Mad Magazine’s recently released collection of Don Martin comics, The Completely MAD Don Martin ($150 – cheap!), may not have a guaranteed art block on the coffee table now that Pearl Jam and Ames Bros. have announced an upcoming collection of tour posters spanning 1995-2007, itself titled Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros. Priced at $50, the hardback features some intro rambling by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, as well as 229 concert-promotional pieces by Ames Bros. and Pearl Jam artist Brad Klausen.
Take note that the book also has interviews with the artists, as well as insights into various pieces’ conceptualizations. Surely there was lengthy meditation on the high-concept man-punching-Alligator design for a 2003 gig in Australia.
A $200 limited-edition copy gets you a signed certificate of authenticity, as well as three exclusive silk-screened prints and 32 bonus pages of doodles and whatnots. The mylar overlay of the printing process might remind you of the human body section of Encyclopedia Britannica. It sounds pricey, but the listings for individual posters on the Ames Bros. website – few of which are available in the first place – run around $100 a pop.
The fan page Five Horizons has a pretty decent collection of Ames Bros. posters that will give you a little bit of a sneak peak, and may even take you back to record-store fronts of not too long ago.
Related links:
TenClub.net
AmesBros.com
FiveHorizons.com
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