John Mavroudis Does Buster Posey

John Mavroudis design for Buster Posey T-shirt, 2019

Before John Mavroudis became internationally known for a pair of hand-lettered TIME magazine covers—one depicting Christine Blasey Ford, another listing the locations of 253 mass shootings in the United States as of August 8, 2019—he was familiar to many of us for his Fillmore and Moonalice posters. But before any of that, Mavroudis was, and […]

Pearl Jam vs Rock Posters

Pearl Jam, Champaign, Illinois, 4/23/03, by Ames Bros.

For almost 30 years, posters produced for Pearl Jam concerts around the world have been among the best anywhere, in any era. Going back to the band’s third-bill appearance in 1991 on a devilishly good Harry Rossit poster (headliner was Red Hot Chili Peppers, with support from Nirvana), Pearl Jam’s posters have mirrored the band’s […]

Scenes from Rock Art By The Bay, 2019, at Faction Brewing

The Lil Tuffy crew staying cool at Rock Art By the Bay 2019.

Here are just a few images from Rock Art By The Bay, 2019 (thanks to Ron Schaeffer, Pete Neumiller, and Loretta Baraona for the photos). Once again, our deepest thanks to all the artists, rock-poster fans, and volunteers who joined us at Faction Brewing. Next up for TRPS is the Festival of Rock Posters at […]

Thank you for an incredible 2018!

By any measure, 2018 has been a great year for The Rock Poster Society. It began in February, when the TRPS crew transformed a brick coal vault at the Old U.S. Mint into a rock-poster exhibition for San Francisco History Days—we’ll be there again the first weekend in March of 2019. This summer, Rock Art […]