talented John Baizley. We've been working closely with John to bring his watercolor paintings to the world as multi-color screenprinted art prints. From Black Tusk's "Passage Through Purgatory" to Tiger Tiger "Cut Them Where They Bleed" to the recent Kvelertak print, it's been a thrill to see Baizley's artwork come to life on our presses.
So what's next? Well, that's where you come in. That's right, we want YOU to tell US what to print next!
Tuesday Jul 24, 2012 by mike
Tenacious D concert poster
We just completed a concert poster for Tenacious D's July 26, 2012 performance at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater. For this mammoth occasion, our own Mike Davis assembled this design featuring brothers-in-rock Kyle and Jack clad like mountain-top warriors, flocked with buxsome fighter women, ready to take on the world.
Pick up your copy Thursday at Red Rocks or in our online store on Tuesday July 31st.
Here are some behind-the-scenes sketches from the creation of this poster: Read More
Friday Jul 13, 2012 by mike
Flatstock 35 is here!
Windy City, weeeee're heeeeere! Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off today and we'll be down in Union Park all weekend long for the 35th Flatstock. This semiannual event features dozens of artists, designers, and printers showcasing and selling their screenprinted concert posters. We'll all be set up in the Southeast corner of the Park, nestled between the CHIRP Record Fair tent and the food vendors.
Pitchfork Music Festival runs:
Friday July 12, 3-10pm
Saturday July 13, 12-10pm
Sunday July 14, 12-10pm
Tuesday Jul 10, 2012 by mike
Show 'N Tell Show
Helloooooooo Chicago! We'll be in your area this coming weekend for Flatstock 35, part of the Pitchfork Music Festival. To coincide with this wild & wonderful poster event, the folks behind the Show 'N Tell Show have invited us to come speak at the Flatstock edition of their live graphic design conversation series.
Mike Davis and Wes Winship will be up on stage talking about the process and story behind one of our favorite posters we've ever worked on. Also presenting that night will be fellow postermaking maniacs Screwball Press, Silent Giants, Casey Burns, and Sonnenzimmer!
That's Thursday July 12th, 8:30pm at Lincoln Hall (2424 Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL).
More info and stuff on Facebook.
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Monday Jul 9, 2012 by mike
Square Lake Film & Music Festival
Here's a brand new poster designed and screenprinted for the 10th anniversary Square Lake Film & Music Festival. This gathering of Minnesota-made music and movies goes down each Summer out in Stillwater MN. Mike designed this year's poster (3-color screenprint on Cougar white paper, signed & numbered edition of 200 prints) and the only place to get one is at the Square Lake festival! Check out their website for more info. Read More
Monday Jul 9, 2012 by mike
Ed Piskor's Hip Hop History Comic Strip
We just discovered comic artist Ed Piskor's ongoing series of online graphic novel shorts entitled Hip Hop Family Tree, part of his Brain Rot series. These comics, almost too good to be true, cover the early early early days of NY kids creating hip hop out of nothing, putting on block parties, recording the very first rap records, and birthing legends like Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and Kurtis Blow. If you're a lover of hip hop and / or graphic novels, these are a must!
CLICK HERE for the Hip Hop Family Tree!
Friday Jul 6, 2012 by mike
Philately Fridays: Cuba, 1967
Loving the subtle grooviness of this stamp from Cuba, commemorating their participation in the 5th Pan American Games. The distinctly Cuban color scheme and funky illustration style goes nicely with the clearly Canadian Games logo.
Thursday Jul 5, 2012 by mike
Fab 4th is on!
Attention world! We've got a huge sale going on right now over at Fab! It kicked off yesterday on the 4th of July and runs through the end of this week. Don't miss out on these huge savings on some of our favorite posters.
CLICK HERE for all the action! If you haven't signed up for a Fab account already, well, you better get on it!
Tuesday Jul 3, 2012 by mike
Sorry, folks!
We'd like to take a moment to apologize for all of the inconvenience surrounding today's Kvelertak print onsale. Since launching our new website last November, we've seen a lot of huge improvements in the functionality of our online store. We've put some highly-anticipated and collectible posters up for sale, namely from John Baizley, and have barely had any noticeable problems with our store, let alone our entire website.
Today at 2:00pm, we had so many people lined up to buy the new John Baizley "Kvelertak" print that we couldn't even fit through the door to put the thing on sale! We were expecting a crowd, but had no way to expect anything of this magnitude. The huge number of people simultaneously visiting our website caused the entire thing to shut down. This was a brand new problem for us and we had no way to prepare for it until it actually happened today at 2:00pm. As frustrating as it was for us not being able to properly access our site, we understand it was even more frustrating for everyone else trying to buy the new print.
We immediately contacted our web host, who investigated the problem and helped get our site back up and running to a degree. Once we were able to get the Kvelertak prints up for sale, many of you were having problems completing your orders or even getting onto the site at all.
We'd like to sincerely apologize for all of the frustration. As we said, this is the first time we've ever experienced something of this scale. We are presently investigating some alternatives to making sure our online store will run smoothly in the future so none of us will have to go through this again. Thank you to everyone who has been patient and understanding with us! Read More
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