Art for passionate fans.

Its the small things in someones room/house/apartment that say the most about them. For me, nothing identifies my personality more than the music, art and movies I love. So i've compiled a few a list of places that sell awesome artwork to grace your walls with.

One craze that seems particularly popular right now are the undoubtedly ultra cool minimalist style movie posters. Simple design based illustrations that depict famous and popular moments from cult movies and TV shows.

First up, the team over at Minimal Prints have an awesome selection of posters. These are only £10 a pop which is a total bargain. They aim to design prints that show off your love for film and retain a sense of style at the same time. Sometimes dressing up as Batman and going to a comic book convention sacrifices style points but shows unconditional fandom. So these posters are a perfect balance.

  

Head over to www.Minimal-Prints.com to grab a cost effect and stylish print now. 

If you're looking to spend a little bit more and get a piece of artwork that is limited or exclusive then look no further than Dark City Gallery. I recently bumped into these guys at the London Film & Comic Con. They had, by far, the most standout and sleek looking stand at the entire convention. Clearly, they were catering for guys like myself who wouldn't be found arguing on geek forums, but will be sitting with a coffee and Empire magazine on the train. 

Dark City Gallery

Dark City gallery are more expensive, but for good reason. All their prints are limited and numbered. They also offer framing options which I can honestly recommend as they looked amazing in their frames at the Comic Con.

Dark City Gallery

This Superman print is a personal favourite of mine. The minimal pre WWII Hollywood style is a refreshing break from the comic book illustrations so often portrayed by comic book fan art and posters. This also adds to the history of Superman, as he first appeared in 1938 in Action Comics and compliments the Golden Age of comics perfectly.

Dark City Gallery

Next up we have the amazing and more illustrated styles of Art from the guys at Under The Floorboards. These guys really caught my eye at London Film and Comic Con. The art they were selling was instantly outstanding. Bright colours, tons of detail and geeky references within the illustrations. These prints are very high quality and many are limited. If there is something you have seen on the stand at a convention, a piece on flickr or anywhere else (but doesn't appear on their store), then you are welcome to send them an email and ask for price and availability.  

Under The Floorboards

Under The Floorboards

Under The Floor Boards

So there it guys, a great way to spend some extra cash on making your living space way more personal and expressing your love for all things your geeky for. Lets face it, you'd spend the same amount on those mass produced, low quality and generic Ikea prints of Flowers and red buses on black and white backgrounds. And this way . . . . you put money in the hand of the Artists themselves and support other passionate fans to create more amazing artwork.

THE WALKING DEAD. 10 YEARS OF ZOMBIE SURVIVAL.

In October, The Walking Dead will be celebrating 10 years of being of gracing the racks at comic stores with its 115th issue. To say this comic was an unexpected hit is an understatement. In a time when comic sales were dwindling, who would have thought a zombie soap opera would show the superheroes how its done? In a decade The Walking Dead take on a life of its own, with character obsessed fans, a stream of merchandising and no thanks to its astronomically successful TV adaptation.

To celebrate, there will be 12 different covers for issue 115. There will be your standard cover, a blank cover (for sketches) and 10 variants that will create one large piece of joining art work depicting iconic moments from the series. The comic store Infinity & Beyond will be exclusively selling limited edition bundles containing all 12 covers, all signed, with a Certificate of authenticity and an exclusive A3 print.

This is a must have collectable to any Walking Dead fan. These covers will not have reprints and will fly out fast.


               For more information on how to Pre Order your set now just click the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Infinity-Beyond-Comic-Shop

NEWS: Warner eyeing actors in mid 40's for Batman

San Diego Comic Cons biggest announcement was arguably the introduction of Batman in the second Man of Steel movie. For me, this was a good move because the idea of a Justice League movie just seems a bit odd, as the characters in JLA will be particularly difficult to translate to screen (watch Green Lantern).

The first I asked myself was "Who the hell will play Batman?" Which I think is the question on all our tongues. Hardcore fans will be arguing over what Batman will be portrayed in the film, as throughout the comics, there are multiple series which range Batman in different suites, circumstances and age's.

Sourced from www.Batman-on-film.com

So the rumour coming from Batman On Film is that Warner Bros are eyeing actors in they're mid 40's, which squashes the idea of Batman being played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 

The phrase that has popped up along with this rumour is Batman will be a "grizzled veteran who has been on the job for several years" Seeing as Henry Cavill is newly in his 30's, this should give Snyder some good room for character dynamic between the two. It will also save time with in the first act of introducing Batman as a new hero on the block, but maybe he's an already present feature of the universe they have created in Man Of Steel.

I vote Idris Elba or Josh Brolin for the new Batman. But as with Cavill, a lesser known actor could really create something special in this new DC Universe. 

May Thy Force Be With Thee'

Star Wars Gets The Shakespeare Treatment

Star Wars fanatics would argue that George Lucas is as an important storyteller as William Shakespeare. Feuding families, rebels, wars and forbidden loves are both well documented by both writers. So, I'm going to have to say, its not really that hard to draw comparisons between the two.

This new piece of creative awesomeness that is Star Wars merchandise is a retelling of A New Hope, in the style of Shakespeare. Something that now I've seen done, seems long overdue. Lets face it, English High School lessons would have been a lot more fun.
As well as the beautifully well transcribed story by Ian Doescher, the reader gets to feast their eyes on 20 stunningly original illustrations that would fit well on the walls of some castle/spaceship - same thing really.

One of my favourite websites for quenching my payday thirst is Firebox.com (available to buy £11.99). A place I recommend all you casual nerds should go to lightly litter your apartment and living spaces with all your favourite geeky pleasures. The best thing is, they have the First Act of this intergalactic re-imagining to read digitally here - http://media.firebox.com/pdfs/Star-Wars_excerpt.pdf

OLBOY REMAKE. TRAILER REACTION.

Western and Hollywood remakes of cult foreign cinematic hits are a notoriously difficult venture. Not just for the Directors, but also for us fickle movie fans. I for one am guilty of being that guy who stands over people saying “yeah, the original is way better, but you probably haven’t seen it”  Then immediately hearing how much of hipster I sound afterwards. After all, sometimes it works . . . The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was an absolute blinder, so good in fact that its one of the few remakes that divide film fans and seems to go against the golden rule of “The original is better”.

When I first heard that Oldboy was getting a Hollywood reboot, I was the first to slap my hand on my forehead and moan about how it shouldn’t be touched. Just like bands should never cover Queen. Its just one of those flawless original movies that sits proudly in your DVD collection along side the likes of Ong Bak, Leon and Thirst, that you assume will stand alone in time.

The trailer took me by surprise if I’m being honest. Spike Lee is clearly a fanatical film fan and probably new the tall order that stood in front of him when tackling this modern day classic. He has a great knack for making “Hollywood” movies look independent and honest, but still adds that sexy-noir vibe that is so difficult to get right.

Josh Brolin also gives me no worries at all. After watching the trailer for the first time, he looked completely in place and I can already see him with an octopus crawling around his war beaten face. Also, it’s not hard to resemble Min-Sik Choi with a mop of hair and an all-consuming beard. So Brolins acting will really shine through that Maine of his

The only concerns I have will be the storyline and transcription. The twist at the end of the original Oldboy will make anyone with a female family member cross their legs and throw up in their mouth a little. These kinds of extremely uncomfortable subject matters are writhe outside of mainstream western filmmaking, but seem quickly tackled in foreign cinema. Maybe we desensitise ourselves because we effectively read these things on screen via subtitles, instead of hearing them blurted in English by some Hollywood super star, meaning the shock factor has a wider spread reach amongst audiences? I am putting my faith in Spike Lee to keep the story the same, it would be tragic if he catered for the sensitive mass of cinema goers and didn’t bring them into a riskier form of storytelling.

In this trailer, we get a glimpse of what is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the original. Which is the “Hammer” scene. A desperate fight in a hallway, between our man with a rusty hammer and an exaggerated of un seemingly loyal henchmen. The little teaser shot in the trailer already looks fantastic and shot differently, probably something fanboys will be annoyed about initially, but as long as they do the whole scene in one un-cut take, then I’ll be a happy chappy.

Time to put our qualms with remakes aside and put our Faith into Spike Lee. This looks promising.