Flyer for Edgar Wright's Halloween Double Bill in LA

On Friday 31st October and Saturday 1st November, Edgar Wright will be at the New Beverly cinema in LA, where they're showing Shaun of the Dead, followed by his own Halloween movie choice, RIKI-OH: The Story of Ricky. Which by the way, is an ultraviolent martial arts horror movie from Hong Kong, based on a Japanese Manga.

As the cinema website explains, "The New Beverly is LA's premier revival movie theater. Running for 30 years, the New Beverly is proud to bring Los Angeles the finest in independent, classic and foreign films. Every show is a double feature and are all presented on 35mm high quality studio prints."

Edgar was looking to get a flyer produced for his double bill, so naturally I was happy to get involved. Having already done a Shaun of the Dead piece a few years ago, I wanted to try something fresh, and got the idea of integrating some hand-drawn type into the illustration. Not that I'm claiming to be the first to do this(!), but it just seemed like a nice way to create a truly bespoke flyer, whereas 'in this day and age' it's very easy for someone to knock up a photoshop collage of various found artefacts.

Anyway it was a blast, and I hope you enjoy it. I'm pleased with how it turned out, and hope I get to explore the theme somewhere else at some point. You can also see it on Edgar's MySpace blog. Many thanks to the folks who've left nice comments there about the flyer, and of course to Mr. Wright for getting in touch in the first place and being open to my concept.