Stephen Geoffreys, "Evil Ed"

Stephen Geoffreys - Evil Ed

Portrait, 8.5 x 11 in..

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Until the recent talk of a remake the 1985 film, Fright Night has definitely flown under the radar for the most part, cementing it's role as a cult classic and fan favorite.  I am definitely one of those fans, watching both Fright Night and it's sequel nearly every Halloween for years now.  Roddy McDowell often steals the show for people as Peter Vincent but Stephen Geoffreys always caught my eye during a particularly charged seen that seems very out of place in the res of an otherwise camp and pretty badly acted film.  Geoffreys career has been a rough one, finding him doing pornographic films sometime after Fright Nights release.  I submit this piece in loving memory of the man who stole a scene from Roddy McDowell in one of the most awful films I've ever seen and ended up making me love it!

Mos Def, "Hood"

Mos Def - Hood

Portrait, 8.5 x 11 in.

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Mos Def is with out a doubt my favorite Hip-Hop artist out there.  He's also one of the few musicians turned actors that I've ever seen that isn't only decent, but I think he's actually a hell of an actor.  Something The Lord Made was an absolutely stunning film and his most recent album, "Ecstatic" is a non-stop thrill ride from beginning to end!  This piece pays tribute to the cover of his first album Black on Both Sides where images were heavily contrasted against each other in a black and white fashion, but depicted in color.  It was a neat photo and I covered half of his face to give it that same sort of dark, shadowy, cloak and dagger feel.

Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove, "Strangelove"

Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove

Portrait, 8 1/2 x 11 in
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The multi-talented Peter Sellers is probably best remember for his zany role in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 classic, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb as an American recruited ex-Nazi scientist.  You can almost smell the smoke from Sellers cigarette as he mutters in a  raspy snarl,  the loud squeak from the bearings on his wheel chair drowning out soft obscenities.  It had to be hard getting around the set in that clunky old prop but it won't be hard to get him into your house with the help of prints and posters!

Brandon Lee - The Crow: Eric Draven, "Church"

Brandon Lee - The Crow: Church

Portrait, 8 1/2 x 11 in

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In 1994 Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee defined the term 'badass' for countless generations to come in "the role of a lifetime" - The Crow, which literally cost him his life.  A stunt in the film went tragically wrong and Brandon ultimately payed the cost for that mistake.  Though he has passed on, Brandon has left a legacy behind him that has spawned countless movie sequels, comics and even a television show.  Every college kid in the country has a Dali painting and a Crow poster hanging somewhere on their walls.  But it wasn't the scary face paint that captivated us all so much, it was the humanity inside of this menacing droopy faced clown facade.  Like I said before though - he did after all define cool to me when I was a kid and I couldn't help but draw a nice menacing stalk which nicely sums up the film, though I feel there's a little unfinished business with Brandon.  Look for another more personal portrait of him coming sometime in the future...

Benicio Del Toro - The Wolfman, "The Wolfman" (2010)

Benicio Del Toro - The Wolfman

Portrait, 8 1/2 x 11 in. (Original piece)
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Straight out of our ongoing series spotlighting Classic Universal Horror Monsters, Benicio Del Toro leaps howling from the page in his role as Lawrence Talbot in the 2010 "Wolfman" remake.  One of the few remakes that didn't fallen flat on it's face, much of the film's success is due to the delightfully grotesquely horrific make-up for the monster, of course Del Toro's undeniable acting abilities did't hurt the situation either; even though he was lurking beneath a sea of latex and one furry body suit!

Snag this snarling beast on prints in several convenient sizes and formats, starting in the notebook size and ranging all the way to posters and  sweaters / shirts!