The last time we did the Mondo Mystery Movie dance, it was October of 2011.  For that event, the good folks at Mondo/the Alamo Drafthouse arranged for a dozen charter busses’ worth of film geeks and poster fans to be ferried (via police escort) across Austin to a nearly-abandoned mall swarming with “zombies”, at which time we were all shown an extremely special screening of George Romero’s Dawn of The Dead.  Nine months later, the Mondo Mystery Movie returned to Austin, and—as you might’ve already heard—the results were fantastic.  Read on for my report from Mondo Mystery Movie 10, my fellow limited paper enthusiasts.

Limited Paper just keeps on coming, people!  Last time, we told you all about the Phone Booth Gallery’s amazing A Distant Winter gallery show (and showed up some pretty kick-ass photos, to boot), and this time we’ve got even more exciting news for all the limited paper-collecting poster-freaks in the audience:  want details on Mondo’s drop schedule at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con? Wanna see the newest prints from Gallery1988’s Breaking Bad series?  What is the Horror Die-Cut Collection, anyway (hint:  it’s awesome)?  Find out after the jump, people.

This weekend, the big story—the one on the minds of most poster collectors—was the release of Drew Struzan’s The Thing screenprints at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.  But hundreds of miles away– in a dimly-lit art gallery somewhere in Long Beach—another major release (or six) was taking place:  the Phone Booth Gallery’s A Distant Winter show, featuring artwork from Ken Taylor, Rich Kelly, and none other than Martin effing Ansin (yes, that’s his full name).  Wanna see some photos from that show?  Wanna know where to get your Thing prints framed for an awesome price if you’re in Austin?  Want us to drop some other poster-related news square in your lap?  Meet me after the jump, folks:  it’s all inside Limited Paper #7.

Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse theater chain—owned by film-geekdom’s very own Willy Wonka, Tim League—has enjoyed an outstanding couple of years, with 2011 arguably being their most successful yet.  But for as good as 2011 was for the Drafthouse, it was even better for League’s Drafthouse offshoot, Mondo.  This year, Mondo hosted a number of popular events (the ongoing Mondo Mystery Movie series), ventured into music production (a soundtrack for William Lustig’s Maniac), and ended up having its prints cataloged by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, all while continuing to churn out the most gorgeously-designed movie posters on the open market.  With a new year in front of us, it seemed like a good time to sit down with Mondo’s creative director, Justin Ishmael, to discuss the year that just wrapped, what Mondo’s got planned for 2012, and to find out what Ishmael has to say to Mondo’s few—but vocal—critics.  Read on for the interview, after the jump.

For some time now, Mondo—the incredibly awesome movie-poster producing arm of the Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse theater chain—has been holding these Mondo Mystery Movie events.  Perhaps you’ve heard of ‘em?  Ticketholders throw down a wad of cash, get a ticket, and then show up to a theater without any idea what movie they’ve purchased a ticket to.   In addition to the screening, those in attendance also receive an extremely limited edition Mondo print, a visit from someone associated with the movie, and…well– as we all know– anything can happen at an event being thrown by the Drafthouse.  Last night, the latest Mondo Mystery Movie (hyped as “one of the biggest events in Drafthouse history”) took place here in Austin, TX.  What movie screened?  Who showed up?  What did the print look like?  Find out after the jump, folks.

The idea behind the Alamo Drafthouse’s Mondo Mystery Movie is a great one:  the guys at Mondo (check out MondoTees.com if you’re unfamiliar with these brilliant menfolk) pick a movie to screen at the Drafthouse, get a “special guest” who’s somehow associated with that movie to appear during a post-screening Q&A, produce about 200 very fancy, very film-geek-friendly works of art based on whatever movie they’ve picked…and then they deliver it all to a pumped crowd.  Ticketholders get to watch the movie the Mondo guys picked, engage in a Q&A with the special guest, and take home one of those specialty prints.  Sure, tickets are pricey, but just wait’ll you see what this month’s ticketholders took home last night.  It’s all after the jump, folks…