The Muppets “Lips” Electric Mayhem Screen Print by Michael De Pippo x Bottleneck Gallery

Today, Bottleneck Gallery and Michael De Pippo complete a legendary The Muppets poster set 11 years in the making. Check out the final print in De Pippo’s Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Print Series – Lips! As BNG explained, “Michael De Pippo’s artwork is beautifully bold and striking and just so dang inviting. We’ve been fans of Michael’s work, including his older prints, for over a decade. While Michael has been building his artistic portfolio working on some of the biggest and brightest brands in the world, including Nickelodeon and Sesame Street, his original set of prints for the Muppet’s Electric Mayhem remained one member short… until now!” You can see The Blot's original post on this “electric” series from way back in 2011 here.

Lips by Michael De Pippo is an 18”x24” hand numbered The Muppets screen print. Limited to 275 pieces, this Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem poster goes on sale at 12pm ET on Wednesday, February 1st, at BottleneckGallery.com for $65.

Pearl Jam Transformers Global Citizen Festival Concert Poster by Ames Bros

This weekend Pearl Jam, The Blot’s favorite band, will be performing at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park! To commemorate the performance, PJ is teaming up with Volcom to host a killer Pearl Jam Pop Up Shop at Volcom Soho (446 Broadway, New York, NY 10013) all week long. This Pearl Jam pop up shop is the only place where you purchase the full NYC PJ merchandise line dropping this week, including this epic Transformers inspired concert poster by the Ames Bros! I seriously love how the Ames Bros redesigned the entire band (including Boom) as Transformers for this release. Pearl Jam will be releasing four different screen prints commemorating this show by artists the Ames Bros, Broken Fingaz, Don Pendleton and David Hale. The PJ pop up shop at Volcom Soho will be the only place to purchase these prints as the only Pearl Jam merchandise available at the festival will be the show’s official Global Citizen X Pearl Jam t-shirt.

The Pearl Jam 2015 Central Park's Great Lawn NYC by the Ames Bros is a 20”x26” Transformers 6 color Screen Print. The version sold at the Volcom pop up shop will not come signed and numbered, however the Ames Bros have also released a signed and numbered version that was limited to 130 pieces and is now sold out.

Faith No More Boston 2015 “Hood Goodz” Concert Poster Screen Print by Sket One

First Huck Gee and now Sket One!?! I don’t know who the art director is for Faith No More’s rock posters but they are doing an amazing job choosing artists for the bands 2015 tour! Sket One has designed the show poster for FNM’s concert at Boston, MA’s Orpheum Theatre on May 9, 2015. The Blot loves that Sket chose to make one of his signature Hood Goodz the focal point of this screen print. I mean has a can of beer ever looked so mean!?! To the best of my knowledge this is Sket’s first screen printed concert poster, making this a can’t miss release for long term fans of the California based arist.

The Faith No More Boston 2015 Concert Poster by Sket One is an 18”x24” signed and numbered screen print. The Standard Edition is limited to 115 pieces and retails for just $40, while the Sparkle Foil Variant is limited to just 20 pieces and retails for $100. Both prints are currently available for purchase at the Secret Serpents Faith No More Official Tour Poster Store.

Faith No More Los Angeles 2015 Concert Poster Screen Print by Huck Gee

While The Blot normally never blogs about rock concert posters (there’s just too many awesome prints dropping daily), I had to break my own rule when I found out Huck Gee had designed one for Faith No More’s show last Friday, April 24th, at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California. I had no idea Huck designed concert posters, but after seeing this one I hope there are many more in his future! I was also really thrilled to learn this poster was a screen print, as all the other Huck Gee prints I’ve ever seen have all been lithographs. And doesn’t this diesel powered steel pillbox mech jumping out of an airplane look bad ass!?!

The Faith No More Los Angeles 2015 Concert Poster by Huck Gee is an 18”x24” signed and numbered screen print. The Standard Edition is limited to 115 pieces and retails for just $40, while the Rainbow Foil Variant is limited to just 20 pieces and retails for $100. Both prints are currently available for purchase at the Secret Serpents Faith No More Official Tour Poster Store.

Mountain Goats Survivors Choice 2012 West Coast Tour Posters by Robert Wilson IV

Last weekend The Blot got to meet the talented Robert Wilson IV at Space City Con 2012. I was first introduced to this Dallas artist’s work a few years ago when he designed a tour poster for Adam WarRock, which is still probably my favorite Adam WarRock gig poster. Robert had the two tour posters he designed for the Mountain Goats’ 2012 Survivors Choice West Coast Tour at his booth and I was blown away by both the screen prints’ intricate designs and colors.

Robert explained he was actually introduced to the Mountain Goats on Twitter, where they bonded over their mutual love of DC Comics’ Kamandi. Robert then used Kamandi’s theme of a post-apocalyptic future as inspiration when designing these two prints for the Mountain Goats recent west coast mini tour. Both prints proved so popular, they sold out just a few days into the Mountain Goat’s tour! Now the only way to get your hands on one is through the Nakatomi online store (Tim Doyle’s Nakatomi printed these posters for RW4 and the Mountain Goats).

Each Mountain Goats 2012 West Coast Tour Poster by Robert Wilson IV is an 18”x24” screen print with florescent pink ink, and comes signed and numbered by the artist. Each print has a limited edition run size of just 100 pieces, with only 25 available through Nakatomi. Pick one up here for just $30 while supplies last!

The Muppets Retro Concert Poster Screen Prints by Michael De Pippo

A few months ago artist Michael De Pippo designed some killer retro concert posters for the greatest Muppet band of all time, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem! For his tribute to the new Muppets movie, De Pippo wanted to keep things simple, “create a vintage concert poster for each band member (Dr. Teeth, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Zoot and Animal). Using clean, crisp vectors, negative space and few colours, I wanted to keep them as simple and stylized as possible; reminiscent of retro posters from back in the day.”

There was such a huge outcry of love for Michael’s artwork that he’s now teamed up with Acme Archives to release a series of officially licensed The Muppets Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Retro Concert Poster Screen Prints! Five prints have been created for this series, each spotlighting a different member of the band (“Dr. Teeth: Keyboard”, “Animal: Drums”, “Floyd: Bass”, “Janice: Guitar” and “Zoot: Sax”).

Each The Muppets Retro Concert Poster 18”x24” screen print has a limited edition run size of 250 pieces, comes signed by De Pippo and retails for $60 each at the Acme Archives online store. Each week a different Electric Mayhem screen print will go on sale, with the first print, “Dr. Teeth: Keyboard”, available now! The only thing The Blot can't decide is which one to get!

Eddie Vedder in NYC Concert Posters by Jermaine Rogers & Frank Kozik

It’s releases like this that remind me why I love art so much!!! The Blot has seriously been waiting years for a Jermaine Rogers Pearl Jam concert poster, and while there were rumblings a while back that one was in the works it never actually materialized…until this week! Finally, Jermaine was commissioned to do the limited edition screen prints for both nights of Eddie Vedder's recent solo appearances in New York City at the Beacon Theater. What’s even cooler is Jermaine arranged to do a collaboration piece with fellow artist Frank Kozik for the first night! Seriously, what’s better than two of my favorite artists represented in two amazing concert posters!?!

With these prints Jermaine “wanted to do something a bit different from what has been done recently for Ed, and he was very open to this. So, we decided to give everyone a glimpse of a distant time in the future when the lovely animals of earth have inherited everything that human beings have pissed away...or had taken from them. Two of our friendly future beasts explore the ancient ruins of what surely must've been a grand ol' place...at least, once upon a time. Doing that evolution....” For the second night, Jermaine created a companion piece to go along with the first night's offering. According to Jermaine Eddie really like this one because of how it reminded him of the great John Lennon.

Both Eddie Vedder 6 color concert posters measure 17”x24”, come signed and numbered by the artist(s) and have a limited edition run size of 100 pieces. And before you ask, yes the June 21, 2011 screen print comes signed by both Jermaine Rogers and Frank Kozik! Both versions will retail for $65 and go on sale at JermaineRogers.com this Friday, June 24th, at 3:00 PM Eastern.

Adam WarRock in Concert presented by Zeus Comics & The Variants

Zeus Comics and the hit web series The Variants bring nerdcore rap artist Adam WarRock for his Dallas debut this Sunday, February 27th, at Alexandre’s Bar. Come see Adam’s deft lyricism and hip hop beats for this one-night-only performance. The Blot can’t even begin to tell you how bummed I am to be missing this show! I’ve been looking forward to Adam WarRock’s show in Dallas ever since Zeus Comics owner Richard Neal first teased the show almost 6 months ago. Sadly, due to some prior commitments here in Houston I won’t be able to travel to Dallas for the show (and The Variants Season 2 taping). But just because I can’t attend the show doesn’t mean you shouldn’t!

Adam WarRock is widely known as the Internet’s foremost comic book nerdcore rapper. He has gained a following through his tireless song production, biting sense of humor, and sharp eye for geek and pop cultural topics to skewer in hip hop form. First gaining widespread attention after filmmaker Edgar Wright discovered his “Scott Pilgrim” recap rap, WarRock went on to gain further notoriety with the single “Ira Glass,” which turned the name of This American Life’s host into a verb for living life boldly. Mr. Glass personally gave the song his blessing.

WarRock went on to release his debut album, The War For Infinity, in the Fall of 2010. This album, along with WarRock’s West Coast Avengers Mixtape, has been playing on The Blot’s iPod constantly since its release. I highly recommend downloading both albums ASAP! WarRock’s upcoming Dallas concert marks one more stop on his nationwide tour of theaters and comic book shops.

For those of you unfamiliar with Zeus Comics, it’s a nationally recognized comic book store known for its innovation in the field of comic book retail. The WarRock concert is also partly sponsored by the web series The Variants, which will be on hand for the performance to film footage for a future episode.

Alexandre’s Bar is located at 4026 Cedar Springs Road in Dallas, Texas. Admission is free, but you must be 21 and up to attend. If any readers of TheBlotSays.com from the DFW attend this show please hit me up and let me know what you think! All is not lost though, rumor has Adam WarRock will be making his Houston debut in May for Comicpalooza! More details to come…

“We'd like to take you home with us...” Screen Print by Jermaine Rogers

Check out this killer new Beatles inspired art print by Jermaine Rogers! “We’d like to take you home with us…” is a 20″x30″ ten color screenprint, has an edition of 150, and will retail for $60. There will also be three variants available: a Gold Matte Foil variant (edition of 30, $125), a Diamond Dust on paper variant (edition of 20, $300), and a Diamond Dust on canvas variant (edition of 10, $700).

The “We'd like to take you home with us...” screen print by Jermaine Rogers will go on sale this Friday, November 19th, at 1pm EST at NOWhereLimited.com.

For those of you interested in the history of this image: The raw imagery displayed here first appeared over a decade ago on the now classic print that Jermaine Rogers created for a 1999 Austin, Texas appearance by the UK band The Chemical Brothers. Years later, the poster was featured prominently in The Art Of Modern Rock, often referred to as “the Bible” of the modern rock poster art movement. This Friday, "We'd like to take you home with us..." becomes available for the first time as an art print. This piece is being printed in New York City on one of the last operational presses previously owned by Andy Warhol.

Aziz Ansari Dangerously Delicious Tour Screen Prints by Invisible Creature

Last Saturday night The Blot hit up Houston’s House of Blues to see Aziz Ansari, one of my favorite comedians, perform. His stand-up routine is hilarious, and if you haven’t heard his comedy album Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening go buy it now! I had been looking forward to this show for months, and Aziz definitely didn’t disappoint. But what really surprised me about the show was to learn Aziz was releasing a different screen print for each stop on his Dangerously Delicious Tour.

While lots of bands have a different gig poster for each tour stop, I’ve never heard of a comedian doing something like this. They might have one screenprint for the whole tour, but to commission a different poster for each show shows Aziz’ love of rock poster art. Best of all, the Houston poster was made by the very talented artists at Invisible Creature. Invisible Creature was commissioned to create 4 posters for Aziz' tour stops in New York, DC, Houston and Austin, and they all turned out pretty great. Best of all, all posters purchased at the show came signed by Aziz (see photo above)!

All four Aziz Ansari Dangerously Delicious Tour screen prints by Invisible Creature are currently available for purchase from the Invisible Creature online store for $20 each.  And keep your eyes peeled for more amazing releases from Invisible Creature, including their very first vinyl figure from Super7! It’ll be produced as part of Super7’s Monster Family toy line.

AFRO-PUNK Festival 2010 Screen Print by Jermaine Rogers

Jermaine Rogers created all of the artwork for the 2010 AFRO-PUNK Festival, including the official print (seen below) and the clothing for the BMX and Skate exhibitions. Jermaine also collaborated with Nike to create some special product that will be available at the show. Anyone who’s ever wanted to rock a Nike shirt sporting Jermaine’s artwork will definitely want to check these out. Jermaine will also be at the festival painting artwork live!


For those of you interested in picking up the 2010 AFRO-PUNK Festival screen print by Jermaine Rogers, copies of the print should be made available on www.jermainerogers.com sometime after the festival.

The AFRO-PUNK Festival takes place June 25, 26 & 27 at the Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY. This year’s lineup includes legends like Mos Def, Bad Brains, 24-7 Spys, The Cool Kids, Thomas Pridgen's (formerly of The Mars Volta) new band The Memorials, and many more.

Coachella Music Festival 2010 “Snake” Poster by EMEK

For the 4th year in a row, EMEK has designed the poster for the Coachella Music Festival. The Coachella 2010 “Snake” poster depicts one of the fire breathing sculptures from the festival and is a 22”x30.5” 9 color silkscreen featuring a gorgeous metallic blue ink. The Blot predicts this killer EMEK image sells out in about 10 seconds.


The Coachella 2010 “Snake” Artist Edition screen print by EMEK is limited to just 100 pieces and goes on sale this Wednesday, June 23rd at 12 noon PDT here. Each Coachella 2010 “Snake” Artist Edition print comes signed, numbered, embossed, doodled and comes with a new handbill, all for just $85.

Buff Monster x Brian Ewing Faith No More Auckland, New Zealand Concert Poster

Buff Monster recently collaborated with the super talented Brian Ewing on a concert poster for next week’s Faith No More show in Auckland, New Zealand with the Eagles of Death Metal. The Blot is very impressed with how great a job Buff and Ewing did in melding their two unique styles to create such an awesome looking print. While it’s been a few years since I’ve listened to Faith No More, I really want to add this concert poster to my collection!


The Buff Monster x Brian Ewing Faith No More concert poster will be available at the show on February 18 in Auckland, New Zealand the Vector Arena, and then later on online at SecretSerpents.com.

Sonic Youth Concert Poster by Olly Moss

Olly Moss, famous for his Threadless t-shirts and Lost ARG screen print “Locke’s Secret,” released his third official screen print today! It is Moss’ concert poster for Sonic Youth’s January 7, 2010 tour stop at the House of Blues San Diego, CA, and it is a great example of Moss’ old school style that fans have come to love. The UK artist recently relocated to Los Angeles, so hopefully this means Moss will be releasing many more screen prints in the months to come!


Olly’s 01/07/10 Sonic Youth concert poster went on sale today, January 29th, at 2pm CST at PostersandToys.com. Moss’s signed and numbered Sonic Youth concert poster is 18”x24” and is limited to just 160 prints. Best of all, every print comes with a free “Ban The Klan” sticker also designed by Olly Moss.

Haiti Charity Screen Print by Emek

Emek, one of the world’s preeminent concert poster artists, has created the amazing “Haiti” screen print below as a means to help raise money for those suffering in the small Caribbean country. By now everyone knows about the killer earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, and here’s your chance to donate to charity and score some awesome artwork! You see, 100% of all profits earned from the sale of Emek’s print “Haiti” will be donated to charity.


“Haiti” is an 18"x24" signed and numbered silkscreen and will retail for $50 each. The actual edition size of the print will not be determined until a all pre-orders have been placed. The print’s pre-sale will be open for 1 week, starting Saturday January 23rd and ending Friday, January 29th. You may order as many prints as you would like, and can place your order either by mail or through paypal. For more information on how to order and pay for a print please click here.

All profits from the sale of Emek’s “Haiti” screen print will be divided among the following 3 organizations: Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health and Mercy Corps. Oh yeah, any one person that purchases 672 posters will gets an ultra limited edition 1/1 velvet edition of the print.

The Faded Line - Limited Edition Metal Prints and Puzzles by Brad Klausen & Emek

The Faded Line has two very cool releases dropping this week that I thought readers of The Blot Says… might enjoy, especially all the Pearl Jam fans out there! Brad Klausen, known for his amazing PJ rock concert posters, recently joined The Faded Line’s stable of artists (which includes Emek, Todd Slater & Jeff Wood). Klausen’s first two releases with The Faded Line features the Reaper from his 2006 Pearl Jam DC concert poster and they look pretty damn sweet!


First up is a set of three limited edition jigsaw puzzles. The three images, “Cloak and Veil” by Brad Klausen and “Cybercycle” and “Cyberman” by Emek, have been seen on posters for Pearl Jam, Built To Spill and Tool. The puzzles are signed and numbered, screen printed editions of 170 and measure 15" x 21.25". Each limited edition puzzle will retail for $35, and due to demand only 1 puzzle will be sold per household.



In conjunction with the puzzle sale, The Faded Line will also be selling extremely limited edition metal prints of the same three images above. In order to purchase one of these metal prints, customers must order a puzzle first and then check a box during checkout which puts them into a random drawing for the right to purchase a metal print. Each 18”x24” metal print is limited to 60 pieces, comes signed and numbered by the artist, and will retail for $200.


One puzzle will go on sale each day at 3pm Mountain starting Thurs 1/7 through Sat 1/9 exclusively at www.thefadedline.com. Because this is a Faded Line exclusive, the artists will not have inventory to sell at a later date.

Pearl Jam Concert Posters by Tom Tomorrow

I know I've touched upon this before, but the cover of Pearl Jam’s latest album, Backspacer, was designed by Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins), who is best known for his liberal slanted weekly comic strip This Modern World. Needless to say, The Blot was really excited to find out Tom had also designed a concert poster for the band’s August 24, 2009 show at the United Center in Chicago, IL. As far as I am aware, this is the first time an artist has designed the artwork for a Pearl Jam album and a concert poster for that album’s corresponding tour. I love Tomorrow’s art style, and may or may not now be the proud owner of a signed and numbered AP print of the poster below.


While I love Tom’s ode to Chicago, the real reason I’m writing this post is because of the amazing Halloween themed concert poster set he designed for Pearl Jam’s four night stay at Philadelphia’s The Spectrum. If you haven’t heard already, The Spectrum closed for good after Pearl Jam’s final show there on Halloween 2009. Pearl Jam played four shows at The Spectrum, October 27th, 28th, 30th and 31st, and played almost every song the band has ever recorded. To go along with Pearl Jam’s four shows in Philly, Tomorrow designed four posters (1 for each night) that could stand alone individually or, when placed next to each other, form one giant retro pop culture costume party themed image.

(click on the photo above for a more detailed look)

According to Tomorrow, “since these were for a series of shows the week of Halloween, my idea was to have a giant retro pop-culture costume-party theme - superheroes, robots, space people, monsters, etc., along with a number of band-related/requested ‘cameos’ in the background, all (at least in my mind’s eye) comprising the audience to the last shows at the Spectrum.”



If you are interested in purchasing these awesome Halloween inspired Pearl Jam concert posters, Tom Tomorrow will most likely be selling a signed and numbered edition of these sometime early next year, around February or so. They’ll be available as complete sets of four only, and an exact price has not yet been set. If you’re interested in a set, Tom’s compiling a waiting list which you can add your name to by sending an email to him at tom(dot)tomorrow (at) gmail (dot) com with “Philly waiting list” in the subject line. Please note, you are not placing an actual order and he is not taking any money at this time. But when he does eventually do the sale, priority will be given to those on the list.

PNE - "I'd Love To Turn You On" Beatles Print by Justin Hampton, Emek & Jermaine Rogers

This Friday, October 23rd, sees the release of Post Neo Explosionism’s second collaborative art print, “I'd Love To Turn You On...” featuring The Beatles. As you may remember, PNE is a collaborative effort founded by three of the big names of the rock and roll poster art scene: Justin Hampton, Emek and Jermaine Rogers. While these three amazing artists are most well known for their individual accomplishments, their PNE collaborations truly bring out the best in each artist’s unique style.


The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” art print is PNE's weird tribute to one of the greatest bands of modern times, The Beatles. Drawing a vibe from their combined childhood love of 1970's carnival art and pop exploitation, the artists of PNE have created the type of kitsch imagery that is a constant feature hiding in the underbelly of rock and roll culture.


The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” art print comes in two editions, a Regular Edition which is limited to 200 copies and retails for $80, and a Special Edition which is limited to just 100 copies and retails for $120. Each print measures 25” x 25” and comes signed and numbered by all 3 artists! The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” Regular Edition features brilliant psychedelic colors, including a seamless color fade, while the Special Edition print is printed with special metallic inks giving the poster a very unique look and feel. Both rock posters go on sale this Friday between 2 and 3pm CST at the PNE website.

PNE - The 27 Club Print by Justin Hampton, Emek & Jermaine Rogers

Post Neo Explosionism is a collaborative founded by three mainstays of rock poster art: Justin Hampton, Emek and Jermaine Rogers. The group first came together in an unprecedented union of talents with a group showing of their works in the fall of 2002 at Seattle's famed Showbox Theater. From 2002-2005, PNE helped pioneer the idea of the 'poster series' by creating prints for each of the dates of tours by Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, and Built To Spill (respectively). Now PNE is back with an all new rock themed collaborative art print entitled The 27 Club.


The imagery of the screen print embraces one of the most enduring cult phenomena of rock music: the pantheon of influential musicians who passed from this mortal world at the age of 27. Of course, there were a few others in the history of rock and roll who perished at age 27 and are not depicted here. PNE decided to choose a few of their favorites The 27 Club…can you identify them? This collaborative print is the first of various PNE art prints planned for the future, addressing a variety of topics ranging from the sublime to the utterly ridiculous.


The 27 Club (Regular Edition) is a 7 color screen print, measures 28 x 24 inches and is limited to just 200 pieces. Each print comes hand signed and numbered by all three artists and will sell for $100 each. The 27 Club (Black Glow Edition) comes in an otherworldly pale tone, printed on black stock, and when the lights are out the image glows in the dark. The 27 Club (Black Glow Edition) also measures approximately 28 x 24 inches, but it is limited to 100 signed and numbered prints which will retail for $100 each.

Both versions of The 27 Club screen prints will be released on the PNE website on Friday, June 19th, at a random time between 2pm-3pm central standard time. There is a limit of one of each poster per buyer.

The Phish Reunion

This past weekend saw the triumphant return of Vermont jam band Phish with a three night stint (March 6th, 7th & 8th) at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Some fans never thought they’d see the band perform together again after its members decided to take an indefinite hiatus back in August of 2004, but as we’ve seen countless times before great bands always seem to eventually reunite. The Blot isn’t a huge fan of Trey Anastasio and Co., but a ton of my friends from high school and college are hardcore Phishheads (many of whom made the long trek to Virginia for the first Phish show in over four years) and it has definitely rubbed off on me.


What’s really cool about Phish’s three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum is that the band has decided to release official bootlegs of all three nights in MP3 format to public for free! Consider it a thank you to its fans for their many years of support and a consolation to fans who either weren’t able to make the trip to Virginia or get their hands on a highly sought after ticket to one of Phish’s three shows. I haven't heard that much about the shows yet, but one friend did say Saturday night was pretty awesome. If you're interested, head over to LivePhish.com and start downloading one, two or all three nights for free!

Click On The Links Below To Go To Each Show’s Download Page
March 6, 2009 - Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA
March 7, 2009 - Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA
March 8, 2009 - Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA

If you prefer better sound quality you can also purchase a FLAC or CD copy of the shows, but if you just want to hear what the band sounds like after all these years apart stick with the free MP3 format. If you’re dying to see Phish and weren’t able to attend this past weekend’s shows don’t worry, the band is sure to be announcing a new world tour any day now.