Ranking the 2014 US Tour Show Posters

MedozK

lolobugg said:

MedozK said:

My Picks:
1) Moline, IL - Ian Williams
2) Milwaukee, WI - Ben Frost
3) Memphis, TN - Brad Klausen
4) Austin, TX 1 - Mark 5
5)Tulsa, OK - Ames Bros.
6) Lincoln, NE - Justin Erickson
7)St Paul, MN - Ames Bros.
8) Denver, CO - NYCHOS
9) St. Louis, MO - Mark Dean Veca
10) Detroit, MI - Munk One
11) Austin, TX 2 - Brandon Heart
12) Cincinnati. OH - Don Pendelton

Not sure if we will have Bridge School prints...but with what has been released...these are my picks. What are yours?

can you move Cincinnati to number 13?
pretty sad that one day I will end up buying this just because I was at the show.

To me Moline, Milwaukee, and Memphis stand out. I like Lincoln, but I am not very big on skulls...usually avoid them.

MedozK

chiwhitesox said:

Dead last - Milwaukee. And I was at that show too. Just couldn't imagine staring at this thing on a wall in my house. Would most likely mentally scar my 10 year old daughter.

Chicago G

I love Milwaukee, very simple and like someone else said..it reminds me of '98 style posters.

lolobugg

MedozK said:

lolobugg said:

MedozK said:

My Picks:
1) Moline, IL - Ian Williams
2) Milwaukee, WI - Ben Frost
3) Memphis, TN - Brad Klausen
4) Austin, TX 1 - Mark 5
5)Tulsa, OK - Ames Bros.
6) Lincoln, NE - Justin Erickson
7)St Paul, MN - Ames Bros.
8) Denver, CO - NYCHOS
9) St. Louis, MO - Mark Dean Veca
10) Detroit, MI - Munk One
11) Austin, TX 2 - Brandon Heart
12) Cincinnati. OH - Don Pendelton

Not sure if we will have Bridge School prints...but with what has been released...these are my picks. What are yours?

can you move Cincinnati to number 13?
pretty sad that one day I will end up buying this just because I was at the show.

To me Moline, Milwaukee, and Memphis stand out. I like Lincoln, but I am not very big on skulls...usually avoid them.

yeah, the Moline one is nice!!
I picked one up yesterday.
really fits with the city and the season.
the others were just random stuff with the exception of Memphis and Detroit.
Like the Memphis. thought Detroit was horrible.

chiwhitesox

MedozK said:

chiwhitesox said:

Dead last - Milwaukee. And I was at that show too. Just couldn't imagine staring at this thing on a wall in my house. Would most likely mentally scar my 10 year old daughter.

Chicago G

I love Milwaukee, very simple and like someone else said..it reminds me of '98 style posters.

Cool. I actually have a 98 Yield Tour poster from Chicago hanging in my tv room! Still my one and only poster ever purchased...

MayDay10

Im sorry. Detroit is the worst by 10 miles here. Love Munk One's work 99% of the time, but those are hideous. Like dizzy double eye Oakland level

MayDay10

what I prefer:

1. Memphis
2. Lincoln
3. Moline
4. Milwaukee
5. St Paul
6. Popeye
7. Denver (would probably display the back which is awesome)
8. - 10. ACLs and the other one that looks like the ACL ones
11. Cincinnati
12. - 13. Detroits

BRAIN0FJAY

My rankings and commentary, which mean absolutely nothing:

Moline (A+)
Milwaukee (good colors...I like)
ACL - I (pretty relevant to location...that's good)
Lincoln (a great poster...penalized for depicting a lighthouse in Nebraska)
St. Paul (sure...Vikings in Minnesota...I get it)
Tulsa (is that another owl???...oh well, I like it)
Memphis (I don't hate it, but don't love it...I do particularly like that Stone is made of stone)
St. Louis (good colors, but there is something off with this one)
Denver (just what we needed - another spider-skull...and the wrong venue name...and, my head damn near exploded when I first saw the back of this one...just bad)
Cincinnati (Don is damn fine person from what I can tell...that has to count for something)
ACL - II (from a distance, this looks like a skull with a birthday hat and streamers)
Detroit (the faces...damn the faces...the faces result in this being an epic fail...c'mon Munk One, you are (way) better than this...FAIL!)

All in all, this was not a good tour for posters. Period.

lolobugg

BRAIN0FJAY said:

My rankings and commentary, which mean absolutely nothing:

Moline (A+)
Milwaukee (good colors...I like)
ACL - I (pretty relevant to location...that's good)
Lincoln (a great poster...penalized for depicting a lighthouse in Nebraska)
St. Paul (sure...Vikings in Minnesota...I get it)
Tulsa (is that another owl???...oh well, I like it)
Memphis (I don't hate it, but don't love it...I do particularly like that Stone is made of stone)
St. Louis (good colors, but there is something off with this one)
Denver (just what we needed - another spider-skull...and the wrong venue name...and, my head damn near exploded when I first saw the back of this one...just bad)
ACL - II (from a distance, this looks like a skull with a birthday hat and streamers)
Cincinnati (same old Don Pendleton shit - circles, squares, triangles, ovals, random geometric stuff and swirls...the dude should retire from drawing posters, at least for PJ... My dogs do better work in the yard than this clown does on paper. Just horrible. Sadly, I will buy this one if the fucker ever puts the AP up on his site because I went to the show.)
Detroit (the faces...damn the faces...the faces result in this being an epic fail...c'mon Munk One, you are (way) better than this...FAIL!)

All in all, this was not a good tour for posters. Period.

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love the critique of the Cinci poster

MedozK

BRAIN0FJAY said:

My rankings and commentary, which mean absolutely nothing:

Moline (A+)
Milwaukee (good colors...I like)
ACL - I (pretty relevant to location...that's good)
Lincoln (a great poster...penalized for depicting a lighthouse in Nebraska)
St. Paul (sure...Vikings in Minnesota...I get it)
Tulsa (is that another owl???...oh well, I like it)
Memphis (I don't hate it, but don't love it...I do particularly like that Stone is made of stone)
St. Louis (good colors, but there is something off with this one)
Denver (just what we needed - another spider-skull...and the wrong venue name...and, my head damn near exploded when I first saw the back of this one...just bad)
ACL - II (from a distance, this looks like a skull with a birthday hat and streamers)
Cincinnati (same old Don Pendleton shit - circles, squares, triangles, ovals, random geometric stuff and swirls...the dude should retire from drawing posters, at least for PJ... My dogs do better work in the yard than this clown does on paper. Just horrible. Sadly, I will buy this one if the fucker ever puts the AP up on his site because I went to the show.)
Detroit (the faces...damn the faces...the faces result in this being an epic fail...c'mon Munk One, you are (way) better than this...FAIL!)

All in all, this was not a good tour for posters. Period.

Good Stuff

MayDay10

lol. nice

pjsteelerfan

I'd go
1. Milwaukee
2. Moline
3. Memphis
4. St. Paul
5. Lincoln
6. ACL 2
7. ACL 1
8. Tulsa
9. Cincinnati
10. Detroit
11. St Louis
12. Denver


Overall, I think Europe had a much stronger run of posters this year, but I like the US posters better than the Australia/NZ ones

RobbyD462

Moline only one worth mentioning
And that's not saying much
Poor tour for posters ,great for songs though!

jjflash

1. Lincoln wish they'd used a different font or creative way of incorporating the band's name...coulda, woulda been a classic
2. Memphis bias as it was the shown I attended....plus has a lot intricate stuff going on in it, commands attention/second look
3. Milwaukee love the simplicity of the pop art
4. Moline classic show w/ badass poster to match
5. ACL 2 looks like the label from a good beer
6. Denver like the colors, like the graphics, but yet a bit meh
7. Cincy Pendleton is proving to be a one trick pony yet I still find some of his work compelling

The rest are, well, straight up fugly. With the exception of the Detroit poster, which'll probably sell well, expect the rest to be landing in future Mystery Boxes X_X

Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning

1: Lincoln (I think it's a great poster and nice to see something without all of the bright colors)
2: Tulsa (Amazing art)
3: Memphis (Great detail. Look close..)
4: St. Paul (Especially the variant...)
5: Milwaukee (As someone noted in another thread..looks 'old school' like from the '98 tour)
6: Austin 1 (Simple and city/venue appropriate)
7: Denver (just okay..)
8: Moline (It's just a tractor really..)
9: Austin 2 (It's just okay...)
10: Detroit (Great artist, not his best work)
11: St Louis (It's cool but gives me the creeps)
12: Cincinnati (Just not a fan of the artist.)

Garasauras

No real stand outs this time around. My vote goes like this:

1-3 are the ones I'd consider buying to hang:
Moline (good colours, vibe etc)
Cincinatti (..actually don't mind it - maybe my favorite Pendelton piece)
ACL 1
3-5 ..don't mind these, but still wouldn't buy:
Memphis
Milwaukee
6-13 not a lot that really grabs me with any of these:
Lincoln
ACL 2
St. Louis
St. Paul
Denver
Tulsa
Detroit x2

You could probably read these in reverse and that would be someone else's favorites list.. To each their own I suppose..

MayDay10

I do agree it was a rather pedestrian run.

Decent variety though. I also only think that although some leave something to be desired, only the Detroits are terrible and would never get hung

jeff2040

CM189191 said:

Franklin Delano Bluth said:

I'd say,
1-Moline
2-Lincoln
3-St. Paul

...then all the rest...

I love this because those were the 3 shows I was at! I'm so happy that I got posters that will actually get hung up in the basement!

FadedGlory

As a former design director in the newspaper and magazine world, these kinds of discussions are my favorites. Always good to get a reminder that taste in art is subjective. For instance, I think the Moline poster is the best this fall by far, and possibly the best since the Munk One Pittsburgh '13 tour opener. Yet there are comments here that are just meh about it. I think Tulsa is not so hot because of the typography, yet others love it. Great stuff. Anyway, this is where I stand. Ultimately, I'll own all 13 of them (double for Detroit).

1. Moline
2. St. Paul
3. ACL 1
4. Lincoln
5. Detroit
6. Cincinnati
7. Milwaukee
8. ACL 2
9. Denver
10. Memphis
11. St. Louis
12. Tulsa

derbydave

It has taken me almost a week,
but finally have all of my posters flattened out...



and ready for the flat file...
because I don't think I will be framing these anytime soon!!!

MedozK

derbydave said:

It has taken me almost a week,
but finally have all of my posters flattened out...



and ready for the flat file...
because I don't think I will be framing these anytime soon!!!

Nice...your only missing the Milwaukee