Mad Man Mad Men? Namor sleeps with the fishes?

April 21, 2010 9:11 AM

Can't get enough of the Darwyn Cooke New Frontier aesthetic? Etsy artist "Roganjosh" offers more midcentury modern superhero posters. (Mostly Marvel, though.)
posted by kimota (24 comments total)

I like some of these. Daredevil may be my current favorite.
posted by marxchivist at 9:14 AM on April 21, 2010

Neat!
posted by The Whelk at 9:37 AM on April 21, 2010

Thanks! My wallet is $43 lighter.
posted by sevenyearlurk at 9:42 AM on April 21, 2010

I thought the Storm picture was a little gratuitous, but the text that went along with it was funny. I <3 the Claremont era.
posted by Asparagirl at 9:42 AM on April 21, 2010

i know i know, its a derail, but its the roganjosh what made me do it
posted by infini at 9:46 AM on April 21, 2010

They're very cool. Won't Marvel/Disney legal people unleash the hounds, though, since there's money being made?
posted by COBRA! at 9:47 AM on April 21, 2010

If they had any sense they'd buy huge prints for the head office.


(P.S DC's NYC HQ has a mural of Gotham City in the lobby)
posted by The Whelk at 9:49 AM on April 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

Guh. Going to put in an order before he gets a C&D order from DC or Marvel. So gorgeous.
posted by Tesseractive at 9:54 AM on April 21, 2010

The Madman and Shade ones are far and away my favourites to date -- oddly enough, the non-Marvel entries. Not intentional, but there y'go.
posted by Shepherd at 9:56 AM on April 21, 2010

Oh, this is so awesome.

Also: Rogan Gosh.
posted by griphus at 10:00 AM on April 21, 2010

He needs to make one of Iron Man in a hot tub.
posted by LN at 10:02 AM on April 21, 2010

He needs to make one of Iron Man in a hot tub.

Iron Man Punches Hugh Grant
posted by The Whelk at 10:03 AM on April 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

He needs to make one of Iron Man in a hot tub.

What like this?
posted by griphus at 10:07 AM on April 21, 2010

griphus, that didn't show up for me when I went to the site! That's awesome!
posted by LN at 10:10 AM on April 21, 2010

For no apparent reason, his direct shop link has a few more posters than the FPP link.
posted by griphus at 10:12 AM on April 21, 2010

while my taste runs differently, I do like the Storm poster
posted by infini at 10:13 AM on April 21, 2010

Shade seems to be the post issue 50 incarnation though, which is probably a better match for the aesthetic but reminds me of some distinctly inferior stories.
posted by Artw at 12:03 PM on April 21, 2010

I must have all of these.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:42 PM on April 21, 2010

These are simply awesome.
posted by thekilgore at 2:13 PM on April 21, 2010

I'm not sure if this is exactly the same aesthetic, but Trevor Hutchison did some great propaganda style artwork for the covers of the recent IDW All Hail Megatron series
posted by ServSci at 2:14 PM on April 21, 2010

Very nice...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 2:20 PM on April 21, 2010

I have a rule about art having to be on the wall, and I'm considering whether I have room for any of these. They're fabulous.

(And thank you griphus for pointing to the direct shop link.)
posted by immlass at 3:46 PM on April 21, 2010

My unborn child thanks you for his new posters.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:20 PM on April 21, 2010

Also: Rogan Gosh.

THANK YOU! I've been trying to identify half-memories of the ads for that trade from 15 years ago, so I could look into it. I remember it seeming terribly interesting, but I never got a copy... and then forgot the name, as well as the author. D'oh!
posted by FatherDagon at 8:49 AM on April 22, 2010