Bernie Wrightson's "A Filthy Process" Art Print

Well, this is certainly one of the cooler things I've seen. I'm sure many people will immediately recognize the name Bernie Wrightson as one of Swamp Thing's two co-creators, but what you might not know is that the man also illustrated a version of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, originally published in 1983. No biggie, right? I mean how long could that possibly take? A few nuts and bolts here, a cadaver or two there and....voilà! Wrong. The project actually took seven years to complete, due in large part to the insanely detailed nature of Wrightson's pen-and-ink drawings. To better understand what it is I'm talking about, I'd heartily recommend just skipping all my nonsensical scrawl and simply staring at the beauty that is "A Filthy Process" for the next five hours.

"A Filthy Process" Art Print
Bernie Wrightson
20" x 30" (Screen Print) - Signed and Numbered
Price TBD - Limited to 100
Inspired By: Frankenstein

There's not a single thing I would change about this print. It's perfect as is. The illustration itself is beyond reproach and offers up such a meticulous vision of a single moment, it's mind boggling to think there's an entire book full of these gorgeous illustrations. I'm also a big fan of the paper stock Bernie and Nakatomi Inc chose to use. Like an aged piece of parchment, the Cougar Natural coloring suggests dead languages, forbidden knowledge, and the arcane arts.

Bernie Wrightson's "A Filthy Process" print will be available on Tuesday (3/12) at 2 PM Central through the Nakatomi Inc storefront. The poster measures 20" x 30" and is limited to an edition of 100. To learn more about the artist, follow @berniewrightson and check out his Facebook page. And for more Nakatomi goodness, visit nakatomiinc.com and follow @nakatomitim on Twitter.

Heads Up: Laurent Durieux's Universal Monsters Movie Posters

If you've kept up with the comings and goings of the movie poster community, you will have no doubt heard about one of the coolest shows to ever be exhibited. And wouldn't you know it, the cracker jacks in Austin who kick started this whole poster movement thing are behind it. I'm talking about Mondo's Universal Monsters show, and boy have I got some great news for you. Laurent Durieux's classic monster movie prints will be available through Mondo at a random time later today. Say, what? Yes, yes, you heard me correctly! (Just an FYI, that was the "great news" I teased earlier.) Check these beautiful prints below.

The Wolf Man Movie Poster
Laurent Durieux
24" x 36" (Screen Print) - Numbered
$50 - Limited to 380

The Mummy Movie Poster
Laurent Durieux
24" x 36" (Screen Print) - Numbered
$50 - Limited to 400

Frankenstein Movie Poster
Laurent Durieux
21" x 36" (Screen Print) - Numbered
$50 - Limited to 375

Dracula Movie Poster
Laurent Durieux
24" x 36" (Screen Print) - Numbered
$50 - Limited to 350

Creature from the Black Lagoon Movie Poster
Laurent Durieux
24" x 36" (Screen Print) - Numbered
$50 - Limited to 475

I'm torn between Laurent's Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man, but I'm ultimately leaning towards Karloff's Imhotep. To see more of the artist's work, be sure to visit his Flickr page. And for all drop related info, follow @mondonews on Twitter. One more thing: the Universal Classic Monsters Blu-ray collection is awesome! Go buy it!

Drew Struzan's "Frankenstein" Movie Poster

UPDATE 1 (9/12): 75 copies of this print will be released during a screening of Frankenstein at the New Beverly in Los Angeles tonight. Each print will cost a total of $285 and will be signed and numbered by Drew Struzan. The print is limited to an edition of 325.

This one has already made the rounds, but it's kind of a big deal (and awesome), so I feel it bears repeating. Drew Struzan, the man behind some of the most iconic movie posters in existence, in collaboration with Mondo, has created a truly brilliant poster for the monster classic Frankenstein.

Frankenstein Movie Poster
Drew Struzan

These guys are certainly doing something right. Not only was Mondo recently contacted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to archive all of their forthcoming posters, they also got to work with legendary artist Drew Struzan to create the kickass poster you see above. Struzan crafted an insanely beautiful poster for the Karloff-starring Frankenstein that seems to both pay respect to the 1931 film, as well as interpret the movie through a more modern design aesthetic. Using fragments of Dr. Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster to create a whole person, separating them with the only the tiniest fracture, not only says something about the characters and the schism between them, it also happens to look pretty sharp. I imagine Struzan created this print using his standard airbrush and color pencil method, but even if he didn't, the crazily detailed photo-realistic look of his posters is perfectly retained with his first (of hopefully many) Mondo poster(s).

I don't really have any information on when this poster is going to be released, but I can tell you it's going to be nearly impossible to get a hold of. /Film recently posted a great interview with main Mondo man Justin Ishmael, but one line in the article has me more than a little worried:

"There’s no information yet on price (but it’ll be expensive), edition size (smaller than most) or release date, but that’ll all be announced on @MondoNews very soon."

Why on Earth would they want it to be a smaller edition size than most? You would think a Drew Struzan Mondo screen print would be a great reason to make the edition size larger than most. But who knows, I'm sure Mondo has a good reason, or maybe something was just lost in translation. Either way, I'll definitely be trying to grab one of these and I'll be sure to update this post as I receive more information. To learn more about the amazing Drew Struzan, I recommend visiting his portfolio at drewstruzan.com, but even more so I'd advise you to pick up the amazing book The Art of Drew Struzan.