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hey folks
sharing this a bit as a little sneak peek before the final version is finished and revealed at the opening august 5th.
let us know what you think…
-d

jensen speaking….
don’t want to let too much out of the bag, but artist Daniel Danger and Gallery1988 have partnered up to release Danger’s first full-scale art toy, a SUPER limited and BEAUTIFUL hand-crafted piece. This thing has to be seen to be believed. I, as a fan of Daniel’s, have been waiting tirelessly for him to create his own toy, so when he brought up the idea, I couldn’t have said yes quick enough. Produced by our friends at Pretty In Plastic, this one will go down in the record books, even if there aren’t going to be many made!
Here’s the sketch from Daniel that the toy is based off:

I want to keep some mystery, so here is an in-progress shot of an early prototype of the toy -

We had some painting and tweaks since then, but you can get that early excitement going from the pics for sure! This will be first available at his opening reception next Thursday, August 5th. Each toy will also come with a hand embellished print, and we’re talking LIMITED LIMITED LIMITED….email us at gallery1988@aol.com if you’d be interested and we can start taking names…

ryan august.

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recently, fellow gigposter artist Ryan August was killed in a car accident, leaving behind his wife and young son. Ryan and his wife headed the I Want Your Skull zine and website..

“On Saturday, July 11th… my husband, Ryan August, and our son Declan were in a car accident on their way home from Atlanta. They were driving through a storm when Ryan’s car left the road and struck a tree. Declan, secured in his car seat, made it through with minor cuts and bruises. Ryan died on impact. Ryan was a wonderful husband and the most devoted father I have ever seen. I cannot not begin to imagine our lives without him….”

in all honestly, i had a strange relationship with ryan. we never quite saw eye to eye and bickered quite a bit over the years, as opinionated people do. when i heard the news my heart sank, and any resentment between us i allowed to exist became instantly meaningless, forgotten, and trivial compared to the gravity of the situation at hand. all i could think of his family and the awful tragedy handed to them. i wish a lot of things had been very different. regardless, were both members of a community that has always supported and cared for each other, and above everything else, people are supposed to take care of one other.

that being said, ryans family is in need of financial help after everything thats happened. i dug through my flatfiles and pulled out a few prints im going to auction as a lot, and donate said money to his family to help with expenses current and future.

included are…

-”please don’t worry, when i wake up ill be something new” 1st edition AP.
-”i’d have built this place for you.” AP
-”i looked all night, im sorry hon but i dont believe it wants to be found anymore.

bids for the set of three prints can be left in the comments of this post. just leave your name and contact email and bid. ill leave this running until i get back from LA, so roughly august 6th. also, be sure to check out some of the threads on gigposters.com for other information and benefits happening. if you can help, please help.

Scott Pilgrim, Limited Edition, Silkcreened Gig Posters

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Oni Press, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Daniel Danger’s Tiny Media Empire have teamed up for a limited edition run of Scott Pilgrim gig posters. Each of the four silkscreened gig posters feature a band from the Scott Pilgrim comics by Bryan Lee O’Malley including: Sex Bob-omb, Clash at Demonhead, Crash & the Boys, and Kid Chameleon.

Tiny Media Empire and three powerhouse artists have each lent their style to one of the bands in the Scott Pilgrim series. Kevin Tong, best know for his gig poster work with Sonic Youth, Weezer, and Wilco, took on the Scott Pilgrim series’ quintessential band Sex Bob-omb. Daniel Danger, founder of Tiny Media Empire, put together a legendary video game reference masterpiece for his Clash At Demonhead gig poster.Underground comics favorite, Hellen Jo, used her trademark vibrant style for the quirky Crash & The Boys. And gig poster pros, Aesthetic Apparatus, have created an iconic gem for Scott Pilgrim’s high school band Kid Chameleon.

Each of the four silkscreened, four-color, 18″ x 24″ posters is numbered and collected into a set and 200 sets will be sold at the Oni Press Booth (#1833) during San Diego Comic Con for $120. In addition to the full sets, 300 copies of a varient on Kevin Tong’s Sex Bob-omb gig poster featuring a metallic ink will available separately for $35.

Can’t make it to Comic-Con? No worries! Each artist will have a limited quantity of their own poster available for sale on their website after the convention:

• Daniel Danger, Tiny Media Empire, www.tinymediaempire.com
• Kevin Tong, http://www.tragicsunshine.com/
• Hellen Jo, http://helllllen.org/
• Aesthetic Apparatus, http://www.aestheticapparatus.com/

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hey folks,
this was a really fun project to put together, and defiantly an insane and challenging series to work with, given the completely over the top nature of almost everything about everything within it. but with the books and characters being so engrossed and centered around rock bands, which are then soaked in an ocean of obscure references to video games and movies and indie rock and everything; doing gigposters as they would exist in that world that played off those ideas just made sense. my poster is probably one of the weirder things ive ever done, im still a little boggled by my choices, but chances are if youre a fan of Scott Pilgrim or a fan of old school Sierra games (as i am intensely), you’ll want this on your wall. to everyone else, im sorry if youre scratching your head because nothing about this makes sense. yeah, that wizard was an asshole.

xo
-d

daniel at Gallery1988 LA

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they will take it back.
August 5th - 27th at Gallery1988LA.
opening reception August 5th at 8pm.

new prints, new paintings, new very large paintings, new surprises, old favorites, me.

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last year i spoke at a conference in dublin called OFFSET. i talked at moderate length about my influences and concepts and ideas, a bit about myself and my processes, all that good stuff. it was filmed all fancy like and i finally have a copy i can share with you all. if you want a peek into how i tick, this is a pretty good start. let me know what you think or any questions in the comments.

“today is the first time i’ve ever come back” LOST round 2!

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the ever secretive LOST is at it again. i was asked to do another print to celebrate moments from LOSTs final season, and i chose richards return to the black rock. unfortunately, due to the secretive nature of the whole series, i had no idea what was going on with them and when they would be sold, but it turns out they sold out all 450 copies in about 10 minutes this morning at http://www.damoncarltonandapolarbear.com.  so if you got one, awesome! otherwise, keep your eye on this site. sunday is the finale. should be interesting. or infuriating, if youre the type to get infuriated about things. im not, im just along for the ride. BRING ME ANYWHERE YOU WANT, DAMONCUSE, I’M ON BOARD.

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also, have you ever been to the Arnold Arboretum in boston? its a tree zoo! its awesome. how come nobody told me there was just a giant park filled with nothing but crazy trees with information cards? either way, you all should go. you might find me living there, because i might just get a tent and camp out.
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/

LOST PRINTS in a few minutes…

if you get a server error, try again. people have gotten through, its just REALLY traffic heavy. if you get back to your cart and its empty, it more than likely means the print is SOLD OUT. there are ALOT of people going after a very small amount of prints. having the item in your cart does NOT guarantee its yours, you have to check out and then it is removed from the total inventory. despite common frustrated belief, the “in your cart” inventory systems do NOT work well for these situations…

good luck everyone!!

fenway prints: gone!

the online copies of both fenway prints are now SOLD OUT.
if youre getting errors checking out, this is why.
thanks to everyone for the support.
-d

long and lost.

hi folks.
so i apologize for the very short notice, but with my schedule being the way its been lately, i have to jump at any opening with my schedule and my helpers schedule to actually get some mailorder handled on a large scale. every time ive set aside a day or two to tackle getting some new things online, ive had some crazy problem derail my day completely time and time again to the point of it being almost comical. there was a week where i waited for even a 15 minute break in the torrential rain, so i could unload a carload of prints from my truck, that never came.

TOMORROW WEDNESDAY MAY 5th 2PM EASTERN:

‘fenway’. 6 color screenprint. edition of 100 cut sets (set of two 11×22″ imagesize prints), and 200 uncut prints (11×44″ imagesize). $100
ONE PER PERSON/HOUSEHOLD. ONE OR THE OTHER. NO ‘BOTH’. i made two versions realizing that due to the size, framing or hanging two smaller prints might be more economical or practical than an oversized panoramic print. theres been a ridiculous amount of interest in both versions, so i want to make sure people can get the version they want, rather than ebay dude getting one of each to sell. orders for both will be refunded for one based on potentially flipping a coin. choose one, please. xo

THE DAY AFTER THAT, THURSDAY MAY 6th 2PM EASTERN:

‘…and thats why my hand was shaking’ 18×24″ six color screenprint, edition of 300. $250.
these are my copies of my official print for the television show LOST. theirs sold out in something like 10 seconds when they went on sale months back, there has been a huge demand for them, and i only have about 35 copies to sell on this day. these copies are how we got paid for this project, so the price reflects a middleground between the OG price and ‘current market value’, and i think is more than fair. these will go fast, and the internet traffic for these prints will crush my server im certain, so im doing these ON THEIR OWN, the next day, in a manner which will hopefully be the least headache-inducing for everyone involved. they will be pre-packed, so they will require their own shipping, insurance, delivery confirmation, etc.
ONE PER PERSON, PER HOUSEHOLD, PER FAMILY, PER APARTMENT COMPLEX, PER OFFICE POOL, PER PAYPAL ACCOUNT, PER STATE OF MAINE, ETC. if you already got one through ABC, don’t be a dick. i can very easily check, and most of you are well aware of my penchant for doing such things.

i have a small handful of outstanding orders that are all going out tomorrow before anything else. youll be getting individual emails, but if you get this first, thats whats going on. it was all the orders that contained prints that were stashed away elsewhere but i will be said elsewhere tomorrow!

im sure ill think of something else, but thats our plan.
once again, thanks for all the continued support. i know ive been a little off the radar lately, between being incredibly sick for entirely too long and a sea of contract work, but ive got a seemingly neverending supply of awesome news to announce in the near future, and you’ll all understand when that time comes.

-d

fenway mega update 2.0.

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so after spending a good 45 minutes opening the giant crate box thing that arrived today, i finally got one of these out to photograph. this thing is goshdarn massive. click to see it bigger. good thing i bought a wide angle lens for my camera the other day. either way, after we made the necessary adjustments and fixed what needed to be fixed with my drawing, the end result i think looks a million times better and i’m infinitely happier with the final product. and i ASSUME you will be too.

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…a comparison between the new and the older printing. like i said, it was really just about cleaning up and crisping up my linework before it got translated into solid blacks and whites. it was just too messy in a way i didnt expect, it didnt print well. but its much more open and punchier now. like that gibson grabber bass in the first photo. PUNCHY.

as for the sale of these, i think were aiming for early this coming week. im trying to arrange my helpers and their scheduling and all that, make sure they have a few solid open days, and finish up the loose ends mailorder i have now first (im comin for you guys, i promise).

(will trade prints for sox tickets. none of that bleacher shit…)

-d