DESCRIPTION
Misfits in Richmond, VA Poster
CLIENT
DATE
November 2009
DESIGN CREDITS
Bowe House Press: Jamie Mahoney, Greg Eaddy
PRINT CREDITS
Bowe House Press: Jamie Mahoney
TYPE CREDITS
Copperplate Gothic Heavy Extended
Empire Baskerville |
QUANTITY PRODUCED
50
PRODUCTION COST
$100
PRODUCTION TIME
6 Weeks
DIMENSIONS: WIDTH × HEIGHT × DEPTH
10.25 in × 19
PRINT METHOD
Letterpress
PAPER STOCK
French Paper, Smart White, 110 lb Cover
French Paper, Construction, Blacktop, 100 lb cover NUMBER OF COLORS
3 Versions, 2 Spot Each (Silver and Gold / Silver and Magenta / Green and Dark Gray)
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Sometimes a gig poster is only as good as its execution — concept be damned, right? — and in this case the execution rocks and there is a fairly evident concept at work. Made from random metal fonts, the Misfits’ signature skull is literally a misfit of styles, sizes, spacing and orientations, all of it locked nicely and, most likely, quite painstakingly on a letterpress galley. The result has an energy that can only be faked so much in the computer, so it’s quite refreshing to see some physical type jumbled together in real life.

