
Bridesmaids poster by Dave Perillo for Mondo. On sale for $40 during the Oscars tomorrow.
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Although the character has been known as “John Carter of Mars” and was envisioned as a movie trilogy under that name, Disney marketers dropped the “of Mars” part because of industry-think holding that female movie fans are more likely to be turned off by such overtly sci-fi elements. And after the big-budget failure of last year’s Cowboys & Aliens seemingly confirmed that modern audiences are uninterested in Westerns—or, by extension, vintage Americana—Carter’s Civil War connection has been all but excised from the marketing.*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.
Last Spring I was invited to make an illustration for a new Google search caption game, in which people are invited to submit funny captions for what a character might be searching for in each illustrated predicament. The project was posted today, and you can view the different illustrated scenarios and submitted responses here.
It’s a 24 x 36 inch screenprint released in an edition of 375 and will cost $45. It’ll be available Thursday October 27 at a random time by following @MondoNews.*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.