The fine folks over at Mondo have given yet another classic film their lovingly touch. This time they have commissioned comic artists Stan & Vince to create vintage posters of the 1953 sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds. These posters go on sale sometime tomorrow on their Twitter feed.
From Mondo:
Please follow us on Twitter for the on sale announcement. These posters will be available online at a random time on Thursday, January 8th.
We’re stoked to start off the New Year with Sci-Fi classic, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS! Paris-based comic artists Stan & Vince have done such a fantastic job recapturing the vintage feel of Byron Haskin’s 1953 film adaptation. Tomorrow we’ll be releasing a Regular and Variant version of the print, the Variant featuring a bright green, glow-in-the-dark layer.
The War of the Worlds by Stan & Vince. 24″ x 36″ screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 300. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $55
The War of the Worlds (Variant) by Stan & Vince. 24″ x 36″ screen print featuring glow-in-the-dark layer. Hand numbered. Edition of 150. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $85
Here’s what Stan & Vince had to say about the piece:
“Byron Haskin’s WAR OF THE WORLDS was released 62 years ago, and even though we weren’t around at the time, this movie was made for us. We KNOW it! Byron Haskin had to know that his movie was to be aired decades later in front of our 80s teenage eyes, printing powerful, everlasting images in our brains. We’re pretty sure he also knew that Mondo was going to ask us to work on a poster for this movie! To recapture the taste and flavor of H.G. Well’s story put in those glorious fifties frames and make people hear the sizzling sound of the saucers’ deadly death rays.
That’s the magic we wanted to have in this poster. We wanted to put viewers back in the theatre seats where they first saw the movie, in the frame with the hero as he watches the invaders coming into the city! We wanted this poster to feel the retro-style menace of the red planet.”
Above you can check out a couple concept sketches for the poster. “We tried different angles: through the eyes of the hero, and conversely the invaders; but in the end, the final composition you see wins with its vintage feel, very emblematic of the elements you find in the movie.”
