Comic-Con 2012 sounds like one of the most massively exciting, probably-chaotic, and assuredly-fragrant gatherings of film geeks, comic nerds, and costumed weirdoes ever assembled. People from all over the globe are converging on San Diego this Wednesday, andâfor the first time everâyour humble Limited Paper scribe has given in and consented to join that undulating mass of geekery. But it ainât because Arnold Schwarzeneggerâs gonna be there, and it ainât because Django Unchained footage is screening. It ainât even because Peter Jacksonâs got Hobbit stuff to share. No, Iâm going for the limited paperâ¦and if youâll meet me after the jump, Iâll tell you (just about) everything I know about what the poster-collecting community can expect from Comic-Con 2012 which includes Olly Moss, Daniel Danger, Tom Whalen, Dave Perillo and more.
If youâre anything like us here at Collider.com HQ, youâve spent the past week in a dual-tizzy, with one side of your brain devoted to the awesomeness that was Mondo Mystery Movie 10â¦and the other half devoted to the forthcoming awesomeness of the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. For weeks now, weâve been packing our bags, fine-tuning our poster-acquisition strategies, and keeping an ear to the ground for any announcements, rumors, or gossip regarding potential poster-drops.
As a result, I have heard many things, some of which can be shared right this minute! If youâre going to Comic Con 2012âor if youâve got a poster-buddy headed there in your steadâweâve got some info here that may or may not be of interest to you. Letâs go through it a section at a time (and be aware that the information below is just a scratch on the surface of a screenprint-covered glacier, one roughly the size of Nikki Minajâs ass: there is so much more to come, and weâll be keeping you informed all week).
HUCKLEBERRY JOINS FORCES WITH TODDLAND TO âMAKE RAD STUFFâ, SUCCEEDS
First up, hereâs some news from a company we werenât actively familiar withâ¦but one weâre going to be paying very close attention to going forward: Huckleberry. Rather than blather on about what these guys are up to, letâs let them tell you in their own words:
Huckleberry (booth #3449) has partnered up this year with the fine folks of toddland to bring a whole new level of radness to san diego comic con. (SDCC12) Huckleberry joined up with the toddland design team to bring their own clever and quirky spin some items for SDCC this year and you won't be disappointed. With awesome artist friends like Whalen, Doyle, and Perillo, toddland has a roster of some pretty special limited releases, and an arsenal of things than you need to take home with you before it sells out. As always with toddland, everything is super limited, and with Adventure Time, Yo Gabba Gabba, and the Aquabats in the mix, what we've seen so far is all pretty awesome and definitely won't last long. Coming from the company whose mission statement is, "make rad stuff", you're going to be pretty stoked with what they came up with over at the toddland labs to share with their comic con friends.
Now, youâre probably reading that and thinking, âOK, that sounds reasonably kick-assâ, but waitâll you see the prints theyâre talking aboutâ¦especially Tom Whalenâs. As Dave Bowman might say: âMy god, itâs full of starsâ. Letâs get started. First up, letâs talk about The Aquabats! (exclamation point theirs).
- The Aquabats! screenprint by Dave Perillo
- Regular edition of 250, $25 apiece
- âThe Sandfleas!â Variant edition of 40, $35
Also, Huckleberry tells us that the Aquabats (!) themselves (?) are going to be available in-person for photos and autograph/poster signing from 11AM to 1PM on Saturday (the 14th), so keep that in mind if youâre interested in getting your Perillo signed while youâre there. These look awesome! But, wait, thereâs more!
- H.R. Pufnstuf screenprint by Dave Perillo
- Blue (Regular) edition of 125, $50
- Red (Variant) edition of 75, $75
So, looks like the stoner market has been handily covered by Perillo, eh? Next upâ¦
- Yo Gabba Gabba Muno screenprint by Tim Doyle
- 1st in a series of Yo Gabba Gabba screenprints by Doyle
- Regular edition of 130, $40
- Glow-in-The-Dark Variant edition of 30, $60
Apparently, both Doyles are identical save for the GID inks. And, lastâbut in no way leastâis Tom Whalenâs Land of The Lost print. The first time I saw these prints, my head asploded from the sheer awesomeness of Whalen-rendered Sleestaks (it was messy). Without further adoâ¦
- Land of The Lost screenprint by Tom Whalen
- Green (Regular) edition of 125, $60
- Purple (Variant) edition of 75, $85
Holy Mary Mother of God, that is an amazing piece. Whalenâs a Mondo regularâas many of you already knowâand may well have some work with that company to share during the Conâ¦but Iâm finding it hard to believe that heâll be able to top himself on this piece: that Land of The Lost ranks amongs Whalenâs very best work, as far as Iâm concerned. Maybe Iâm a bit biased because I specifically remember watching the show every Saturday morning as a kid, butâ¦whatever. This is getting purchased, no question about it.
Click over to Page 2 for info on Olly Moss, Daniel Danger, and more
OLLY MOSS AND DANIEL DANGER JOIN FORCES TO MELT YOUR FACE WITH KICKASSERY
Now, hereâs some amazing stuff. If youâre a longtime collectorâor, hell, even if youâre a newcomerâthereâs every reason to believe that youâre already familiar with the work being done by screenprint heavyweights Olly Moss and Daniel Danger. These are two of the biggest names in the screenprinting business, and with damn good reason: these guys produce gorgeous, jaw-dropping, stop-you-in-your-tracks-even-if-youâre-in-the-middle-of-a-crowded-intersection-during-the-apocalypse artwork, and they deserve every bit of respect theyâve earned over the years (is there a vacuum on in here?).
And so, itâs with great excitement that I can relay the following to you, the gentle Limited Paper readers of the world: Moss and Danger have teamed up for a very special project for the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, and the previews weâve seen from this unholy pairing are simply incredible. Like what? Like this:
âWhat the hell is that?!â, you ask?
That, my friends, is an announcement of sorts. This still-not-fully-unveiled series will have some sort of presence at SDCC this year, butâfor the time beingâweâre still not completely clear on when, where, or how it will become available. The basic gist seems to be, âBatman in mundane locationsâ, but with Moss and Danger behind the wheel, Iâm guessing that the series will be even more elaborate than that. Two prints showed up online earlier this week as part of a Moss/Comic Con previewâ¦
â¦and one of them was later turned into this (though Iâm still unclear if this adjustment was Moss/Dangerâs doing)â¦
Batmanâs looking a bit like Schwarzenegger in Junior in this one, eh? Right now, information is limited about this series. Iâm hearing some pretty wild behind-the-scenes rumors and whispers about the plan for this collection at Comic Con, but until Iâve heard something a bit more concreteâ¦.weâre just going to have to enjoy looking these over and slowly working ourselves into a frenzy over the idea of missing a single one. Speaking of: my favorite amongst those previewed thus far? Gotta be this one:
If I were all of you (and according to this LSD, I might be), Iâd be keeping my ear very close to the ground on further information about this series.  Whatever happens with them at Comic Con is sure to beâ¦unique.  Much like, say, these other two preview pics that have been getting feverishly passed along within the poster community this week:
As you can see, that first one (which I personally glimpsed for the first time over at the incomparable InsideTheRockPosterFrame.com, a site Iâm sure all of you know to be keeping tabs onâ¦even though you secretly prefer Limited Paper, of course) combines two things I think weâre all big fans of: Spiderman and tittaes. The second one? Sure to cause a stir amongst fans of Valveâs Half-Life, the video game series and perennial no-show atâ¦well, virtually every big video game convention/conference itâs always supposedly âgoing to debutâ at. Thatâs Half-Life star Gordon Freeman, andâif you look really closelyâyouâll see that this interpretation of the character is accompanied by one of Freemanâs Half-Life co-stars (hint: think âFacehuggerâ).  Also: dig that reflection in his glasses.
On top of that, this little side-by-side comparisonâs been making the rounds this week, and seems to indicate that Moss has an Adventure Time piece in the works as wellâ¦or does he? And will all of these pieces be up for grabs at SDCC? The official answer at the time of this writing seems to be âletâs hope soâ, but you can bet your ass that weâre going to be keeping you updated as the Con commences and unfolds. Which reminds me: what can you expect from Limited Paper at Comic Con this year?
A CHILDRENâS TREASURY OF POTENTIALLY EMPTY PROMISES RE: WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM LIMITED PAPER AT COMIC CON
Over the past few weeks, Iâve received a number of PMâs, emails, texts, or phone calls (andâin one particularly troubling caseâa singing telegram) which could fell into one of two categories:Â âPeople who want to know what Iâve heard is dropping at SDCCâ and âPeople who want to know what weâre going to be covering at SDCC (follow-up question:Â âWhat have you heard is dropping at the Con?â)â.
Obviously, I canât really spill my guts by regurgitating the flagrant rumormongering and âanonymous tipsâ thatâve arrived in my inbox, but Iâll be happy to share what weâre planning to deliver here at Limited Paper during the Con.
For starters, Iâm attending this yearâs Comic Con to cover postersâfirst and foremost. Itâs possible that Iâll be compelled to, say, catch a screening, interview some celebrity (âSo, Robert Downey Jr., Iâve always wanted to know: would you mind conducting this interview in line at the Mondo booth?â), or sit baffled while the Twi-hards cheer Robert Pattinsonâs haircut over in Hall H, but my main goalâthe primary objectiveâis to keep all of you constantly informed about whatâs happening in the world of posters and screenprints on the SDCC floor.
That means thatâas we speakâIâm working on lining up interviews with artists who have been confirmed as âAttendingâ, as well as a few Q&Aâs with the guys who sell us our beloved screenprints. You can also expect a series of dispatches covering each dayâs biggest drops (look for these at least once per day, and maybe twice depending on how crazy things get), and weâll also have some video footage of these drops at their craziest: you wonât quite be able to smell the Con, but youâll see it, hear it, and be bummed that youâre not in the middle of itâyouâre welcome.
Oh, and thereâs one last thing Iâm putting together that I think will appeal to most of the collectors out there: an in-depth look at what itâs like for one of the industryâs biggest poster-retailers when they randomly announce a new print has gone on sale. When do they decide to announce those drops?   Who makes that call? What does the wave of humanity look like when itâs coming towards the table, dollars and thick, cardboard tubes in-hand? And just how hard are poster nerds to deal with, anyway?  If everything goes according to plan, weâll have a really cool, up-close-and-personal look at one of the Conâs biggest drops⦠from the other side of the table. Fingers crossed, and Iâll see ya there (you can look for me on my sweet, new Limited Paper-branded Rascal scooter)!
Itâs going to be a busy week, but weâre going to keep you informed, updated, and hopelessly depressed that you couldnât make it every step of the way. As always, if youâre a poster-retailer, art gallery, artist, or someone with a hot tip whoâd like to see their wares shared with the Limited Paper readership, please drop me a line at the newly-launched Limited Paper email account, LimitedPaper@gmail.com. Weâre committed to keeping the community informed about everything worth knowing thatâs happening within the poster-industry, so drop us a line if youâve got something to say!
Everyone else? Stay tuned for Limited Paper @ Comic Con this week, and 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 9: Mark Englert's THIS IS MY FARMâ¦I'll DIE HERE On Sale Friday; Inspired by THE WALKING DEAD
- Limited Paper #8: Max Daltonâs HORROR DIE CUT COLLECTION, Gallery1988âs BREAKING BAD Prints, and Mondo COMIC-CON News
- 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