Limited Paper just keeps on coming, people! Last time, we told you all about the Phone Booth Galleryâs amazing A Distant Winter gallery show (and showed up some pretty kick-ass photos, to boot), and this time weâve got even more exciting news for all the limited paper-collecting poster-freaks in the audience: want details on Mondoâs drop schedule at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con? Wanna see the newest prints from Gallery1988âs Breaking Bad series? What is the Horror Die-Cut Collection, anyway (hint: itâs awesome)? Find out after the jump, people.
Oh, my fellow poster-collecting brethren, âtis a busy time to be a collector. Last week, Mondo dropped the one-two punch of a Drew Struzan regular/variant set on us, Gallery1988 is about to launch an Arrested Development-themed gallery show (on top of their ongoing Breaking Bad series), next week brings Mondoâs tenth-ever Mystery Movie (which is rumored to be somethingâ¦epic), andâjust a week or two after thatâweâve got the 2012 San Diego Comic Con sharpening its knives and hungrily eyeing our bank accounts. If youâre like me, youâre feeling the pinch.
But if youâre like me, youâre also prepared to go homeless if it justâ¦meansâ¦holding onâ¦to those printsâ¦for a fewâ¦moreâ¦.months.
âOncoming Bankruptcyâ is, indeed, the name of the game, but what can I say? Collectingâs addictive, fun, involves making pals with a community that continues to prove itself one of the most trustworthy and badass (amongst the many geeky communities out there) and it turns your house into an absolute goddamn shrine of awesomeness. There are worse ways to spend your money.
Anyway, this weekâs latest installment of Limited Paper starts off with an exclusive, something that Iâm always happy to include for the poster-geeks out there. Letâs get this party started, eh?
WHAT IS âTHE HORROR DIE CUT COLLECTIONâ AND WHEN CAN YOU GET ONE?
The fine folks over at Spoke Art sent this exclusive over to us earlier in the week, and weâre enormously proud to be presenting it to you now. What youâre about to see isâ¦.well, letâs just let Spoke Artâs Ken Harman explain it, shall we:
On Friday, June 29th at 3pm PST we'll be releasing a new art print by artist Max Dalton, "The Horror Die Cut Collection." This fun print features all of Max's favorite horror film villains laid out in a retro die cut/snap action figure collectionâ¦the print will be limited to 250 hand numbered copies!
Max Dalton? Name ring a bell? If youâve been collecting for a while, it should: Max is the same dude that gave us that pair of ridiculously awesome Tarantino-themed pieces (First Things First and Pulp Fiction Action Figure) awhile back? The ones that look like this:
Yeah, so, there you have it: Dalton knows his stuff. Hereâs the piece that Ken sent over to usâwhich you can purchase as of today at 3pm PST over at Spoke Artâs website titled The Horror Die Cut Collection.
- The Horror Die Cut Collection by Max Dalton
- 18x24â $50 screenprint, edition of 250
And, what the hell, letâs look at some close-ups of this awesome print in action:
Whoo, boy. Thatâs a mean little print, ainât it? If youâre interested, check in with Spoke Art later today (remember: 3pm PSTâwe really wanna make sure youâre clear on that point, donât we?) and pick one up as soon as theyâre available at this link! Without only 250 in the run, itâs likely that these are going to go quick.
Oh, and by the way, hereâs a question for the commenters: Lately, Pennywise the Clownâwho also recently popped up in Mark Englertâs gloriously unhinged They All Float screenprint (see below)âhas been appearing in more prints than ever before. Is this good thing (heâs awesome) or bad thing (you still have nightmares from seeing It on network TV when you were 8 years old and donât want that hideous bastard on your wall)? Discuss.
GALLERY 1988âS BREAKING BAD SERIES REVEALS RHYS COOPER, RICH KELLY, DAVE PERILLO SCREENPRINTS
Well, Gallery1988âs Breaking Bad seriesâmodeled, in part, on the one-print-revealed-at-a-time-via-ARG method used for ABC and Mondoâs LOST series a few years agoâhas been going strong for the past few weeks, and it feels like itâs been awhile since we checked in on things. Last time we looked, Los Pollos Hermanos had been immortalized in its very own screenprint, and the results wereâ¦well, depends on who you asked.
So far, the Breaking Bad screenprint series hasnât exactly been setting the limited-paper community aflame in the same way that the LOST screenprint series did, but hey: thatâs not to say that it hasnât had some pretty fine moments, and Rhys Cooper and Rich Kellyâs printsâthe two that arrived on the heels of the Hermanos printâcertainly fall into that category. Letâs take a look at those now:
That Cooperâs kick-ass, isnât it? Unfortunately, your lowly Limited Paper scribe was on vacation down in Florida when that one dropped, or that piece (awesomely titled The Rise and Fall of Jesse Pinkman) wouldâve been added to my collection immediately. Same thing with Kellyâs Mexican Shootout, which Iâm a big fan of: both of these prints capture two very pivotal moments from AMCâs series, and are probably must-haves for any Breaking Bad print-collectors out there.
Today, however, Gallery1988 is set to announce/release its most recent addition to the series, from artist Dave Perillo. Reaction to this oneâs been a lot more mixed than it was on the Kelly or Cooper pieces: letâs see if we can figure out why.
OK, first thoughts? Perilloâs got an awesome style, one that heâs used to great advantage in the past (See Also: the great print he put together for Mondoâs Adventure Time marathon earlier this year). But most of the naysayers seem to agree that this style is an awkward fit for Breaking Badâ¦and especially the moment (from the showâs first season) being captured here.  To these naysayers, all I have to say is: the printâs tongue-in-cheek, and a whole lotta that first season was tongue-in-cheek, as well. While I can certainly understand why the mixture of âstyleâ and âsubject matterâ could be an issue for some on this one, I certainly wouldnât consider it among the lesser offerings from Gallery88âs Breaking Bad series: in fact, I dig this one quite a bit.
But, hey, artâs subjective: whatcanyado? Well, if you like this one, you can keep your eyes peeled over at Gallery1988âs Breaking Bad website, where the print should be going on-sale sometime soon.  By the way, I know youâre not wondering, butâ¦Iâm still partial to the Daniel Danger piece that opened this series: itâs got my money for âBest of Series Thus Farâ, easy. See if Iâm wrong:
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AND, FINALLY:Â IS MONDO SET TO UNLEASH HELL AT THE 2012 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON?
A big dose of âHoly Shitâ dropped in our laps earlier this week, whenâtotally without warning, and just as casually as can beâMondoâs Creative Director, Justin Ishmael, confirmed a whole bunch little details regarding Mondoâs presence at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. He also clarified thatâthough they hadnât been listed amongst the official list of vendors that was released by SDCC this weekâthey would absolutely be on the selling floor.
Hereâs what he said (via the @MondoNews handle on Twitter.com) earlier this week:
So, the San Diego Comic Con vendor list came out today and we werenât on thereâ¦but we will be there with a boothâ¦Weâll be at booth #437 and will have multiple drops every day. All new stuff. Will have archival stuff for sale, too. Signings, etcâ¦Should be fun!
And with that, everyone promptly lost their shit.
This will be the first Comic Con that Iâve ever attended as a Mondo collector (or the first Comic Con Iâve attended period, for that matter), and Iâve been led to believe thatâon any given day, at any given timeâthereâs plenty of stuff going on to keep attendees busy. The fact that Mondoâs releasing âmultiple drops per dayâ means that collectors are going to need to stay focused, at-the-ready, and deeply connected to their Twitter feeds: if some of the rumors Iâve heard about whatâs going to be on sale at the SDCC are true, prints arenât going to last long once theyâre announced.
Weâll have more for you regarding Mondoâs presence at Comic Con (including some exclusive interviews and reports from the frontlines of the Con itself) in just a few weeks. Until then, you can look forward to the following: after the weekend, weâre debuting an all-new offshoot of Limited Paper called Unlimited Paper (where youâll find links to a bunch of open-edition prints that are still available for purchase); after that, weâre going to have some exclusive, totally-kick-ass coverage from Mondo Mystery Movie X for you (including photos of the print(s)âthatâs regular and variant, mind youâbeing released at the show) and a report from the epic poster-swap taking place in Austin the day before the event; and much, much more.
After our last installment, I got a number of emails from people asking for photos of some of the frames that my preferred framer (Frank Hensey, from Bauhaus Custom Framing) had put together for me. Iâve also been seeing a pretty-regular series of emails from readers asking to see photos of my âcollectionâ (silly emailers: donât you realize half the collectionâs in the tiny drawers of a flat, metal box?!). As an added bonus to this weekâs Limited Paper, I thought Iâd toss in the following âwalking tourâ video, which shows you what things look like here at Limited Paper HQ (on the day this installment was written: God knows what itâll look like after MMMX). Please enjoy that below, and stay tuned for more from us in the very near future! As always, you can feel free to sound off in the comments section below if youâve got anything youâd like to add to all this!
Finally, if youâve missed any of our previous Limited Paper columns:
- Limited Paper #7: A DISTANT WINTER Debuts at the Phone Booth Gallery, Plus Details on What to Expect from Mondo Mystery Movie X
- Limited Paper #6: A Report from the Alamo Drafthouse/Mondo Screening of THE THING; Plus Some Poster-Related ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT News
- Limited Paper #5: Interview with John Davis of Poster Mountain, the Poster Communityâs Miracle Workers
- Limited Paper #4: RAYGUNS AND ROBOTS at the Ltd. Art Gallery, Peeks at Martin Ansinâs A DISTANT WINTER Lineup, and More Poster Awesomeness
- Limited Paper #3: MONDO Drops E.T., THE BEYOND, and STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KAHN; Gallery1988âs Newest BREAKING BAD Piece Unveiled
- Limited Paper #2: Mondo Mystery Movie X Announced, A Distant Winter Teased By the Phone Booth Gallery, Aaron Horkeyâs Jaw-Dropping New Poster and More!
- Limited Paper #1: Posters from Gallery 1988, Mondo, Dark Hall Mansion and Tom Whalen, Rhys Cooper, Phone Booth, Drafthouse and More