Mumford variant landed yesterday. My postman left it in the mailbox in the rain. It must've been my guy's day off because he brings every package to the porch.
Now I think I'm just waiting on Klausen Boston and the wine.
Same thing happened to me a month ago with THREE posters in one tube (Mumford,Brown,Williams). Same story, never been an issue before so we're thinking our regular person was on vacation or something.
We called the post office and they said they should definitely NOT leave it hanging out of the mailbox. Such bullshit
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Mumford variant landed yesterday. My postman left it in the mailbox in the rain. It must've been my guy's day off because he brings every package to the porch.
Now I think I'm just waiting on Klausen Boston and the wine.
Oh no. How bad was it damaged? Should put a sign up on your door, "don't leave poster tubes in the rain!!!"
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Hmmm this poster looks familiar to the PJ wrigley.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
Artists rip off other artists all the time. And use images, persona likenesses, city buildings, businesses ect, all the time. For instance, that's obviously an Old English 40 ounce bottle of beer in the image. Should we notify the beer company?
While we're at it....isn't EMEK's Rome poster a little bit too similar to Ames Metallica? I don't know. Art imitates art.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
Artists rip off other artists all the time. And use images, persona likenesses, city buildings, businesses ect, all the time. For instance, that's obviously an Old English 40 ounce bottle of beer in the image. Should we notify the beer company?
While we're at it....isn't EMEK's Rome poster a little bit too similar to Ames Metallica? I don't know. Art imitates art.
Neat.
I sent an email to Invisible Industries in the hopes that maybe they could reach him.
Hmmm this poster looks familiar to the PJ wrigley.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
My thought was Sean Cliver did the poster and was just lazy on this one. But that is just a guess. It could be a rip-off also. I’ve been unable to find out who the artist is.
Hmmm this poster looks familiar to the PJ wrigley.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
My thought was Sean Cliver did the poster and was just lazy on this one. But that is just a guess. It could be a rip-off also. I’ve been unable to find out who the artist is.
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Hmmm this poster looks familiar to the PJ wrigley.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
My thought was Sean Cliver did the poster and was just lazy on this one. But that is just a guess. It could be a rip-off also. I’ve been unable to find out who the artist is.
one half of the Thompson twins?
It very well could be a Cliver mail-in, but I figure it's worth alerting him just in case it's not.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
Artists rip off other artists all the time. And use images, persona likenesses, city buildings, businesses ect, all the time. For instance, that's obviously an Old English 40 ounce bottle of beer in the image. Should we notify the beer company?
While we're at it....isn't EMEK's Rome poster a little bit too similar to Ames Metallica? I don't know. Art imitates art.
And a lot of artists are unable to defend themselves against such theft because that is money that they do not have. I have seen artist friends have to close down their studios over things like that.
I am an artist. As an artist, employed by an artist and working at one of the top 10 galleries in the nation, it is considered uncool and we have fired artists for that.
Art can imitate art. However, art shouldn't steal from someone's livelihood.
Do not buy stolen image art. Do not create stolen image art.
Art can imitate art. However, art shouldn't steal from someone's livelihood.
Do not buy stolen image art. Do not create stolen image art.
Fair enough. I do feel that an incredibly high % of concert posters are borrowed themes. That's what makes them so clever and interesting in some cases. One of my favorite Ames posters of all time is Pittsburgh 2003, where it's an obvious "borrowed" image of MAD Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. Frankly, I thought that was a generally accepted principle in concert art....to make a play on personal images, corporate images, cartoon characters, city landmarks, (i.e. copywritten or trademarked, but recognizable themes). The reason I thought the blatant "borrowing" of ideas were generally accepted is because it's so common for concert art to borrow themes.
If I held true to not buying stolen image art, I may as well stop collecting concert posters. Especially the ones that borrow or steal from our Native American friends (plenty of those in Pearl Jam and Grateful Dead art which I collect).
Hell, one of the most coveted PJ posters of all time (San Diego 1998) is a blatant rip off of "The Endless Summer" movie poster. But that one is considered "cool" rather than stolen art. Doesn't that fit into the "stealing from someone's livlihood" category? I wonder how the Transformers creators feel about Ames 2015 effort. How about the Ames Donkey Kong poster? Cracker Jacks anyone? Should I continue? Concert posters = stolen art, concepts and images in many cases. It's part of what makes it fun.
Art can imitate art. However, art shouldn't steal from someone's livelihood.
Do not buy stolen image art. Do not create stolen image art.
Fair enough. I do feel that an incredibly high % of concert posters are borrowed themes. That's what makes them so clever and interesting in some cases. One of my favorite Ames posters of all time is Pittsburgh 2003, where it's an obvious "borrowed" image of MAD Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. Frankly, I thought that was a generally accepted principle in concert art....to make a play on personal images, corporate images, cartoon characters, city landmarks, (i.e. copywritten or trademarked, but recognizable themes). The reason I thought the blatant "borrowing" of ideas were generally accepted is because it's so common for concert art to borrow themes.
If I held true to not buying stolen image art, I may as well stop collecting concert posters. Especially the ones that borrow or steal from our Native American friends (plenty of those in Pearl Jam and Grateful Dead art which I collect).
Hell, one of the most coveted PJ posters of all time (San Diego 1998) is a blatant rip off of "The Endless Summer" movie poster. But that one is considered "cool" rather than stolen art. Doesn't that fit into the "stealing from someone's livlihood" category? I wonder how the Transformers creators feel about Ames 2015 effort. How about the Ames Donkey Kong poster? Cracker Jacks anyone? Should I continue? Concert posters = stolen art, concepts and images in many cases. It's part of what makes it fun.
My best guess in nearly every case that you’ve mentioned (and then some) is that the poster artist sought permission from, and was granted permission by, the original artist of, or corporation that owns the rights to, the imagery to which an homage was paid.
Of course, I could be wrong. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
Art can imitate art. However, art shouldn't steal from someone's livelihood.
Do not buy stolen image art. Do not create stolen image art.
Fair enough. I do feel that an incredibly high % of concert posters are borrowed themes. That's what makes them so clever and interesting in some cases. One of my favorite Ames posters of all time is Pittsburgh 2003, where it's an obvious "borrowed" image of MAD Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. Frankly, I thought that was a generally accepted principle in concert art....to make a play on personal images, corporate images, cartoon characters, city landmarks, (i.e. copywritten or trademarked, but recognizable themes). The reason I thought the blatant "borrowing" of ideas were generally accepted is because it's so common for concert art to borrow themes.
If I held true to not buying stolen image art, I may as well stop collecting concert posters. Especially the ones that borrow or steal from our Native American friends (plenty of those in Pearl Jam and Grateful Dead art which I collect).
Hell, one of the most coveted PJ posters of all time (San Diego 1998) is a blatant rip off of "The Endless Summer" movie poster. But that one is considered "cool" rather than stolen art. Doesn't that fit into the "stealing from someone's livlihood" category? I wonder how the Transformers creators feel about Ames 2015 effort. How about the Ames Donkey Kong poster? Cracker Jacks anyone? Should I continue? Concert posters = stolen art, concepts and images in many cases. It's part of what makes it fun.
My best guess in nearly every case that you’ve mentioned (and then some) is that the poster artist sought permission from, and was granted permission by, the original artist of, or corporation that owns the rights to, the imagery to which an homage was paid.
Of course, I could be wrong. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
It’s ironic that we are speaking about ripping off his artwork when the whole design was lifted from the 1975 Topps baseball card set.
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So should this Thompson artist seek permission from Topps or Cliver? Or both? Not being a smart ass....I'm truly interested.
Topps for the original design. Cliver for the skull and colors theme? Klausen for the sickle theme, which really resembles Klausen Washington DC from years past.... Old English beer label? What about that?
So should this Thompson artist seek permission from Topps or Cliver? Or both? Not being a smart ass....I'm truly interested.
We aren’t entirely sure that permission wasn’t granted—also, it could be a Cliver mail-in, though I doubt that—but I’d guess start with Cliver and see what he says about Topps.
So should this Thompson artist seek permission from Topps or Cliver? Or both? Not being a smart ass....I'm truly interested.
We aren’t entirely sure that permission wasn’t granted—also, it could be a Cliver mail-in, though I doubt that—but I’d guess start with Cliver and see what he says about Topps.
Zero chance he bothered to clear it with Topps.
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Mumford variant landed yesterday. My postman left it in the mailbox in the rain. It must've been my guy's day off because he brings every package to the porch.
Now I think I'm just waiting on Klausen Boston and the wine.
Same thing happened to me a month ago with THREE posters in one tube (Mumford,Brown,Williams). Same story, never been an issue before so we're thinking our regular person was on vacation or something.
We called the post office and they said they should definitely NOT leave it hanging out of the mailbox. Such bullshit
My posters ALWAYS get left sticking out in the mailbox. I have to have them shipped to my mom's house as it is the only way for them to be delivered correctly. I have complained to the postmaster many times. Also when I get a package that needs to be signed for, they always leave the slip in the mailbox and do not attempt to get the signature....it's the worst!
So should this Thompson artist seek permission from Topps or Cliver? Or both? Not being a smart ass....I'm truly interested.
We aren’t entirely sure that permission wasn’t granted—also, it could be a Cliver mail-in, though I doubt that—but I’d guess start with Cliver and see what he says about Topps.
Zero chance he bothered to clear it with Topps.
I'll second this. The Fenway Ames Jackelope is a riff on the '89 Topps baseball design, too. Same thing...no way they're getting any sort of clearance.
Hmmm this poster looks familiar to the PJ wrigley.
Someone who's more social media savvy than yours truly should send a screenshot of that to Sean Cliver. If someone ripped off his image without his knowledge to promote this Travis Thompson gig, then a cease and desist might be in order.
Or this one?!?
They are all complementing the Topps baseball card design of 1975.
Got a notification that my Fenway 2 boot shipped. Took a fair while as I ordered it the day it went on sale but I did order Milan and Padova too. Will let you know when it gets to Wellington but I'm sure most of those of you who ordered it the day it went on sale will get it sooner than I.
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We called the post office and they said they should definitely NOT leave it hanging out of the mailbox. Such bullshit
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
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2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
Good for you man !! Looks like we are turning a corner here.
For instance, that's obviously an Old English 40 ounce bottle of beer in the image. Should we notify the beer company?
While we're at it....isn't EMEK's Rome poster a little bit too similar to Ames Metallica? I don't know. Art imitates art.
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I sent an email to Invisible Industries in the hopes that maybe they could reach him.
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and was just lazy on this one. But that is just a guess. It could be a rip-off also. I’ve been unable to find out who the artist is.
one half of the Thompson twins?
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I am an artist. As an artist, employed by an artist and working at one of the top 10 galleries in the nation, it is considered uncool and we have fired artists for that.
Art can imitate art. However, art shouldn't steal from someone's livelihood.
Do not buy stolen image art. Do not create stolen image art.
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If I held true to not buying stolen image art, I may as well stop collecting concert posters. Especially the ones that borrow or steal from our Native American friends (plenty of those in Pearl Jam and Grateful Dead art which I collect).
Hell, one of the most coveted PJ posters of all time (San Diego 1998) is a blatant rip off of "The Endless Summer" movie poster. But that one is considered "cool" rather than stolen art. Doesn't that fit into the "stealing from someone's livlihood" category? I wonder how the Transformers creators feel about Ames 2015 effort. How about the Ames Donkey Kong poster? Cracker Jacks anyone? Should I continue?
Concert posters = stolen art, concepts and images in many cases. It's part of what makes it fun.
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11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula. 5-10-2024 Portland. 5-30-2024 Seattle.
Of course, I could be wrong. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
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Topps for the original design. Cliver for the skull and colors theme? Klausen for the sickle theme, which really resembles Klausen Washington DC from years past....
Old English beer label? What about that?
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Wine shipping notice today too! I don't think it'll fit in the mailbox
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They are all complementing the Topps baseball card design of 1975.
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