By Jack Giroux/April 21, 2016 2:30 pm EST
Check out the Mondo Alien posters below.
Back in October, Mondo creative director Jay Shaw had a meeting with Fox, to discuss licensing and other business matters. During the meeting, Alien Day was mentioned, which, of course, got Shaw and the rest of the Mondo team excited. They ended up leaving the meeting with “a laundry list of 50 things” they wanted to do for the celebration.
Artists Kilian Eng, Mike Saputo, and Shaw created new posters for the big day, and Inverse just ran the first look at them. The outlet also spoke with Jay Shaw about the designs, the artists involved, and more. Here’s what he had to say about the following posters and artists:
“Alien” by Kilian Eng, Edition of 300, 24"x36" Screen Print, Printed by D&L Screenprinting: $50Note: Inverse asked about the similarities between Eng’s Alien and Alien posters, the latter having already been sold and used as the cover for the vinyl soundtrack released by Mondo.
But he’s done even more than that, and they’re all coherent. He told us he had an idea for Alien, Aliens, and beyond, and he came up with the basic design framework for each of the films with the looming xenomorph and the human crew underneath. You don’t want the exact same design across the board, but having a common thread is nice to make a series. When all of it comes out and you have your posters and soundtrack covers it’s going to look really nice together.
“Alien” by Mike Saputo, Edition of 225 (Regular), 24"x36" Screen Print, Printed by D&L Screenprinting: $45
Alien (Variant)" by Mike Saputo, Edition of 125, 24"x36" Screen Print, Printed by D&L Screenprinting: $65"Alien" by Jay Shaw, 18"x24’ Solvent Print on 9mil Front Print Backlit Polyester Film, Edition of 70, Printed by CBS Graphics: $60
How can you acquire one of these posters? On Alien Day, the posters will go on sale at MondoTees’ official site. They’ll be on display and available for purchase at the Alamo Drafthouse’s South Lamar location. A t-shirt, featuring a publicity shot of Ripley, will also be sold at the Alamo Drafthouse’s New York and Los Angeles locations.
Alien Day is on April 26th.