Today, Mondo will be releasing this beautiful retro movie poster for A Trip to the Moon by artist Jonathan Burton! As Mondo explained, “At the turn of the 20th century, Georges Méliès blew the world’s collective minds with the first ever science-fiction movie, A Trip to the Moon. Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Le Voyage Dans La Lune culminates in an alien battle and escape and invented radical practical effects and camera techniques that would help shape the future of film. We are proud to celebrate Méliès’ masterpiece of cinema with a pair of new posters by artist Jonathan Burton. Jonathan’s work is so often elegant and fantastical, with a lush body of work ranging from ornate Folio Society hardbacks to gorgeous Universal Monsters screenprints.”
A Trip to the Moon by Jonathan Burton is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print. The Monochrome Regular Edition is limited to 215 pieces and will retail for $60, while the Color Variant is limited to 115 pieces and will retail or $85. The Variant is inspired by the film’s hand-colored print (yet another technical marvel of the film engineered by frequent Méliès collaborators and French mother/daughter duo Élisabeth Thuillier and Marie Berthe-Thuillier). Both colorways go on sale at 11am CT on March 2nd at MondoShop.com via The Drop.
