45 long time ago next month , motion-picture show were changed foreverby a valet de chambre in a clean William Shatner mask . John Carpenter ’s Halloweenwas released in October 1978 and shifted independent film and horror evermore , introducing the world to Michael Myers andsetting the point for decadesof similarly supernatural killers like Freddy , Jason , and Chucky .
To lionize , “ Halloween : 45 Years of Terror ” will be taking place in Pasadena , CA this weekend ( get information and tickets here ) , with all mode of Michael Myers goodness . Among those assist isartist Jason Edmistonwho has become so fecund with art in the Halloween franchise , thathe made an intact pinball game machine free-base on it . Edmiston will have art from that , and so much more at the convention , that we desire to showcase some of it . And what better mode than a few exclusives ?
Among the offerings will be stain new letterpress prints base on the post-horse that take up it all , Edmiston ’s Halloweenposter for Mondoback in 2015 . “ These are the first letterpress print that I have ever offered , ” he told io9 via email . “ The image is based on , what is plausibly my most well - known piece of artistic production , the Michael Myers ‘ Closet ’ CRT screen print , a Halloween poster initially make for Mondo back in 2015 . put to work closely with master printer Travis Smith of Alamo Drafthouse ’s The Press Room , I modify the original disastrous and bloodless acrylic painting for production as an embossed , monotone engraving - pep up image . ”
Image: Jason Edmiston
useable on both white and pumpkin - dyed theme , these 18 x 24 - inch pieces were “ hand - cranked on an original 1940 Vandercool press to make a unique and distinctive look and feel . ” Check them out , as well as a bunch of Edmiston ’s other awesome Halloween art that ’ll be at the rule , in the slideshow . ( And see more exclusive here . )
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