Among movie sports fan , it ’s shopworn to hear someone call a glibly designed , creative person - advancing movie poster a “ Mondo poster . ” That ’s because the fellowship Mondo waslong at the forefrontof the tonic culture art wave . Last year , though , that wave crashed whenMondo ’s new possessor , Funko , gutted much of the company ’s gift . Now , that ’s about to change or , more specifically , mutate .
Several members of the original Mondo team who were lease go after Funko bought the party have now team up back up as a newfangled company called Mutant . Spencer Hickman , Eric Garza , Mitch Putnam , and Mo Shafeek , all former Mondo creative director , are work with chief operating officer Jenny Jacobi under the umbrella of Spectrevision , a film company co - founded by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah . “ It ’s not exaggeration to say that we ’re superfans of this team and their oeuvre , ” Wood and Noah suppose in a statement . “ Our offices are covered in their print and our shelves draw with their records . It ’s a true perquisite to bring home the bacon a platform for them to not only go on the unbelievable body of work they ’re known for , but to also expand in ways that they ’ve been keen to for long time . ”
As Mutant , the former Mondo team will go back to doing Mondo things : limited - edition posters , modified - edition vinyl group records , and figure out with all the big studio and artists devotee have hail to expect . In the press press release , Disney , Universal Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures , Legendary Pictures , and Netflix are cite , as are creative person Aaron Horkey , Nicolas Delort , Matt Taylor , Deb Lee , Phantom City Creative , Rory Kurtz , Matthew Woodson , Greg Ruth , Francesco Francavilla , Teagan White , Daniel Danger , Murugiah , We Buy Your kid , and Ken Taylor .
Mondo is back as Mutant. Pictured, left to right, Jenny Jacobi, Eric Garza, Elijah Wood, Spencer Hickman, Mitch Putnam, and Mo Shafeek.Photo: Lindsey Byrnes
“ We ’re extremely excited about being back in the post horse biz as we aim for a ‘ return to shape ’ for limited edition artwork , ” Garza and Putman , who particularise in posting , say . “ Our priorities center around artistic creation - focused project with an accent on championing our favorite creative person , graphic designer , writers , and filmmakers and continuing to push the boundaries of what we ’ve accomplish already . ”
On the vinyl group front , Mutant already has liberation lined up for JA Bayona ’s Society of the Snow and Paul King ’s Wonka . “ With Mutant , we aim to ramp up a foundation for fandom with curation and celebration — not only for the grownup soundtracks of the yr but also for those films , television and telecasting games that get lost in the sea of choices in the worldly concern of cyclosis , ” Hickman and Shafeek , who specialize in albums , sound out . “ We need to work up a community where all are welcome by creating tangible pop culture products for all fandom . ”
Fans can find out more about Mutant on its newfangled site , www.madebymutant.com , and on all societal medium political program under than handle @MadeByMutant . And keep an oculus on io9 Tuesday , January 30 for your first glimpse of Mutant ’s initial poster offering . The biggest name in pop culture art is back and it ’s change for the right .
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