Later today, Mondo will be releasing a new movie poster for Joel Coen's comedy classic Raising Arizona by Andrew Kolb! Written by the Coen Brothers, the film is a fast-paced and hilarious story following bumbling ex-con H.I. McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) and his officer wife, Ed, as they kidnap a child (from a set of quintuplets) after learning they're unable to have children. As Mondo explained, “when it came to assigning the poster and pin, we knew pretty much instantly that Andrew Kolb was a great fit for the title. His artwork and style lends itself perfectly to the comical and animated tone of the film, and we love how this poster and pin turned out.”
Kolb went on to say, “Raising Arizona is basically a live-action episode of Looney Tunes, right? The violence, the comedy, even the plot just feels like it was ripped from Saturday morning. I basically had that in mind the entire time I was working on this. The initial sketch only used characters that were originally from the diaper chase-scene (the cops, the dogs, the convenience store clerk, etc.), but then I realized I'm a grown-up and can do whatever I want and everyone was on board with putting in Dot, Arizona Sr., and so on.”
Raising Arizona by Andrew Kolb is a 24”x18” hand numbered screen print. Limited to just 200 pieces, this movie poster will go on sale at a random time today, Thursday, July 12th, at the Mondo online store for $45. Mondo will also be releasing this matching “H.I. McDunnough” Enamel Pin, also designed by Kolb. It is a 1.5” soft enamel pin on black metal and will retail for $10.