Category Archives: Pop Culture
Timeless?
And just in time from Comic-Con 2011 comes In Time, the new 20th Century Fox sci-fi flick directed by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, Gattaca).
Apocalypse New
Taking a page from the Alamo Drafthouse, you might want to check out TommyGood to see some new school artists like Tim Doyle drawing up cool old school movie posters like this…(via Darrell Street)
Rolling Roadshow Poster Sale!
Jason Munn’s minimalist movie poster remakes from The Rolling Roadshow Tour are now on sale for $50 smackers. Get ’em while they’re hot!
(Btw, these copies for sale on Munn’s website are Artists Proofs with an edition of 30 each — if you’re into that kinda thang!)
Poster Ripoff Flashback!
My belated apologies, but methinks the first Oceans 11 remake poster (2001) took some very definite, ahem, creative license from a band called The Smithereens and their much, much lesser-known 1989 album cover, 11.
Batman Copycat?
Yahoo says the new Dark Knight Rises teaser poster has a familiar case of Inception. Luckily, they’re both directed by Christopher Nolan!
A Hunger For Ungerer
This post is not a tribute to the 80’s David Bowie flick, The Hunger — but rather, it’s dedicated to French illustrator, Tomi Ungerer, who is actually most known for his 1950’s and 1960’s American design work in children’s books and political newspapers/magazines like The New York Times and Esquire. But if you’re a movie poster fan, then you definitely have seen his one-hit wonder, Dr. Strangelove (although he also did the one-sheet for Monterey Pop).
Inspired by Saul Steinberg, his style is cut from the same cloth as such political humorists/cartoonists as Jules Feiffer, Maurice Sendak, and William Steig (Shrek), and he has recently come out with a new kids’ book, which you can read about here.
Chris Ware Movie Posters!
Last year, I mentioned super-smart graphic novelist, Chris Ware’s foray into the movie poster design business with The Savages.
Lately though Mr. Ware has been busy updating his one-sheet résumé with a couple more excellent Indie credits — namely, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and The Realms of the Unreal, which was distributed solely at Sundance a few festivals ago — as his Hired GUn creations are extremely popular in the limited-edition market.
Realms of the Unreal, titles, Chris Ware from Jonathan Howells on Vimeo.
Meansheets Wants You…
…to have a fantastic 4th of July weekend! So whether you are from the good ol’ USA or the lovely UK or Europe or somewhere else in this great big beautiful world, I thought I’d celebrate the upcoming American holiday with a slew of Uncle Sam-themed movie posters!
(Btw, the Burt Reynolds Paternity poster is by one of my favorite US artists, the greatly underrated Mr. Birney Lettick.)





















