#CoolArt: 'Star Trek' prints by Paul Shipper through Vice Press

'Star Trek' by Paul Shipper.

Officially licensed 24" x 36" lithograph print:

• in a numbered Regular edition of 170 for £39.99.
• and a numbered Rainbow Foil Variant edition of 160 for £49.99.

On sale Tuesday November 3 at 6pm UK through Vice Press.

Regular Edition

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Karate Kid' by Paul Shipper

'The Karate Kid' by Paul Shipper.

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Paul Shipper

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Paul Shipper.

#CoolArt: 'Star Trek: Picard' prints by Paul Shipper through Vice Press

'Star Trek: Picard' by Paul Shipper.

   

Officially licensed 24" x 36" lithograph print, in a numbered Regular edition of 175 for £39.99; and a numbered Rainbow Foil Variant edition of 150 for £49.99.

On sale Thursday November 30 at 6pm UK through Vice Press.

Regular Edition

Rainbow Foil Variant Edition

#CoolArt: 'Ghostbusters' print by Paul Shipper through Sideshow Collectibles

'Ghostbusters' by Paul Shipper.

Officially licensed giclee print, in a signed limited edition of 350 for $260 framed or $95 unframed.

On sale for pre-order Friday July 10 between 9am-12pm PT through Sideshow Collectibles.

#CoolArt: Empire Magazine '100 Greatest Movies Of The Century (So Far)' Cover Art by Paul Shipper & Damian Bennett

Exclusive covers for the March 2020 issue of Empire Magazine, featuring movies from their 100 Greatest Movies Of The Century (So Far) feature, with six covers by Paul Shipper, and Damian Bennett's cover for the Subscriber edition.

The issue is available from January 23 2020.

#1 (of 6) 'Donnie Darko' by Paul Shipper

#CoolArt: 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' IMAX posters by Paul Shipper

Official 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' IMAX posters by Paul Shipper

#CoolArt: Empire Magazine Cover Art featuring 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' by Paul Shipper & Rory Kurtz Artcard

Cover art by Paul Shipper for the January 2020 Subscriber edition of Empire Magazine. The January issue also includes an exclusive artcard of 'Dark Rey' by Rory Kurtz, and is available November 28 2019

by Paul Shipper

by Rory Kurtz

#CoolArt: Empire Magazine Cover Art featuring 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' by Paul Shipper

Cover art by Paul Shipper for the November 2019 Subscriber edition of Empire Magazine, available October 3 2019

#CoolArt: 'The Karate Kid' 35th anniversary print by Paul Shipper through Sideshow Collectibles

'The Karate Kid' by Paul Shipper, a new officially licensed 35th anniversary print release through Sideshow Collectibles.

18" x 24" giclee print on 100% archival heavyweight 300gsm rag art paper, in a signed and numbered Framed limited edition of 200 for $260.

On sale for pre-order Friday August 30 between 12pm-3pm PT from the Sideshow Collectibles website.

Any remaining copies will be available for Pre-Order in an unframed edition for $95 on Tuesday September 3 between 12pm-3pm PT.

#CoolArt: 'Rebels And Scoundrels' print by Paul Shipper through Sideshow Collectibles

'Rebels And Scoundrels' by Paul Shipper, a new officially licensed 'Star Wars' print release from Sideshow Collectibles, in collaboration with Lucasfilm and Acme Archives.

18" x 24" giclee print on 100% archival heavyweight 300gsm rag art paper, in a signed and numbered Framed limited edition of 400 for $250.

On sale for pre-order Friday May 3 between 12pm-3pm PT from the Sideshow Collectibles website.

Any remaining copies will be available for Pre-Order in an unframed edition for $90 on Monday May 6 between 12pm-3pm PT.

#CoolArt: 'Star Wars Celebration 2019' Poster Revealed

Official 'Star Wars Celebration 2019' in Chicago poster art by Paul Shipper, revealed by Star Wars.com

#CoolArt: 'Predator' by Paul Shipper

'Predator' by Paul Shipper, an officially licensed print.

18" x 24" giclee print in a signed AP edition for £100.

Use code MAYPREDATOR for 10% off on orders throughout May.

On sale now from Paul's website.

Movie Review: 'Avengers: Infinity War'

Wow! Well, that was Marvelously epic! 😉

I'm not a Marvel sweaty / fanboy and my favourite MCU movies have been the ones that are less superhero ones, like 'Guardians Of The Galaxy', 'Captain America: Winter Soldier' and the first 'Iron Man', but I'll make an exception for 'Infinity War'! I enjoyed it a lot.

The stakes have never been so high in the MCU and this time there are consequences! Which makes a brutal, but welcome change with these movies! With all the heroes from all the Marvel MCU movies so far, barring 'Ant-Man' (but it's explained where him and Hawkeye actually are early on), going up against the might of Thanos and the Black Order, there were always going to be some casualties, even some high profile ones! (Although we'll definitely be seeing some of them again. Comic book heroes never stay gone for very long - especially when their movies are successful and popular!)

The movie picks up where 'Thor Ragnarok' finishes, straight after the foreboding final end credit scene (so I would recommend watching that perhaps before this), and immediately things aren't looking good!

Thanos is definitely one of the better MCU villains. He's not your generic, monologuing cardboard villain. He seems to genuinely believe in what he's doing is right, the sometimes hallmark of a convincing villain, and we see flashbacks of his rise and destruction and his motivations seem well thought out.

With all the heroes that are on screen, you'd think it might be a bit too overcrowded. Not so. The heroes are split into groups taking on Thanos and that works really well, with the different personalities and egos clashing within the groups, especially (with no surprise) between the group of Tony Stark / Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Star Lord and Spider-Man. The narrative doesn't seem clogged or convoluted with that many characters on screen either (except of course for the movie posters, of which the one by Paul Shipper, above, is one of the best compositionally with involving everyone), and everybody plays a part without any being too domineering or with anyone with not having enough screen time.

'Infinity War' is spectacular, funny, devastating and dramatic. This definitely ranks up there near the top of my favourite MCU movies. If Kevin Feige's endgame plan has been leading up to this and to 'Avengers 4' over the past 10 years of movies, then hats off to you, sir! Although you'll get more out of the movie if you've seen most of the MCU than if you haven't seen any at all. This isn't a movie to to go into if you're unfamiliar with the previous movies.

With the way things finish, you hunger for more and it's just a shame we've now got to wait a year for 'Avengers 4' to see how things get resolved! But I'm really looking forward to seeing how they do.

Oh, there's only 1 end credits scene, right at the very end, but it's worth staying for!

#CoolArt: 'Avengers: Infinity War' by Paul Shipper

'Avengers: Infinity War' by Paul Shipper, exclusively for Dolby Cinema.

#CoolArt: 'Steven Spielberg Empire Magazine Cover' by Paul Shipper

'Steven Spielberg' by Paul Shipper, used as cover art for the April 2018 'Spielberg Takeover' issue of Empire Magazine.

18" x 24" giclee print in a signed edition for £100.

On sale now from Paul's website.

#CoolArt: 'Ready Player One' by Paul Shipper

Official movie poster for 'Ready Player One' by Paul Shipper

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Star Wars: A New Hope' by Paul Shipper

'Star Wars: A New Hope' by Paul Shipper

#CoolArt: 'Star Trek Discovery' Prints by Paul Shipper

'Star Trek Discovery' by Paul Shipper, officially licensed prints through StarTrek.com.

24" x 36" giclee prints on Photo Matte Paper for $54.95 each.

Go here to buy.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Out To Sea' by Paul Shipper

'Out To Sea' by Paul Shipper