Wonder Woman by Ben Caldwell
I’ve been a big fan of Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives, DC’s Wednesday Comics, Dracula, Wonder Woman) since I first got to know him on the Drawingboard Forum a long time ago. For his most recent sketchbook release - The Misfits Manual - he did a Kickstarter campaign where one of the tiers included a piece of original art. Very happy to have gotten my hands on this beautiful Wonder Woman. Thanks a lot Ben!
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Edition: Original art
Bride of Frankenstein by Mike Mignola
This print is from the 1991 Universal Monsters Portfolio, signed and numbered in an edition of 500 (the portfolio is numbered and each plate signed by its respective artist), containing ten exclusive 12 x 16 inch prints plus a color cover. I don’t have the portfolio and not the other nine prints. That’s why my print only has the signature and not the edition number.
Mignola has played around with the Frankenstein monster(s) on several occasions. He did no less than ten Bride of Frankenstein illustrations for the Universal Monsters illustrated collector’s card set published by Topps in 1994. And here’s a really nice illustration from 1999. For even more Mignola monster goodies, get the 2013 “sketch book” Year of Monsters.
Size: 12 x 16 inches
Edition: 500
Secret Headquarters Letterpress print by Mike Mignola
On Friday the 4th of December 2009 Mike Mignola was a special guest at the Secret Headquarters in Silverlake. A limited-edition letterpress print (edition of 80) was made by Mignola specifically for this show; a three-color print, printed by Aardvark Letterpress. I was never able to get my hands on one at the time and have been on the lookout ever since.
There’s something about the look of letterpress prints that just makes me weak in the knees. Through an incredible chain of events I was recently fortunate enough to be given an artist proof of this print. How about that!?
Size: 11 x 17 inches
Edition: #3/15 AP
Thought I’d do a top-ten list of the artists I’d most like to own original art by. Strike-through on the ones I already have. Here goes:
Light Trailer by Paul Pope.
Paul Pope did a special museum quality 12 color silkscreen print called Light Trailer with Axelle Arts in 2006. The print was nominally commissioned as a birthday gift for Diesel owner Renzo Rosso, but there was also a retail edition available online and at NYC area Diesel stores.
This is the Holy Grail of my print collection. I was looking for it for a long, long time, and when I finally got my hands on it I was overwhelmed. It was even greater than I had hoped.
Size: 112 x 142 cm (44 x 56 inches)
Edition: #85/125
Mermaid by mcbess
An A3 risograph (which is a word that sounds much fancier than it is) that was originally produced for the Deadorama exhibit at the Ship of Fools gallery in the Netherlands (30 Nov – 4 Jan 2013).
Size: A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Edition: #3/50
Les Viandardes by mcbess
A really nice giclee print that was originally produced for the Deadorama exhibit at the Ship of Fools gallery in the Netherlands (30 Nov – 4 Jan 2013). This motif is something that mcbess has done in several different versions, both with different typography and with different poses for the girls.
Size: A2 (420 x 594 mm)
Edition: #3/25
Hey by mcbess
My first original illustration from mcbess (yes, all lower case). Hey was originally exhibited in the Deadorama exhibit at the Ship of Fools gallery in the Netherlands (30 Nov – 4 Jan 2013). And yes, she’s hungry…
Size: A4 (297 x 210 mm)
Edition: Original art
Missed Connection by Adrian Tomine
A gorgeous storytelling print by Adrian Tomine on 310 grams Hanemühle etching paper. Issued by Dutch publishing house Griffioen Grafiek in late 2009. The illustration was originally used as the cover to the New Yorker Magazine on November 8th 2004.
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Edition: #14/150
Love And Rockets no. 24 by Jaime Hernandez
In July 2009 Jordan Crane (who’s an amazing artist in his own right) released this huge and gorgeous silk screen of the cover to Love and Rockets no. 24 by Jaime Hernandez. It was released in a limited edition of 87 prints and attracted quite a bit of interest on its first day. Jordan then upped the price from $200 to $300 because “The print run is running through too quickly, and that’s the best way to slow it down.” Strange, but true.
Happy to have gotten my hands on one of them. It’s such a great looking print!
Size: 26 x 40 inches
Edition: #41/87
Tree of Life by Tim Biskup
Released in conjunction with Tim’s “O/S (Operating System)” solo exhibition in Paris in October–November 2008. A crazy serigraph with 30(!) separate passes of ink. Bought directly from Tim’s website upon its original release.
Size: 30 x 40 inches
Edition: #28/100
(Big) Giant Kaiju ”Helper” by Tim Biskup
This is something I’ve been on the lookout for for quite some time. And when I finally found this print I jumped at the opportunity to get my hands on it. Like I described in this post, I already owned the original pencil art for it, so I’m really thrilled to seal the set with this gorgeous print.
The print is part of the original (Big) Giant Kaiju series, issued as a set of 30 x 40 inches gloss-coated 6-color giclee prints in 2006 in a very limited edition of 10. In February 2009 a set of smaller (16 x 12 inches) “Giant Kaiju Prints” were being released. This time in an edition of 66 instead of just 10.
Size: 30 x 40 inches
Edition: #3/10
Beast by mcbess
I’m just crazy in love with mcbess and I’m super happy to have gotten my hands on this gorgeous print. It was done for the Bones & Tones exhibition at Rotopol in Kassel, Germany, and was one of nine different pieces that were part of the exhibition. It’s a signed and numbered one-colour screenprint on 300gsm Munken Pure.
Size: 44 x 64 cm
Edition: #3/45
Woodpecker by mcbess
On August 17th 2012 Mcbess opened the Bones & Tones exhibition at Rotopol in Germany. This signed and numbered screenprint is one of nine different pieces that were part of the exhibition. For this specific print, mcbess wrote the following on his blog: “The forest was hilarious that day, she laid there oblivious to the risk of getting finger fucked by a peasant, I’d like to think that someone near by was listenning to Louie CK or Doug Stanhope on some loud speakers.”
Size: 64 x 44 cm
Edition: #3/45
Girl With Wet Bar by Glenn Barr
Another pencil sketch by Glenn Barr. Just like the pencils for The Killing Room, I’m amazed by how effortless, loose and easy it looks. I can’t guarantee it is, but it looks just like it pours out of him.
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Edition: Original, pencils on paper
