Blagojevich Poster

This is a poster Mile 44, the screenprinting company I co-own, created featuring the now infamous Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for a band called Favorite Saints more than two years ago.

If I Were in Chicago, I'd Go To This

Looking for something to do on Sat. or Sun. September 13 and 14?

Well stop by the Renegade Craft Fair in Wicker Park! Get some early Christmas shopping done and stop by our MILE 44 booth and say hi!

Our screenprinting company, Mile 44, will have a booth at the Renegade Craft Fair from noon to 10 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. We'll be selling our gigposters, movie posters and art prints.

Renegade offers a wide range of items including handmade jewelry, tea, and ceramic dishes, to stationery, accessories and clothing... and of course POSTERS (music, movie and art prints). And LIVE music from bands like Califone and Northern State. So stop by booth 102 (between Wolcott and Marion), say hi and check out the arts and crafts!

See you there!

"Smoking Popes" poster

This is the poster for the Smoking Popes show at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA last night.

I drew it, Dave printed it. We are Mile 44.

The Goonies

I just finished drawing this movie poster for "The Goonies" showing at the historic Artcraft Theatre.
It's an old theatre in Franklin, IN and our poster operation, Mile 44, has teamed up with them to provide funding for renovation of the beautiful old theatre by creating a series of collectible, hand-printed movie posters for some of the theatre's showings.

The posters in the series are sold in the theatre lobby as well as through our poster website, which itself is under renovation.
If you want to buy one (they're $20 each + shipping), you can e-mail me for availability by clicking here.

If you're in the Franklin, Indiana area, why not stop by on August 22nd or 23rd and see The Goonies on the big screen?

A convention for posters?

After telling some friends I spent the weekend selling posters at Pitchfork Music Festival / Flatstock 17 over the weekend, the question I got asked most was: "There's a convention for posters?"

So let me explain............yes.

The convention for posters is called FLATSTOCK.
The FLATSTOCK poster show series is presented by the American Poster Institute (API). It is an ongoing series of exhibitions featuring the work of many of the most popular concert poster artists working today. Flatstock shows provide the general public with an ongoing series of opportunities to see fine poster art in person and to meet the artists who've created it and of course, to buy posters and merchandise from the poster artists.

Flatstock is held in conjunction with a music festival, such as Bumbershoot Music Festival in Seattle, Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX and Reeperbahn Music Festival in Hamburg, Germany.

The Flatstock exhibition in Chicago was number 17 and only the third one held in Chicago.

The screenprinting company I co-founded with my buddy Dave Windisch is called Mile 44.

Here are some snapshots from Flatstock 17 (courtesy of Dave):

The MILE 44 booth:


Some festival-goers:


Each year, Dave and I create a poster especially for Flatstock/Pitchfork Music Festival we attend.
Here's this year's poster:



If you want to buy any of our posters on our Mile 44 web site or any of the remaining Flatstock 17 posters, please send us an e-mail.
BTW--The Flatstock 17 poster above is $10.

Links:

Mile 44

The American Poster Institute

Flatstock

Gigposters.com

Poster Series

I just finished drawing this movie poster for the historic Artcraft Theatre.
It's an old theatre in Franklin, IN and our poster company Mile 44 has teamed up with them to provide money for funding the theatre by creating a series of collectible, handmade movie posters for some of the theatre's showings.

The posters in the series are sold in the theatre lobby as well as through our poster company.
If you want to buy one (they're $20 each + shipping), you can e-mail me by clicking here.