Mondo Assembles NEW Posters for MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

MONDO'S AVENGERS: HAWKEYE

Austin, TX— Wednesday, April 18, 2012 — Mondo, the collectible art boutique arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, proudly announces the release of a series of 7 posters honoring MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS, in theaters May 4.  Mondo will be releasing character posters for each of The Avengers: Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor and a poster featuring the full Avengers team.

Seven different talented Mondo artists have been tapped to create a poster for each member of the super hero team.  Each artist will have their own take on capes, shields, hammers and masks that will make for an amazing collection when assembled.  The first two posters in this incredible series are Black Widow and Hawkeye.

 

 

We’ve become very attached to doing Marvel movie posters over the past few years, specifically for Avengers-related characters, so working on the upcoming film is a huge dream come true. The participating artists have really brought some of their best work ever to the table. If you want to see the different styles the Mondo crew is capable of, look no further than this series, we couldn’t be happier with it,” said Justin Ishmael, Mondo Creative Director.

 

The Black Widow poster is by Mondo artist Olly Moss who provided an amazing vision of the Soviet spy and now Avenger.  Mondo collaborated with artist Tom Whalen for the Hawkeye poster complete with signature bow and arrow.  Additional details on both posters are below.

 

MONDO'S AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW

Black Widow

Sale Date: Thursday, April 19th

Artist: Olly Moss

Edition Size: 320

Size: 24″ x 36″

 

MONDO'S AVENGERS: HAWKEYE

Hawkeye

Sale Date: Friday, April 20th

Artist: Tom Whalen

Edition Size: 220

Size: 24″ x 36″

 

Each print in the series will be available for purchase online.  Follow @MondoNews for details on the additional prints in the series and exact sale times.

 

About MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

From Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures comes “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the most highly anticipated movie event of the year.  Iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow answer the call to action when Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a daring, globe-spanning recruitment effort to assemble The Avengers team to defeat an unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security.

 

About Mondo

Mondo is the Alamo Drafthouse’s collectible art boutique, featuring designs from world class artists based on licenses for popular movie, television & comics properties including Star Wars, Star Trek, DC Comics & Universal Monsters. Championed for their limited edition screen printed posters, Mondo focuses on bringing art back to movie posters by working with artists such as Olly Moss, Tyler Stout, Martin Ansin, Ken Taylor, Aaron Horkey, Chris Ware, Shepard Fairey, Drew Struzan and others. Besides creating stunning works for beloved classics and contemporary films, Mondo releases collectible vinyl & VHS products and has a permanent gallery space in Austin, TX for shows featuring a blend of breathtaking original works of art and limited edition screen prints.  Mondo has worked with filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro, Wes Craven, Zack Snyder and Duncan Jones on their “Director’s Series” posters.  Mondo has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to archive the company’s growing collection of original film posters.

 

About Marvel

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com <http://www.marvel.com>

 

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