It gives us great pleasure to debut this year’s benefit Artist Relief Trust (ART) poster by our good friend A. J. Masthay. Printed by A. J. on his Vandercook Universal III letterpress at his Hartford, Connecticut, studio, the 24-by-18-inch linoleum “suicide print” has been printed in runs of 175 for the regular edition and 30 […]
Posters
Woodstock August 15-17, 1969 rock poster by Arnold Skolnick
Created by Arnold Skolnick in one evening with scissors, paste and colored paper, after he happened to observe his daughter making paper cut-outs.
John Mavroudis Does Buster Posey
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
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 […]
Celebrate Earth Day – Light It With Love
As of this writing, Scott Pruitt was still doing his feckless worst to roll back almost half a century of progress on environmental regulation. The good news is that Pruitt’s zeal has been exceedingly sloppy, which has already resulted in successful legal challenges to regressive regulations on pesticides and lead paint. His agency’s lack of […]
Artist Relief Trust Poster for 2017 by Chuck Sperry
This year’s Artist Relief Trust poster, the proceeds of which benefit the charitable work of The Rock Poster Society, is by Chuck Sperry. It will be available at the Festival of Rock Posters on Saturday October 28. We could not be happier with this 7-color, 20-by-35-inch beauty. Thanks so much, Chuck! Since this piece is […]
