Weekly Drop 11/14/24

Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Paul Mann

They say that curiosity killed the cat, but curiosity also spawned the invention of the light bulb, the discovery of alien-like creatures in deep sea trenches, and meetings with beings never before encountered.

Paul Mann honors this curiosity and the drive to see behind the curtain in his epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind commissioned and signed print. While living in a time when former intel agents have confirmed extraterrestrial intelligence on Earth, this print couldn't be more spine-tinglingly relevant.

The Dark Crystal by Vance Kelly

The Dark Crystal was a world unto its own, marking the culmination of the genius of Jim Henson and Frank Oz. While the Muppets and Sesame Street held its own light magic, this was an opportunity for Jim Henson to channel the more sinister side of children's fears like that of Grimm's fairy tales.

Vance Kelly takes it a step further with his deep and dark color palette, depicting those beloved and love-to-hate characters in painstaking detail. The result is a beautiful homage to the very first live-action motion movie with zero live actors. The bonus fluorescent ink in true Vance Kelly fashion doesn't hurt, either!