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Help me clear out some inventory and give the gift of LOST this holiday season! I saved a couple of unclaimed/unpaid posters for this very occasion!
I also have some other LOST art and superheroes and Dr. Horrible prints available at my Etsy. If you shop at Etsy, use coupon code “HOLIDAYS2011″ for 25% off!
LOST in Star Wars Poster Trilogy
All 3 LOST in Star Wars Posters! The first is one of my personal unnumbered artist
proofs personalized to your specification. The 2nd and 3rd are signed/numbered.
Great way to pick up the set if you missed out the first time around! 15×22″
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Return of the Light 15 x 22″ giclee limited edition of 108 signed and numbered only a few left! $50 shipped anywhere |
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Dharma Strikes Back! 15 x 22″ giclee limited edition of 200 signed and numbered only a few left! $50 shipped anywhere [ Sold out! ] |
LOST Favorites Print Set Special – 4 prints for the price of 3!
A set of 4 signed prints from my LOST Favorite Moments collection. 9×9″
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The Constant Print
A cartoony tribute to one of the best episodes of any television show ever. 17×17″
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The LOST in Star Wars poster trilogy is complete! The 3rd poster in the series commemorates LOST’s final season and it’s available now!
Thanks again so so much for everyone’s support. I have had the time of my artistic life working on this project!
Please note that the “Revenge of the Smoke” version (also pictured below) is exclusive to folks who bought the first two posters and is now sold out. It is still pictured purely for torture.
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Return of the Light 15 x 22″ giclee limited edition of 108 signed and numbered $50 shipped anywhere [ Sold out! ] |
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And just because it’s fun to see them all together now…
May the force be with you all, everybody!
Good news, everyone! The Dharma Strikes Back posters have started shipping out and should reach their new homes soon! In the tradition of Vincent vs the Droids, the bonus mini print shipping with the posters is some variant of Han Sawyer in carbonite…
Han Sawyer vs Boba Fett
Han Sawyer vs Radzinsky
I am certain that if Dharma had a device like Lando Calrissian’s carbonite machine, Radzinsky would have put LaFleur’s traitorous ass in it when he captured him and the other rebel scum. 
If you ordered more than one poster, we’re doing our best to make sure you get at least 1 of each. May the force be with you all, everybody!
After a miraculous event, a fallen hero and his band of misfit castaways trek through time and disguise themselves as members of the mysterious, ill-fated Dharma Initiative with the hope of finding their way home.
Season 5 is my very favorite LOST season and Empire Strikes Back (Episode 5!) is the best Star Wars, so it didn’t take much prodding from you guys to get a follow-up to the first LOST+Star Wars poster.
The blueprint for this print is Roger Kastel’s Empire Strikes Back Style A poster. The classic Han and Leia embrace he borrowed from the old Gone with the Wind poster was a perfect fit for Sawyer and Juliet.
When it came to choosing a sub for Vader I was torn. Initially, I wanted Radzinsky since he was pretty much the face of villainy in season 5 and he was a nice match aesthetically. Locke, on the other hand, is without a doubt more iconic. So I painted both!
Each order will come with a surprise mini bonus print like last time. Get your order in now! We start shipping next week!
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Locke Edition 15 x 22″ giclee limited edition of 200 signed and numbered $50 shipped anywhere SOLD OUT! |
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Radzinsky Edition 15 x 22″ giclee limited edition of 42 signed and numbered $50 shipped anywhere SOLD OUT! |
All proceeds from the sale of these prints will be going to my kids’ college funds. They thank you dearly! Namaste and may the force be with you all, everybody!
There and Back Again: How Some Silly Fan Art Sent My Family to San Diego Comic-Con 2011
July 30th, 2011 |Posted In: blog
Preamble
Hey hey hello my friends! I wanted to make a little travelogue so you guys could see what you helped make happen. Before we get into this intense photo and video-filled post, we need some atmosphere and stuff. Let’s pretend this youtube is, like, uh, a record. Yeah! And pressing play will drop the needle. Drop it. DROP IT!!! Or don’t. Whatever.
Chapter 1: The Poster
By now you’re probably familiar, but here’s a recap of the chain of events that got us to Comic-Con. Starting around May our family was struck with a series of unfortunate events. The consequences of which totally devoured our Comic-Con savings. Oh what to do, what to do? I had this idea for a Lost + Star Wars mash-up painting kicking around my noggin for a while, so I thought maybe I could do a limited run of prints. The actual painting took up my free time for a couple of weeks (I think around 40 hours), but I finally finished:
Along the way I showed some peeks of it to a few friends in the Lostie community and the reaction was way beyond I’d anticipated. Ok, maybe we have something here! But with Comic-Con only a few weeks away, how do I get this in front of the number of people I’ll need to sell out?
Aha, a video! That part happened so fast. I really just had to point the camera at the kids and let them tell our story.
So we had the poster and the video ready. We put them up and the reaction was UNREAL. The karmic universe flipped upside down for us as we found ourselves blessed by a series of very fortunate events including a tweet by Damon Lindelof! We were in total disbelief of everything going on. I could not keep up with wave of emails and comments coming in!
Before I knew it, we were sold out and Damon’s assistant, Josie (rock star!), was sending me messages inviting us to come out and meet with Damon at Comic-Con! Not only that, but he wanted to buy a batch of the posters to give to fans at the LOST panel! What the what! Then they saw that I am a member of the 501st Legion and suddenly a plot was brewing. Josie asked if I knew any Stormtroopers that were going to be in San Diego and fit Carlton’s build (he’s very tall!). Well, it just so happened that my best friend, Ruel, is exactly Cartlon’s build, he was going to Comic-Con, and he has TK armor that we built together. The coincidences were uncanny.
The level of excitement at our house was reaching terminal velocity! Like that feeling you have when you’re in line for a big roller coaster and you feel like you have to pee but you don’t really have to pee.
We tried our best to calm down. We set out to fulfill all of the poster orders and make our travel arrangements. Next stop: COMIC-CON!!!!
Chapter 2: The LOST Panel
We arrived in San Diego on Thursday. The weather was just perfect. We stayed on Coronado Island, which is right behind the convention center and so pretty. Every day we enjoyed a quick ferry ride directly to and from the convention center. The kids loved it!
But enough of that. You want to hear about the big LOST panel! Entertainment Weekly’s Totally LOST panel was Friday afternoon. After a couple of phone calls with Josie we figured out where we were supposed to be. Josie met us with our special secret friendship bracelets that would get us into the club as we made our way into the green room. Ruel has worked on shows for ABC doing set design, so he’s used to this kind of stuff, but I was filled with butterflies. Of course, on the exterior, I played it cool and professional.
It was so calm in there. Very different from the hustle and bustle of the con halls. I was introduced to Carlton and then Damon–both of whom are as friendly and approachable as you can imagine. Carlton was sincerely grateful that we were there and could help out with his costume for the panel.
Ruel was packing a suitcase full of Stormtrooper armor for Carlton, so they kind of scooted off to a corner of the room with Cory, Carlton’s assistant, to get him suited up as I chatted with Damon for a bit.
A dork and Damon Lindelof
It wasn’t for a few minutes that I realized there were a couple other little entourages in the room. Just across the table from me was Noah Wyle, there to promote Falling Skies no doubt. I always thought he should get into more actiony stuff after ER, so it’s nice to see him doing that. Then I looked to my right and standing a few feet away was the big man, Conan O’Brien.
I really wanted to chat with Conan. Mainly because my good friend, Jess Smart Smiley, has been running an art campaign to get on Conan’s show. Jess has a brilliant all-ages graphic novel coming out this fall from Top Shelf and it would be amazing if he could get on to promote it.
Conan was having a quiet conversation with some folks, and I was there for LOST, so at the time I felt like it would be pretty rude of me to be like, “Sorry Damon, I gotta go talk to Conan for a minute about some comic books.” Although in hindsight, that woulda been kinda awesome. I’m sorry, Jess!
Cory lacing up Carlton
TK-Carlton’s first steps. We’re so proud!
Ruel, Carlton, and Me
Some nerds escorting Carlton from the green room to the panel
Carlton hiding in the audience. Hehe! Look at those people! They have no idea! Oh man! Are they all in for a BIG surprise!
Damon and Carlton’s big reveal!
The mysterious “Marbled Rye” clip!
Damon introduced my poster to the audience. Totally unbelievable.
I was totally over the moon at that point! I’m so glad Ruel made this video because I was in such a daze. It was funny because there were just a few people in line to ask questions for the inevitable Q&A, but once Damon showed off the poster and said that they were going to give one to everyone who asks a question, the line filled up to the back of the room!
The amazing thing for me was getting to see people’s reaction to it firsthand. Michael Giacchino was in the audience, too, and people were bringing their posters over to him to sign. At first I was like, “Oh my gosh that’s awesome!” Then I was like, “Awww, I want a poster signed by Michael Giacchino!” Hahaha. You can’t have it all I guess!
For footage of the entire panel, Jay and Jack TV have it broken into 4 parts on YouTube.
Josie Fett!
Chapter 3: It’s all about the kids!
Riding the ferry to the Con! Every morning!
Van really looks forward to Wednesdays when new Simpsons Comics come out. Yep, he broke his piggy bank at this booth.
Look at that face!
The Spongebob that moves creeped them out just a little.
Chapter 4: Adventure Time!
If ever there was a year for Adventure Time fans to be at Comic-Con, this was it. Finn and Jake were all over the place! For Adventure Time nerds like us, It was totally amazeballs.
We heard that Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time’s creator and all around fuzzy awesome dood, would be signing at Entertainment Earth on Saturday morning. We scooted right over there and luckily not many people caught on that he was doing this. No rushy rushy, move along now, move along. We even met his sweet mom! Pen was wicked cool with the kids and totally catered to their every request.
Later that afternoon we had the time of our lives at the Adventure Time panel. The room was filled with so much energy it was amazing! Hard to compare with the LOST panel the day before, but seriously, SO much fun! As a family, it had to be our most memorable experience.
Maggie shyly asked Pen to draw Marceline and BMO in her sketchbook. BMO was secretly for me. He’s my favorite and as it turns out, Pendleton’s favorite, too!
He told me there’s an episode coming where BMO is playing an even smaller video game system named CMO. Rad!
Yo Magnolia! Pen complimented us on our kids’ names a couple of times. He was pretty proud of his mom for the names she gave him and his siblings, too.
Venture was meticulous about how Pen should draw for him. He wanted Finn and Jake on his badge, but tiny. So tiny.
Pen drew them tiny and then drew them again tinier and then again even tinier than that! It got smudged a little when we put it back in his badge holder. Bummer.
Magnolia, Pendleton, and Venture
Van and the Whopper! Our favorite photo from the trip. He literally could NOT wait till we got to the dinner restaurant to eat, so he dragged Mom into Burger King. Also he is wearing his new Finn hat really oddly.
Chapter 5: The Loot
We did not come home with a ton of stuff. Good for the wallet! Here are some of the highlights…
Each of the kids got a set of these algebraic Finn & Jake action figures!
Each day the Adventure Time booth was giving out a different pin. These ones are mine. I love the Ice King so much! The kids got all of them except for Finn. He was given out Wednesday, preview night. Seriously, you guys, if anybody has an extra Finn pin and wants to trade or something, get in touch with me!
It is SO difficult to leave Comic-Con without a Totoro doll. They’re EVERYWHERE!
We already had these Spongebob comics, but now we have them signed by Stephen Hillenburg! (Spongebob’s creator)
Jill Thompson is Maggie’s favorite comic artist. She just loves her Magic Trixie and Scary Godmother books to death! So much, that I had to re-buy them at her booth just so Maggie could get them signed. Jill did this super cute sketch in Maggie’s sketchbook.
Becky Dreistadt of the whimsical webcomic Tiny Kitten Teeth drew a sweet little bunny for Mag.
The End
I just wanted to say THANK YOU again to everyone who helped make this happen. It’s been a couple of years since we were able to take a nice family vacation like this and we will be forever grateful. As a parent, it’s the experiences that you share with your kids that they will always remember, not so much the stuff you buy for them. Thank you so much for helping to make this such a wonderful experience! We could not have done this without you!!
Our little champions of the con on the last ferry of the last day
Emails and tweets of thanks have been pouring in from people who have already received their posters and even from people who got them at the con! It makes me so happy to be able to share my love for LOST with so many who obviously feel the same. I LOVE hearing from you and I will do my best to catch up on emails soon!
As you can imagine there is a long list forming of folks who missed out and are dying to get one of these posters. I know there were a handful left at the panel because we ended before everyone could ask a question. I’ll try to find out what is happening with those, but otherwise this edition is totally closed. Oh, but I will say that even though this is a good-sized print at 22 inches tall, I would love to do a much larger jumbo print for myself someday. Maybe I’ll do a short run and offer them up! We’ll see.
Oh yeah, also here’s this new thing I’m working on…
Not saying there’s a new poster coming, but if there is, you might want to follow me on twitter or subscribe to the RSS. Just sayin’.
A peek at the little bonus painting we’re including with each of the LOST Star Wars posters. Everyone who pre-ordered will get one of these prints as an extra thank-you!
Get a better look over at my tumblr.
The posters are turning out beautifully. We really took our time with proofing to get the colors just right and super vibrant. I think everyone’s going to be very happy! We’re just waiting for some shipping supplies to arrive then we’ll begin mailing out the first batch.
And now for a bit of awkward news. Originally the poster edition was to be limited to 108, which as you know is a nice fitting number from LOST lore. However, we relied on PayPal’s email notifications to tell us when to turn off the pre-order links. Big mistake. Hours after we reached 108 and marked it as sold out, a batch of order notifications came in. Uh oh!
Apparently in the last minutes Rebecca Mader retweeted about it (Miss Charlotte! SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!). I’m sure that played a part.
To add to that, during all of the hullabaloo somebody from the LOST production team contacted us about getting a batch for a very special occasion (DOUBLE SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!). I can’t say who just yet. Sworn to secrecy! Soon. Soon.
And so…After an email exchange with the first over-order person about canceling their order and issuing refunds left me with the hot poops, we decided that it sucks to be meanies. In the end, we expanded the print run to accommodate the extras. The final edition is now 160.
If this upsets anyone who already ordered, we totally understand and would be happy to talk about it. Just know that the decision was not out of greed, although it will be nice to eat real food in San Diego and not just fish crackers, but out of wanting to be fair to people who ordered under the wire.
We went into this with no expectations and the response has been nothing short of amazing. AMAZING! I am completely humbled. The lostie community is so full of love and camaraderie! We still have a healthy number of people emailing in every day to get on the waiting list or even just to send congratulations and wish our family a good time and safe travels. We love you all!
May the force be with you all everybody!
Updates to the Desmond children’s book have been slow since I’ve been busy painting this wicked LOST poster!
As you can see, it’s a parody of the classic Chantrell Star Wars poster. I’ve had this image in the back of my mind for a couple years now, but ever since art school I’ve shied away from realistic depictions and stuck to cartooning. I had a blast doing it, though.
And it’s not without purpose! As I will let my kids explain in this video:
They actually left out a couple of things. Like how their mom also broke her toe during the plumbing fiasco, then she was diagnosed with this weird syndrome and has to take medication for, like, ever. Oh, and the vacuum blew up.
Anyway, we blew through a few thousand of our Comic-Con trip savings real quick, so I thought this could be a good way to do something fun about it. We have our passes and everything, but travel money is short.
If you could help spread the word our family would be so grateful!
Info about the poster prints:
- 15 x 22″ giclée prints on super nice velvet cotton paper.
- Limited edition of 108.
- Signed and numbered.
- (Frame not included)
- $50 shipped via FedEx in the US
- $60 shipped internationally
Pre-Order links below. Expect to ship out in the next week or two at the latest!
“May the Force Be with You All Everybody”
15 x 22″ limited edition of 108, signed and numbered.
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BONUS! Everyone who pre-orders by July 3rd will get an extra little art print as our gift.
PS- We’re still evaluating whether to ship these flat or rolled. I’m leaning toward flat, but I would love to hear your feedback if you feel strongly one way or the other. Thanks!
UPDATE: I’ve already gotten some requests for a t-shirt with this design, so we’ll try and get something set up with MySoti or Cafe Press. Stay tuned!
UPDATE2 (6/27 10:30PM): Barely through the first day and we’ve already sold more than half! GIGANTIC thanks to Damon Lindelof for tweeting about it, to Jo Garfein for being such a champion of LOST and my art, and to everyone on Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube who’ve had such wonderful things to say. The kids are SO thrilled out of their minds it was hard to put them down for bed!
UPDATE3 (6/28 1:45PM): We have sold over 75% already! Oh my gosh, you guys, you’re amazing. Amazing! A number of people have mentioned wanting one but needing a little time. We want everyone who really wants one to be able to get it, so we’re going to set aside a handful for you guys. If I have your contact info already I’ll try to get in touch with you about reserving one.
On the matter of shipping flat vs rolled, the response has been overwhelmingly in favor of rolled, so we’re now looking at some nice sturdy packaging for rolled prints.
UPDATE4 (6/29 5PM): SOLD OUT! Oh gosh oh gosh! THANK YOU THANK YOU! We love you all so much for making this happen! Having trouble forming complete sentences right now. Emotions! Gather. Gather. Okay, if you missed out, a few folks reserved copies, so it’s possible for cancellations. If you want to get on a waiting list, send me an email! jj (at ) lostincomics (dot) com. I will keep posting fulfillment progress, so watch out! We’ll talk soon…
