Vice Press, which is known for its superb quality of limited-edition art prints, apparel, collectibles, and screen-printed movies, is all set to launch a series of Universal Monsters art prints and movie posters by artist Greg Staples. Vice Press will be working on this project with Bottleneck Gallery, which is a contemporary art space. Bottleneck Gallery features several artists on its page including, AJ Masthay, Karl Fitzgerald, and Timothy Pittides. Universal Classic Monsters features horror, sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy films about monsters that started in the 1920s.
First two prints available
Describing the monsters from this film franchise as the “purest form of escapism,” Staples has given them a modern and realistic approach. He has worked on the Dracula’s artwork, famously portrayed by Bela Lugosi in the 1931 film with the same title, and Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein released in the same year. The iconic characters are available in 24×36 inches but have smaller prints available too. Lugosi’s Dracula is priced at £45 and Karloff’s Frankenstein at £50.
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What more to expect
Greg Staples is a British comic book artist who is most famous for 2000AD and the artwork for Magic the Gathering. The next few artworks for this new limited-edition series are presumably going to be from the same franchise and may include famous faces such as Van Helsing, the Mummy, the Creature, and Phantom.
