Mayweather vs McGregor Fight Poster Screen Print by Tristan Eaton

If you haven’t heard, Tristan Eaton was chosen by Showtime Boxing to design the official fight poster for this weekend’s huge boxing match, The Money Fight a.k.a. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor! How awesome is that news!?! I guess the most hyped boxing match in years deserves an insane promotional poster. Tristan’s design is amazing, and has The Blot even more excited for this clash of boxing and MMA superstars.

The Mayweather vs McGregor Fight Poster by Tristan Eaton is a 24”x39” signed and numbered 14 color screen print. Limited to 250 pieces, this instant classic print will go on sale at noon PST this Thursday, August 24th, at Tristan Eaton’s online store for $300.

Twin Peaks Season 3 “It Is Happening Again” Character Posters

Everyone has a super hero movie they’re looking forward to seeing the most in 2017: Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok. Now forget all of them! The program The Blot is looking forward to seeing the most in 2017 won’t be shown on the big screen…and that’s because it’s will only be available on Showtime! 25 years in the making, this May Twin Peaks returns to TV!

The Blot never thought we’d see a return to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s fictional city, but here we are with a new Twin Peaks limited series (aka Twin Peaks Season 3) set to debut on Showtime at 9pm EST on Sunday, May 21, 2017. To promote the show’s return, Showtime has released these two awesome character movie posters. They feature the show’s two central characters, Special Agent Dale Cooper and Laura Palmer, with the tagline “It Is Happening Again”. I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about it!

SDCC 15 Exclusive Penny Dreadful 6” Action Figures by Bif Bang Pow!

Bif Bang Pow! and Entertainment Earth are teaming up to release the very first 6” action figures based on the popular Showtime television show Penny Dreadful! This limited edition five figure collection will be released exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2015, and includes super articulated 6” versions of Timothy Dalton’s Sir Malcolm Murray, Eva Green’s Vanessa Ives, Josh Hartnett’s Ethan Chandler, Rory Kinnear’s The Creature, Harry Treadaway’s Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Reeve Carney's Dorian Gray and the variant Werewolf Ethan Chandler.

Each San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive Penny Dreadful action figure includes character specific accessories, features 18 points of articulation and comes packaged in a full color window box. These are true collector’s items, as each character has a limited edition run size of between 2,400 and 3,700 and comes individually numbered. All five Penny Dreadful action figures seen here can be purchased at the Entertainment Earth SDCC booth #2343. For those of us unable to attend Comic-Con this year, you can pre-order each figure individually now from Entertainment Earth for $22.99 here.

Penny Dreadful is a critically acclaimed Showtime Original Series created by John Logan. Some of literature's most famously terrifying characters - including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula - become embroiled in Victorian London. The series weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation.

Showtime x Vannen “Dark Passenger” Dexter Watch by Ty Mattson

Vannen and Showtime have partnered up to release a killer new timepiece celebrating the eighth and final season of the hit television show Dexter! The limited edition "Dark Passenger" Dexter watch features original artwork by Ty Mattson depicting fan-favorite moments from all seven seasons of the show. Each "Dark Passenger" packaging sleeve also comes signed by artist Ty Mattson, making it a true collectible for any fan of the show or Mattson's incredible artwork. Personally, The Blot loves the Saul Bass-inspired 60's style artwork Ty utilized for this project. What an awesome release!

The Showtime x Vannen "Dark Passenger" Dexter watch is currently available for purchase through the Showtime online store for $84.95.

“As Seen On TV” Solo Custom Art Show by Task One

Here is the official flyer (and our first look at four all new figures) for Task One’s upcoming solo art exhibit at Plastic Chapel in Denver entitled “As Seen On TV”, which will feature custom 8” Munny versions of characters from what Task considers to be some of the best shows on or recently on TV. Last week The Blot was excited to share with you the first two figures from this show Sons of Anarchy’s Clay Marrow and Breaking Bad’s Walter White (seen here). Well thanks to Task, I now have four more figures to share with you!

In the show’s official flyer you can see Task’s Dexter Munny from the popular Showtime show Dexter. Then there’s Omar Little from HBO’s The Wire, Larry David from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) from FX’ It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. All of these shows are instant classics and each figure looks spot on don’t you think? Task really knocked this show theme out of the park.

Task One’s solo custom show “As Seen On TV” takes place at Plastic Chapel on Saturday, June 9th, in Denver Colorado.

Weeds Season 5 Premieres Tonight

The Blot’s never talked about Showtime’s Weeds before here on The Blot Says..., but it’s not because I don’t love the half hour comedy. In fact, it’s one of Aly’s and my favorite shows. The problem is we still don’t have Showtime even though it has definitely surpassed HBO with the quality of its original programming. You can’t talk about great television nowadays without discussing Showtime’s Dexter, Weeds, Californication, The Tudors, United States of Tara and even its newest show, Nurse Jackie.


Since we don’t have Showtime, we’re forced to watch Weeds on DVD and end up always being a season behind. So while everyone else will starting Season 5 tonight, Aly and I will be starting Season 4 (or we will be once we rent/purchase the Weeds Season 4 DVD box set). If you do have Showtime make sure you tune in tonight for the season premiere of Weeds, and if you don’t then check out Season 1 on DVD. You definitely won’t be sorry you did.

Weeds Season 5 premieres Monday, June 8, 2009 on Showtime at 10/9c.

F.Y.I - The Blot is actually going to be out of town the rest of this week but don’t worry, I've set up some automated posts for the rest of this week. A little travel can’t keep me from commenting on the latest and greatest in pop culture!

Showtime Greenlights The Exterminators From DC Comics/Vertigo

To be honest, I’ve never read an issue of DC Comics’ The Exterminators, which is published by DC imprint Vertigo. But I thought it was really cool when I read on The Hollywood Reporter yesterday that Showtime had agreed to produce a drama based on the Mature Readers title. (link) The Exterminators, written by Simon Oliver and art by Tony Moore, “follows the dysfunctional adventures of exterminator Henry James and his freakish supporting cast as they take on the cruel chaos of nature in the dirty corners of Los Angeles – only to stumble upon a secret that could well reverse the positions of exterminator and pest!” (link)

It was interesting to learn that Oliver’s original idea for the comic came from a failed TV pitch, so I guess it is more than a little ironic that the comic has now been picked up as a TV show. THR.com describes the Showtime version of The Exterminators as “Six Feet Under in the world of pest control,” with the show revolving “around the Bug-Be-Gone crew, an extended dysfunctional family of exterminators whose greatest enemies aren’t the insects and rodents they meet and kill on a daily basis but rather their own self doubts, vices and inner demons.” (link)

The Exterminators actually sounds pretty interesting, and while I always love to see how networks translate a comic into a flesh and blood television show, I’ll be waiting for this one to come out on DVD. I mean come on, who subscribes to Showtime anyway!?! I’m joking Dexter fans!

If you’re interested in reading Issue 1 of The Exterminators for free, you can download a PDF version of the comic from Vertigo/DC Comics here.