Awesome Posters

The title says it all for this awesome print from The Oatmeal. The perfect print for any kitchen, as Grizz spices up his kill with an ample dose of hot sauce. Signed by the artist and measures ~19″x27″.

It was this epic poster for a Mastodon show that first drew us to designer/illustrator John Vogl’s work. Truth is that his great style and clever touch make it hard to find a print of his we don’t like.

Illustrator Stephen Wildish tries to make something witty each Friday. These film alphabets with clever graphics corresponding to each letter are great examples and available in plenty of print options.

Pop Chart Lab took their ballin’ Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names to the next level and freshened it up with bling. The 39″x27″ Magnificent Map of Rap Names contains a whopping 636 rapper names.

A great present for symbolic logic buffs. Customize the text and make your own union or intersection. Posters measures 23″x23″ and are available in different color schemes.

68 cocktails with corresponding diagrams, mappings of spirits, garnishes, and more adorn this clever signed and numbered, limited edition guide to classic cocktails poster from the Pop Chart Lab.

ShortList.com put together this collection of fan-made posters for Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining, ranging from the abstract to minimal to flat out creepy. REDRUM, indeed.

Turns out that Skyrim started out as an 8-bit game on the NES back in the 1980s. Don’t know what Fus Ro Dah means? Clearly you haven’t been playing enough. Also available in sticker form.

Simple but very eye-catching, this ominous looking screenprinted lunar calendar from Brazilian designer Dimitre Lima politely leaves out the part where the Moon crashes into the Earth.

Make art, not war with the Weapons of Mass Creation series by Justin Kamerer aka Angryblue. The limited-edition prints feature instruments and tools related to music, cooking and (visual) art.

The most epic art you’ll ever find on Etsy. Choose from scenes like “Van Damme Screaming his F–king Face Off,” “Cthulhu Awakens and Totally Shreds a Sweet Ass Guitar Solo.” and “Shark vs. Narwhal.”

Movie posters have to convey a lot in a small space, so designers rely on certain themes, layouts or designs. Here are a few tried and tested ones, collected by Christophe Courtois.

Berkley Illustration is the same team that gave us Strelka the Space Dog’s portrait. Their other portraits are not based on real animals, but they’re awesome nonetheless. Badass cheetah is badass.

Illustrator Mr Whaite envisions classic movies as animated neon images, capturing the essence of the original film with bold, glowing lines. We only wish they were actual neon signs.

From Pop Chart Lab – the folks who made the Omnibus of Superpowers – comes another geeky chart. This video game controller evolutionary tree features 119 controllers classified into 7 categories.

Graphic designer Genis “Gex” Carreras’ attempt to symbolize major philosophical theories using minimalist art. Gex will also release a compilation of all the prints in book form.

In exchange for the ability to pee practically anywhere if necessary, us guys have to deal with controlling our, erm, stream, as shown in this hilarious print by Jamie Smart. Freakin’ number 8!

This adorable print is an homage to Strelka (“Little Arrow”), one of the animals sent into space by the Russians in 1960. Strelka and her partner Belka were the first ones to survive orbital flight.

Matthew Buchholz re-imagines American history with his Alternate Histories prints, inserting aliens, robots, zombies and other fantasy and science fiction staples in iconic images and events.

While other artists have a distinctive style, Adam Rabalais impressed us for the opposite reason. His alternate movie posters demonstrate his versatility and faithfulness to the films he references.

Milan-based creative agency H-57 designed these minimalist pictogram posters that depict the life-and-times of some notable fictional and historical characters.

Graphic designer and avid Game of Thrones fan Thomas Gateley made banners for each of the houses in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, featuring their sigils and motto.

A dizzying array of beautiful posters and prints from Spoke Art’s Quentin vs Coen art show, featuring art from a variety of artists paying homage to the two directors and their classic films.

There’s a war on the Web, and netizens are divided into three camps – Facebook, Google and Twitter. We think 4chan will disagree, but we’d rather not imagine what their posters would look like.

Julia Lepetit put together these unfortunately fictional travel posters promoting getaways to some of our favorite video game locales. Check out the comic book counterparts here too.

Paul Octavious provides a fresh, dynamic yet familiar perspective, capturing the hypnotic swirl of vinyl records as they spin. Features records of the Beatles, Firefall, Dan Fogelberg and Burl Ives.