Madness of an architect...

Sitting here for an hour trying to write something useful about an impending print release. Much easier to draw 'em than explain 'em.

Basically it will be the tale of how we attempt to tell an iconic, complex narrative in 2 screenprinted panels, only changing minor staging between the two... astoundingly, I think it worked out.

More to come soon.-JC

Quick shipping news

Hey all- wanted to let anyone still waiting on an order that I ran into a tube issue- the issue being a large tube shipment arrived waterlogged and unusable.

Finally got my replacement shipment in so I can get the last batch out in the next few days, sans soakage...any questions about your individual order, please feel free to shoot me a mail-JC

Crazy 4 Cult NYC tonight!

Hello friends-

Just a heads up for all those in the area... Gallery1988's Pop Up gallery for Crazy 4 Cult NYC is opening tonight!

UPDATE: All the artwork from the show is available here at G88's site.

I visited the space just yesterday and was blown away by the quality of work in this show.I ended up doing a 1/1 instead of a screenprint for this one, from a long forgotten mainstream movie so widely panned it ended up turning 'cult'.

Hope some of you can make it down, it's gonna be a special one.-JC 

LORD OF THE RINGS Set & DRAGONSLAYER Onsale

Hello friends, welcome to the LOTR & Dragonslayer onsale page.
If an item is available, click the 'Add to Cart' button to purchase  (*please note: Paypal carts do NOT hold your item while you shop so if the item sells out before you complete the purchase, your cart will be emptied automatically by the system) 

**SHIPPING UPDATE** 8/2 - 1st batch of orders have shipped, remainder will be going out before the weekend- thanks again everyone

-JC
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LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy Set (Mondo)

Signed/numbered AP Set - 3 prints $200   

*OUT OF STOCK*

*Created as a SDCC '12 exclusive; AP set #s will match. *Screenprinted by D&L; 9-color / 8-color / 9-color; 12"x31"(x3) 

DRAGONSLAYER Poster (Mondo)
Signed/numbered AP - $60

*OUT OF STOCK* 

* Screenprinted by D&L; 9-color; 24"x36" * Created for Mondo as part of a Dragonslayer screening at the Alamo Drafthouse with special guest Phil Tippett. Read more about the screening and poster here.

FYI- If anything confuses you, or you have questions about your purchase, please don't panic... just shoot me an email and we'll work it out.

Mondo Lord of the Rings art print set- AP sale details

Hey my copies of the Mondo Lord of the Rings SDCC prints have arrived! Yep. The sets sold out in San Diego but I'll be putting my small AP batch for sale here on the blog sometime this afternoon EST (Thursday the 26th.).

I will also also try to get my s/n AP copies of Dragonslayer up for sale as the same time, as some LOTR fans may be interested in that one as well.

Where to go at sale time?

At the sale time I'll make a new blog post complete with 'ADD to CART' paypal buttons. It's important to note that you can't just refresh this post or you won't see it pop up. Instead, watch/refresh the main blog page to see new posts when they go live.

 I'm going to keep the exact sale time random because I using paypal buttons for the sale and have very few sets available. Unfortunately it's the only practical way to avoid purchase button overload (ie large oversells). And I really loathe writing refund emails.. a lot.

I'll try to add more closeup shots to this post before the sale happens, in case some of you haven't seen the actual printed matter yet (D&L did a killer job of course).
Hope to see some of you back here this afternoon.
-JC

New prints for Mondo - Lord of the Rings Trilogy Art Print set

Thank Tolkien, it's finally Comic Con Saturday! Can at last show you the Lord of the Rings Trilogy art print set I've been working on for Mondo. Such an honor to be able to work on these, as I have such a love for the books and the films (all of 'em!)

The color breakdown of the individual prints is: Fellowship of the Ring- 9 colors; Two Towers- 8 colors; Return of the King- 9 colors. All printed by D&L Screenprinting.
Hopefully I'll be able to post some detail shots soon, been sorta a crazy day... EDIT here are a few nicely washed out ones-

 cheers everyone.-JC

In case you missed it...

Only 1 day to Comic Con madness. Exciting.

Couldn't make it out there this year, but here's the info on Mondo's booth, should be lots of additional details about the releases coming later in the week. You may want to keep an eye out for that.

Talk to you all soon.-JC

The sun...it burns...

Just realized I'll probably have 5 things released in July, maybe 6 if planets align. No titles or credits, just art prints of one sort or another. Won't say much more because I'll screw up and give it away, but can add that I've been getting to play with a bunch of  iconic characters- can't wait to show you guys all of it.

For those asking- yes should have Dragonslayer artist copies available in the next few weeks. My own art print had to be pushed back into July as well (been waiting to print this one for months but SDCC prep has taken over my life lately). It's summer-themed, so the timing should work better anyway.

Promise to share news/previews etc. as soon as I can (psst, follow my twitter).
- JC

New print - "Dragonslayer"

Worked with the fine folks at Mondo to produce a new poster for a true favorite from my childhood. Sure, there have been many dragons presented with more CG polish and sheen, but for me Vermithrax Pejorative still stands as one of the best creature designs of all time.

Phil Tippett, the legendary effects wizard who created a new form of character animation to bring Vermithrax to life, will be at a special screening / "QnA" at the Alamo this Thursday. In fact, Mr. Tippett's new stop motion film MAD GOD just surpassed it's Kickstarter goal of $40k this afternoon. Can't wait to what they do with the project.

Get more info on the Mondo blog.

Hope everyone attending the screening enjoys the movie (and the print). I'll be there in spirit, sailing the Lake of Fire...

-JC

The waiting is the hardest part..

Hello friends-

May is already half over, how does that happen? Excited to share some of what I've been working on soon--just gotta wait a few more days (you've heard that before, I'm serious this time). It's been tough to keep my mouth shut, but so far so good. All respect to Petty- the waiting is pretty unpleasant, but the damn secrecy is the hardest part.

In a bit of 'behind the scenes' news:  Just received approval on another project I was convinced was not going to see the light of day (no scandal, just random stuff out of our control). Very glad to report I was dead wrong, and it's going to print soon. Out of anything so far, this one will no doubt generate the most discussion.. will make more sense when you see it.

Most importantly- thanks again for hanging in there with me through long stretches without any exciting news (found that drawing all night makes me lose track of time in a very troubling way). No excuse though, I'm going to make a renewed effort to update more often.

Until then.. eye of the tiger, my friends (it's the thrill of the fight.)

-JC