Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Atomic Kommie Comics' NEW Poster/Print Galleries

A couple of days ago we told you about a new poster print of the ultra-rare Stan Lee at Carnegie Hall poster from 1972.
Now, we are unveiling even more ultra-rare material from our archives, now made available to you as collector's item prints in the Atomic Kommie Comics™ Art Gallery!
There are three sub-galleries...
 (which includes movie, tv, Broadway and genre convention material)
(HTF comic book covers from the 1930s to 1950s)
(pop art / pop culture stuff that doesn't fit into either category)

Over the next few days, we'll be going into detail about each gallery.
These prints would make ideal dorm or bedroom decor for students or game-room decoration for pop-culture-oriented teens!
Keep in mind we're just getting started. There'll be a lot more images placed in the galleries over the next few weeks.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

MARVEL-ous Evening with Stan Lee at Carnegie Hall--the Poster!

Face Front, True Believer!
Here's a digitially-remastered and restored print based on the HTF poster from January 5th, 1972, the MARVEL-ous night when Stan Lee and the Marvel Bullpen filled Carnegie Hall with song and story!

From the Bullpen Bulletins that ran in all July, 1972 Marvel comic books:
"ITEM: January 5, 1972! Mark that date in your memory-book, faithful one - 'cause that's the night the batty Bullpen got it all together at Carnegie Hall, in the hectic heart of New York City!
As we told you last month, the whole magilla was called 'A MARVEL-OUS EVENING WITH STAN LEE' - and it was a way-out compendium of music, magic, and madcap Marvel mayhem!

Smilin' Stan himself was Master of Ceremonies - presiding over the frantic goings-on while images of mighty Marvel superheroes flitted across a giant movie screen.
A trio of our titanic artists got into the act, too, as Jazzy Johnny Romita, Happy Herb Trimpe, and Big John Buscema did sensational sketches of Captain America, ol' Greenskin, and Thor - which in turn were projected onto that selfsame screen. (There was a passel of our cavortin' characters in actual attendance, too, including Spidey, Daredevil, Doc Doom, and even J. Jonah Jameson himself!)
The standing-room-only crowd exploded with applause, also, at the roster of famous names who had gathered to pay homage to the madness that is Marvel: World-famous film director Alain Resnais translated a few of Silver Surfer's soliloquies into his native French; and there were also a few pungent paragraphs about our heroes which were intoned by radio personalities Alec Bennett and Earl Doud, by actors Rene Aberjonois and Chuck McCa
nn (you've seen the latter a zillion times as the 'Hi Guy' neighbor on the other side of the medicine cabinet in those Right Guard commercials), and neo-journalist Tom Wolfe, resplendent in red, white, and blue as he read about - you guessed it - Captain America.
As for the music mentioned about, most of it was provided by the far-famed Chico Hamilton and the Players - but some more Marvel Madmen got into the act, too, as Hectic Herbie and Bashful Barry Smith plunked a couple of wild electric guitars while Rascally Roy Thomas belted out a rousin' rocker or two!

Then, for the grand finale, just about everybody in the blamed Bullpen crowded onto stage to sing the Merry Marvel Marching Society theme-song - while, not to be outdone, dozens of cheering fans rushed onstage as well, and the show closed amid a revel of handshaking and autograph signing all 'round.
And that was that!
All in all, it was a wildly successful evening - and not necessarily the last of its kind, either!

And, if there were a few bleary eyes and sore throats among the Bullpenners come the morning of the 6th - well, that's show biz, people!" 
With astounding art by Merry Marie Severin, this poster is a funky composite of major Marvel stars as of 1972!
Top Row: Captain America, DareDevil, Mr. Fantastic, Ant-Man
Second Row: Dr. Strange, Information, Spider-Man, Thor
Third Row: Falcon, Invisible Girl, Hulk, Sub-Mariner
Forth Row: Dormammu, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Human Torch
Bottom Row: Black Widow, Thing, Silver Surfer, Conan

Available as a magnificent high-end print here.
The perfect centerpiece to your comics library or bedroom!

Or, if you're looking for something a bit more discreet (and less expensive), there's always a t-shirt emblazoned with the image...

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Comic Book / Movie Poster Blank Sketchbooks for Back to School!

At ONLY $9.99 our blank sketchbooks are great back-to-school gifts for young artists, writers, or pop culture collectors!
Choose from digitally-remastered and restored vintage movie posters, or Golden Age / Silver Age comics.
  • Back cover made of thin black flexible textured plastic, measures 16/1000" thick
  • Front cover made of 12pt glossy paper, laminated for durability
  • Filled with your choice of 60lb bookweight (24 lb bond) paper -- blank, dot grid, lined college-ruled, or a task journal.
Snap them up NOW, before school begins!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Concerts & Comics Conventions Collectibles

We're expanding our line of kool kollectibles to include a line of shirts with even BIGGER image areas on the front (and where applicable) the back.
This new line of shirts has an image area of up to 11" wide by 17" high, plus they're made by ethically-conscious American Apparel and Anvil KnitWear!
This particular assortment is based on various pop-culture occurrences like comic conventions, theatrical productions, protest marches, and musical concerts!
Choose from...
Buy 'Em! Trade 'Em! Collect Them ALL!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Design of the Week--"I'm Changing--Changing!!"

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...a Kirby Klassic with a twist!
It's one of the Third Eye black light posters from the early 1970s, featuring The Silver Surfer and Quasimodo in an explosion of "Kirby Krackle" energy effects!
Besides the astounding Jack Kirby/Frank Giacoia illustration itself, the bright fluorescent coloring is what makes it a perfect graphic piece for t-shirts and other collectible goodies!
It just screams "LOOK AT ME!"
But, it'll stop screaming next Friday, when it's replaced by something else, so grab it while you can!

Friday, July 2, 2010

Design of the Week--Air Races!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week..a retro-kool design for a poster for Air Races!
From the early 1900s to the 1950s, organized airplane racing was as popular as NASCAR is today!
There was even a NASCAR-like organization, National Air Races (NAR), who arranged and promoted the events!
Each year, the major race of the season took place around Labor Day, each time in a different city.
This particular poster is from the 1930 (exactly 80 years ago) Chicago event at Curtis Reynolds Airport!
Available on a variety of goodies from mugs to t-shirts to totes, it'd make a great gift for someone into retro graphics, vintage aircraft, racing, or Illinois or Chicago residents to remember a long-forgotten part of their history!

Trivia: the airport became part of Naval Air Station: Glenview, Illinois during World War II, was decommissioned in the 1990s and sold for commercial and residential redevelopment in 1995.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Design of the Week--Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week..one of the sexiest sci-fi sirens of the Sixties; Barbarella, as personified by Jane Fonda!

The sexually-liberated heroine of a French comic strip by Jean Claude Forest, the character was visually-based on Brigitte Bardot, who was offered the movie role but turned it down (picture "Bardot IS Barbarella!" on the posters).
It's hokey, entertaining, and surprisingly, considering the sexual content (but little nudity), PG-13 fun!
While it was both a critical and box-office failure in the 1960s, the movie became a video store staple on vhs and dvd, and often plays in midnight movie showings!

The movie was shot in two languages (English and French) simultaneously. The bi-lingual Fonda did all her own dialogue in both versions while the other actors were dubbed in their non-native tongues.
The rock band Duran Duran's name was taken from mad scientist Durand-Durand. Milo O'Shea, who played the character has appeared in one of the band's videos, Arena, as Durand-Durand!
A remake is currently in Development Hell.
But this design isn't! And it's perfect summer beachwear for the pop culture-savvy! So grab it while you can!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Preview: Green Hornet: Year One #6 Cover

Cover for the final issue of the mini-series detailing the origin of The Green Hornet.
I don't know if they'll leave the hand-lettering or replace it with typography in the printed version.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Design of the Week--Flesh (NOT Flash) Gordon!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week, a classic design from a most unexpected source...
The storyline of Flesh Gordon is familiar to anyone who has seen Flash Gordon films, but with a generally campy, sexual flavor, to it.
Shot in the early 1970s as an "X" rated movie, the film's sexual content was toned down to achieve an "R" rating and play to a larger audience. It became a Midnight Movie smash in the 1980s-90s and is now a popular DVD rental!
There was also a direct-to video sequel in the late 1980s. It's nowhere near as good (or funny)!

The plot involves planet Porno's Emperor Wang aiming a "Sex Ray" at Earth.
The poplulation of Earth becomes sexually-obsessed, and it's up to Gordon to stop the rays.
The film uses nudity whenever possible, and the scenes are shot in a visual style nearly identical to the original Flash Gordon serials, including spaceships with sparklers in their rears and (deliberately) crudely animated laser blasts!
A towering, demonic-looking stop-motion animated creature, the Great God Porno,voiced by Craig T. Nelson (yes, THAT Craig T. Nelson!), steals the show with his brief appearance, muttering all manner of obscenities in a very un-monster-like velvety voice.

Production design, makeup,  and special effects were handled by a number of up-and-coming artists including John Dykstra, Greg Jein, Mike Minor, and Rick Baker, who would go on to win Oscars and Emmys for their work on big-budget sci-fi / fantasy projects including Star Trek, Star Wars, and BattleStar Galactica!

The kool poster art is by noted comic book artist George Barr.

In truth, I did this one because I wanted a shirt for myself and wasn't planning on marketing it, but when friends started asking for it, I felt it was worth doing for both them and you faithful fans!
(If it sells well enough, I'll move it to my Seduction of the Innocent™ collection)

Wear the shirt that'll make people do a double-take!
Wear Flesh (NOT Flash) Gordon!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Metropolis: Fritz Lang's Classic...RESTORED!

One of the seminal films of the genre, Metropolis has influenced countless other sci-fi films, tv shows, even comics.
From the set design of Blade Runner to the robot C3PO in the Star Wars series to costuming in The BodyGuard, elements of Metropolis' production design have been used and reused, and continue to be used...
As for the film itself, there have been spin-off anime, novels, graphic novels (by comics legend Michael Kaluta, no less!), even a West End musical (and how many silent movies have had that honor?)!
Now, a restored version of the film with almost a half-hour of unseen-for-decades footage has been released!
To celebrate, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ have released a half-dozen designs based on the original movie posters emblazoned on a new line of kool kollectibles including t-shirts, mugs, and other funky items, most of them featuring iconic imagery of the robotrix Maria! (Actually, we did them for ourselves, and they turned out so well that we decided to release them to the public!)
Enjoy, and catch the film at an arthouse near you NOW!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Preview: Green Hornet: Year One #4 Alternate Cover

Another film noir poster  /  pulp magazine style cover from the talented pen of Francesco Francavilla!
With all due respect to main cover artist John Cassaday, these covers really evoke the feel of the era!
Check out Francesco's blog for MORE goodies!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Before The X-Files, there was...Quatermass!

I've wondered where some of The X-Files' wilder concepts really came from.
Chris Carter has acknowledged a variety of influences including The Twilight Zone and Kolchak: the Night Stalker. Curiously, while there's a lot of mood and atmosphere directly attributable to those sources, there's very little of the actual concepts or plots from them in The X-Files.
This is not the case with another sci-fi series...
The 11th Hour Web Magazine did a story about similarities between key plot points of The X-Files (both the series and first feature film) and a group of four tv mini-series from England (all of which were also made into feature films) about Bernard Quatermass, a scientist fighting both aliens from beyond and his own disbelieving government superiors! (sound familiar?)
Read the article, then continue...
Whether or not the copying was deliberate, it's there! (IOHO, I agree it's more than coincidental!)
Thus, we consider Nigel Kneale's Quatermass series to be the direct ancestor to Chris Carter's X-Files both in concept and content.
In that spirit, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ present a group of the posters of the predecessor series to The X-Files including...
The Creeping Unknown (Quatermass Xperiment), Enemy From Space (Quatermass 2), and Five Million Years to Earth (Quatermass and the Pit) on a variety of kool kollectibles!
We've been unable to find a poster for the final movie, simply titled Quatermass, which had a brief run in the US. It was an edited version of the final miniseries entitled Quatermass Conclusion, which ran in England, and is not a remake as the other films were!