Dork Art: More Mondo Comic Con

For some of their new prints, Mondo is working a new method this year at Comic Con; these posters will actually be going on sale tomorrow through their website, but can only be be picked up at the San Diego Convention Center next weekend.  I like this in theory.  Especially for a high ticket item like the above Dark Tower print from Drew Struzan ($275).  Curious to see how fast these go - the usual ten seconds?  Or will we lucky Comic Con few be given five or ten minutes to score our copies?  I won't hold my breath, but I will be in the queue tomorrow.  Martin Ansin's Conan The Barbarian is pretty killer too, and much more reasonable at $50.  I dig the Olly Moss Miyazaki prints, but I could not care less about those movies.  Sorry nerds.  Mondo will still have other surprises at their booth this weekend, but if you want these prints you better pay attention to Twitter tomorrow morning.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo Man of Steel!

Here's some good news for Mondo fanatics!  Tired of loosing out just seconds after the online sale?  Well, at least for the above Martin Ansin print, Mondo will give you three days to score this seriously bitching Man of Steel print.   Similar to their Dark Knight Rises Olly Moss poster, from 12:01 AM on Friday through 12:01 AM on Monday, the print run will be as large as the demand.  Measuring 24 x 36 and costing $50.  There will be a variant print lasered into sheet metal that will set you back $300, but don't worry, you don't have a chance in hell of acquiring it anyway.  There is also a nifty Ken Taylor print going on sale this Friday.  Limited to 300 copies, the regular edition is also $50 while the 150 variant costs $75.  I dig the Taylor, but I'm seriously in love with the Ansin.  It will be mine.  Nice to know that I can actually make it happen.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo's Iron Man 3

As they've done with every Marvel movie a week out, Mondo has unveiled their Iron Man 3 poster...or posters.  The above one comes to us from artist Martin Ansin, measures 24 x 36 & will set you back $50 (the variant running the typical $75).  The poster featured directly below is from Phantom City Creative, measures 24 x 36, and costs a pretty $45.  Frankly, I'm not in love with either of them.  In fact, I think the IMAX Midnight Release print seen at the very bottom has them both trumped.  The general problem with these pre-release posters is that the art stems only from the trailer imagery.  They feel more like teasers than full-on celebrations of the films.  You look at the prints Mondo did for The Monster Squad or Battle Royale, and those images encompass the whole film.  These are little more than press releases.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo's Avengers Thor

24 x 36 Martin Ansin

Ah, here's the Avengers Thor print from Mondo.  And it's definitely my favorite of the bunch so far.  Apparently there will be a glow in the dark variant as well on April 27th.  Good luck, Mondo contestants.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mondo Goes Ape!

I've been waiting for Mondo to really kick it up a notch for 2012 and they have outdone themselves with this series of Planet of the Apes prints commemorating their "Day of Apes" 8 Hour Marathon from May of last year.  Tomorrow these prints will go on sale (at a random time) as a set for $230; any seperate leftovers will go on sale Friday afternoon.  If you get the set you also get the bonus "Go Ape" poster (pictured above) from Jason Edmiston.  As you should all know by now, both Matt & I are absolutely obsessed with the Apes series and these Mondo prints are amazing--any kind folks out there want to donate their hard earned cash to a couple of lonely dorks?  Hmmm...didn't think so.  Maybe I can snag one of the leftover, but I somehow doubt that :)

As much as I love Martin Ansin's Planet of the Apes & Phantom City Creative's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, my favorite of the bunch is Rich Kelly's Escape From The Planet of the Apes.  I'm just a sucker for chimps is space suits.

Martin Ansin 24 x 36

 

Ken Taylor 24 x 36

Rich Kelly 24 x 36 

Phantom City Creative

 

Florian Bertmer 24 x 36

--Brad

Dork Art: More Mondo Tron

Here are the first two posters of 2012 from Mondo that I give a darn about.  Kinda surprised to see more Tron though love, since a lot of folks seem to really enjoy hating on Legacy--a film that I actually enjoyed quite a bit.  But it's Martin Ansin's top poster for the original film that I kinda need to have.  Sold as a set on Thursday at a random time for $90.

--Brad