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Sports posters have been a part of kids’ rooms for as long as kids rooms have been around. And as those kids grow up it seems as though art, in some form or another, starts to take hold of their imaginations and replaces some of that old sports imagery. But often times the two worlds come together and form a perfect “adult kids room” of sorts as evidenced in the Gallery 1988 Los Angeles and OMG Posters team up, The Greatest Moments in Sports History (A Poster Show).

Check out some of the work on Gallery 1988’s blog here.

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The final season of Lost starts a week from today and geeks, nerds, dorks and normal people across the globe can’t wait to be even more confused. Neither can designer Ty Mattson who created a set of eight posters as invitations for next week’s highly anticipated season premier (Tuesday, February 2nd at 8pm on ABC).

Click here or the images below to see the entire set of eight up close.

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It’s been great to see the whole world coming to the aid of the earthquake devastated country of Haiti over the past week, the The Poster Cause Project is doing their part as well. With 100% of proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders efforts in Haiti, The Poster Cause Project has teamed with artists Dalek, Shane Jessup and Patricio Oliver to create an affordable series of art with the Haiti Earthquake Relief Posters.

Click here or the image below to see all posters.

Special thanks to SF/NJ buddy and Speak Easy Art Gallery curator Paul Jach.

Poster designed by Shane Jessup

Poster designed by Dalek

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It was announced today that President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize and that he is indeed, “the man”. Poster design created by Jimm Lasser who also contributed t-shirt designs for our Barack On! Obamathon fundraiser last year.

Thanks to the man in Portland, Max at Viewers Like You.

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Art all weekend long from Fullerton to Culver City to the entire expanse of Washington boulevard and Beyond Eden with a little ghostbusting thrown in for good measure.

• The Barnsdall Art Park in Los Feliz goes Beyond Eden for a two day art fair celebrating the latest movement in contemporary art in Los Angeles. Fifteen LA area galleries will be represented along with live painting, screenprinting, performance art and food trucks galore. Other highlights include the documentary film on southern California artists Scribble.08 and Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho’s photo series Heroes and Villains, intimate portraits of emerging and established figures in the Pop Surrealist, Graffiti and Alt-Comic Book worlds including LA based artists Todd Schorr, Dave Kinsey, Gary Baseman, Seonna Hong, Saelee Oh, Mark Ryden, Robert Williams, Tim Biskup, Mr. Cartoon, COOP, Shepard Fairey, Kozyndan, Souther Salazar, Shag and many more. Check Beyondeden.com for the full schedule of events.

• Homeboy Ito not only strolls into town from New York to catch all three Thom Yorke shows, but he also “presents images from his time traveling the world as Damon Dash’s personal photographer and a collection of personal work captured during the Summer of 2009″ in his photo show titled EVERYBODY SOMEDAY at the PÄS Gallery in Fullerton.

• Concert poster master/vinyl toy creator Frank Kozik unveils a show shrouded in mystery at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Culver City. Who knows what to expect but I have a feeling it involves these two mutants:

• The Scion Space in Culver City goes to Infinity with a “group exhibition of artists whose practices or aesthetics relate to the many facets of the infinite.” Featuring Richard Colman, Andrew Schoultz, Aaron Noble and many more.

• Spend A Day in LA as over 60 artists Los Angeles artists and non-artists show off their work in unused public outdoor spaces along the entire length of Washington Boulevard’s 27 miles, from Whittier to Venice Beach. “For one day artists will perform works, create installations, facilitate happenings, and make music in unexpected spaces, such as on the sidewalk, between dumpsters, along railroad tracks, as well as inside the audience’s cars as they traverse one of LA’s most iconic boulevards.”

• In conjunction with the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, end your weekend donating canned food for LA’s hungry while busting some ghosts at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the 25th anniversary screening of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 classic Ghostbusters.

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The battle of classic childrens’ books made into film banners begins as the characters from Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox have been unveiled. Courtesy of Empire.

More fantastic news on Mr. Fox:

• The Fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox Featurettes
• Wes Anderson Stops Motion With the Fantastic Mr. Fox

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The theatrical and IMAX banners for Where the Wild Things Are have been unleashed into the wild and October 16th can’t get here soon enough. Courtesy of Cinematical.

Where the Wild Things Are related to more content:

• Where the Wild Things Are covered by the New York Times
• New Wild Things imagery, music, and interviews
• Where the Wild Things (Titles) are Made by McFetridge
• Where the Wild Things Are Featured in a Featurette

• Where the Wild Things Love You So

• Kubrick and Geoff McFetridge meet the Wild Things

• New Wild Things theatrical poster
  

• Where the Wild Things Are theatrical trailer and photo gallery

• One sheet poster and theatrical trailer info

• Wild Things skateboards and shoes

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Smashing Magazine recently came out with a list of “40 Exquisite Independent Film Posters“. And it is an exquisite list indeed. After viewing their list of modern day classics such as The Life Aquatic (above) as well as Requiem For a Dream, Lost in Translation, and The Savages among others, two others instantly came to mind. For your viewing pleasures, here are the posters for Dedication designed by Steve “ESPO” Powers and of course our own Beautiful Losers exquisitely designed by Keith Scharwath.

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(click images to see more from the Barack On! Obamathon)

With so many people ready and willing for change in the White House, it comes as no surprise that fundraisers for the Obama/Biden campaign have reached record amounts both in dollars and in number of donors. But what is surprising is just how much the people have donated. With a staggering $186 million raised since Septmeber alone, the Obama/Biden ticket has now topped the $600 million mark. I’m both pleased and proud to say that on Friday, October 17th the Barack On! Obamathon I organized with Jon Barlow (producer of Beautiful Losers) and Jonathan Sample (Fresh Pressed) added to that record total by raising $6000 in only 5 hours! With pro-Obama designs contributed by local arists and designers for silk-screening of shirts and posters, bakers feeding those hungry for change with a sidewalk bake sale, and people of all ages coming out to support our effort with positivity and enthusiasm, what started out as a modest fundraiser quickly turned into a mini block party. The “fun” in fundraiser was definitely on display as we Baracked the night away!

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make a difference! Special thanks to all our friends who contributed their time to dj, take photos, participate in the bake sale, tend the bar, help usher in the long lines, and work behind the counter! Extra extra special thanks to Max Erdenberger, Jimm Lasser, Jessica Louise, Amy Martin, Megan McGinley, Lenny Mesina, Jonathan Sample, and Nick Toga, for their artistic contributions and getting their design on in such a hurry!

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