Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Revisiting Firefly
If you're a big Joss Whedon fan, you should save some wall space for these awesome (and totally affordable) vintage-travel-style posters designed by Adam Levermore-Rich and inspired by Whedon's short-lived sci-fi series Firefly:    Aren't those great? You can find them (as well as several other designs in the same series) at ThinkGeek. Labels: Art, Joss Whedon, Posters
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Fairytale pop art
I was going to write a blog post about Anne Rice's upcoming werewolf book, but like I said: I totally don't care about Anne Rice. So let's look at these Disney Underground prints inspired by the various Disney fairytale adaptations instead, even though I don't really have anything meaningful to say about them, other than A) Pretty! B) Also crazy expensive!     All are available at Acme Archives Direct. Labels: Art, Disney, Posters
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Travel to faraway places...
I want these (particularly the Hogwarts one):   Maybe not to the extent of selling a kidney, but seriously close. [Via io9] Labels: Art, J.K. Rowling, Posters
Monday, June 20, 2011
Cool (in a creepy way)
We here at Wordcandy always enjoy a good re-imagined bookcover, but we get a thrill out of fresh takes on classic movie posters, too... particularly when the films in question are based on familiar books! So we were totally excited to read Flavorwire's post about LWL70, an exhibition of re-worked 1970s film posters. (The posters are on display in a London art gallery, but they're offering reasonably-priced prints online.) Check these suckers out: The Exorcist:  A Clockwork Orange:  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest:  Labels: Book Covers, Posters
Monday, October 18, 2010
Britney wants you to READ
 Flavorwire has compiled a " quick visual history" of the American Library Association's "Read" posters featuring popular musicians (at the time). I'm unclear as to why Bowie is wearing a letterman's jacket in his shot, and that picture of a patriotic-shirt-wearing Britney Spears clutching the first Harry Potter is just a treasure, but my favorite has to be the blurry glimpse of Sting sporting mom hair and dressed up in what appears to be period garb, reading Frankenstein in front of a castle. Labels: Libraries, Posters
Thursday, March 25, 2010
London to Pemberley in 20 stages
 Tired of those "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters but still want to adorn your walls with something quintessentially British? How about one of these subway-poster-inspired nods to Pride and Prejudice? ($15, available here.) Sure, only your fellow book nerds will catch the reference, but everybody can at least admire how cool they look, right? [Via AustenBlog] Labels: Jane Austen, Posters
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Life Comes At You Fast!
So I am not sure how widespread Nationwide Insurance's "Life Comes At You Fast" ad campain is, but as soon as I saw these billboards I knew I had to post them...  I thought we might need some close-ups as well.  Kind of scary... Labels: Harlequin, Posters
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Hollywood hearts Philip K. Dick
 This...  ...becomes this. While some Philip K. Dick purists are convinced that the author is probably spinning in his grave over the casting of poor Keanu, I remain open-minded about this movie. It's directed by Richard Linklater, after all, and it doesn't star Tom Cruise. Those are two major advantages that not every Dick adaptation can boast, right? Labels: Holiday, Movie, Philip K. Dick, Posters
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Historic Reading Posters
   Check out these historic reading posters available through Allposters.com. Are they not awesome? If only I had a library to hang them in.... Labels: Art, Posters
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