Dork Art: Kevin Tong's Metropolis

Well, we missed it.  Earlier today frequent Mondo artist Kevin Tong unveiled this gorgeous Metropolis print on his website.  It measures 24 x 36 and cost $60.  Oh well.  There's always ebay.


--Brad

Dork Art: Pacific Rim Owns The Internet

Tomorrow is the big day.  It's been five years since the last film from Guillermo Del Toro.  I was not a Hellboy II fan.  As an ubergeek of the comic, I found the Del Toro tone not quite right for the material. Looked great, but just not what I wanted.  But big robots vs. big monsters?  Robot Jox - The Blockbuster?  Hell yeah!  Can't go wrong, right?  Gosh, I sure hope not.  I've got my Alamo tickets already lined up; I'm pumped to bask in the Kaiju destruction.  And it certainly doesn't seem like I'm the only one.  The marketing machine is working in overdrive.  I can't click on a site without some sort of Pacific Rim imagery hurling at me.  Of course, my favorite bits of dorkery are the band posters - the blueblood Mondo prints are belting out their siren song, "Buy Me Brad, Buy Me..."

At the tippy top is Kevin Tong's 24 x 36 soon-to-be classic battle between Gypsy Danger & Leatherback.  It's a real beauty, but Ash Thorp's duel posters featuring the same clash of the titans seen just above this paragraph are the real winners.  I'll crush many a nerd to get my hands on those.  Just below is Per Colorway's rorshach image.  Nice & clever, but Thorps colors refuse to be ignored.  All three prints will be on sale next week at the San Diego Comic Con.  If last year was any indication, I have no chance in hell of scoring one, but that doesn't mean I won't give it the good ol' college try.

Also landing online today is the below highlight reel from Sideshow Toys revealing a couple of killer Statues.  These might be a little easier to acquire than a Mondo print, but they'll set you back several hundred dollars nonetheless.  Just appreciate them from afar folks.  They make for nice jpegs.

And finally, Odd City Entertainment has unveiled the next artist in their Pacific Rim line...Graham Erwin.  I dig it.  Focusing on the Jaegers, Erwin's print will certainly be easier to obtain than those pricey Mondos...but I wouldn't twiddle my thumbs either.  The below poster measures 36 x 12, and will cost you 50 bucks.  It goes on sale tomorrow at the Odd City website.

--Brad

Dork Art: More Mondo Avengers

24 x 36 Phantom City Creative 

24 x 36 Ken Taylor 

24 x 36 Kevin Tong 

24 x 36 Variant

More Avengers prints from the good folks over at Mondo.  But I gotta say, I'm kinda underwhelmed with what we've been seeing from them in regards to Marvel's monster team up spectacular.  Their pretty and all, but they're not as stunning as say the previous Planet of the Apes wave or their Star Wars and Star Trek licenses.  I'm still betting on a Tyler Stout main Avengers print and I've got my fingers crossed for a special Nick Fury poster.  And there's still no sight of a Thor print.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo Edgar Wright

Mondo will be celebrating the films of Edgar Wright this weekend, with the director in person.  Kevin Tong did this poster to celebrate the event & it will be sold on site.  Any leftovers will hit Mondo's website in the near future.  Do love all three of these films and this is a nifty poster, but not a mindblower.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo Celebrates The Oscars

This is rather interesting.  Mondo is marking the 84th Academy Awards with a Four Poster series highlighting four of their favorite nominees in four of their favorite categories.  First up we have Tom Whalen's 18 x 24 Rango for the Best Animated Feature category.  And for the Best Picture category we've got Kevin Tong's two Hugo variants.  I like Whalen's Rango and I think it would look great next to his Mondo Disney prints, but I don't have those and I'm not really chomping at the bit for this one on its own.  Tong's Hugos are pretty but don't really grab me either.  But I'm definitely curious to see what's next.

--Brad