Bad Robot Art Show at Gallery 1988

Gallery 1988 - the gallery that brought you the Fringe Benefits Project - had a new show on Friday to celebrate Bad Robot.

The "art experience" featured works inspired by J.J. Abrams' creations, including Lost, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Super 8, Revolution, Alias, Felicity, and of course FRINGE.

There was a lot of great Fringe art work, many of which is still available for sale at Gallery1988.com

Dave Quiggle Artist Copies For Sale

Hot on the heels of our artist interview Dave Quiggle has released his artist copies of the Earthling print.

If you didn't get one the first time round this will be your last opportunity to get a copy

Click here to go to the sale page

Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview - Dave Quiggle

We have completed the set of Fringe Benefits Project Artists, Dave Quiggle has kindly spent some time answering our questions about his poster for episode 2.06 - "Earthling".

Q - Mr. Jensen Karp is the mastermind behind Gallery 1988 and The Fringe Benefits Project. When did he contact you about participating in the series? How much advance notice/working time did you have? Especially as the episodes were voted for by the fans of the show.

A- It sort of happened mysteriously and out of the blue and with only the essential information given. Kind of secret agent style. There wasn't a ton of time and there wasn't a lot of instruction, but because it was Jensen asking me, I knew that it was going to be something cool.

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Fringe Benefits Project: "The Plateau" - Second Chance

Mark Englert (@markenglert) will have artist proofs of "The Plateau" available for sale this Saturday at TacoBelvedere.bigcartel.com, sometime between 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT.


Englert posted on his website there will be 15 AP posters available for sale, priced at $150 - but it comes the extra bonus of "a sketch of your choice in the margin" by the artist!

The reason for the big markup is that Englert's studio was damaged in a flood, so he is going to use the  money to help cover what his insurance doesn't.

Sometime in the future, Englert will also be having a flood-specific fundraiser, where he will give away 5 additional "The Plateau" posters:

The remaining 5 posters will be randomly inserted into an upcoming sale of a poster I'll be making specifically to raise funds to cover losses as well. That will be a timed release, on sale for 24 hours so everyone who wants a print and a shot at a free Fringe poster can get one .

If you are interested, be sure to follow @markenglert on Twitter, and sign up for his mailing list at TacoBelvedere.com

Also, keep an eye on our twitter - @FringeTV - we'll let you know when they are available as soon as we hear anything.

Fringe Benefits Project: "Fringe" - Second Chance

Your second chance to buy "Fringe" by Joshua Budich (@JBudich), the final poster from the Fringe Benefits Project, is coming soon!

Joshua Budich tweeted that he will have artist proofs of "Fringe" available for sale today at JoshuaBudich.com/store, most likely between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm EDT.

There will be 24 AP posters available for sale, priced at $65 + S/H.

If you are interested, be sure to follow @JBudich on Twitter, and sign up for his mailing list at JoshuaBudich.com.

Also, keep an eye on our twitter - @FringeTV - we'll let you know when they are available as soon as we hear anything.

UPDATE: The posters have sold out.

Fringe Benefits Project: "White Tulip" - Second Chance

Your second chance to buy the first poster from the Fringe Benefits Project is coming soon!

Anthony Petrie tweeted today that he will have "a few" AP copies (artist proof) of "White Tulip" available for sale "soon" for $30 + shipping, most likely at AnthonyPetrie.com

If you are interested, be sure to follow @zombiebacons on Twitter.

Also, keep an eye on our twitter as well @FringeTV - we'll let you know when they are available as soon as we hear anything.

UPDATE: Eleven posters are available for sale right now at http://anthonypetrie.bigcartel.com/product/fringe-white-tulip

UPDATE 2: The posters have sold out! Stay tuned for another poster drop tomorrow.

Fringe Benefits Project - Last Chance

If you were thinking of obtaining one of the few remaining Fringe Benefits Project posters then time has nearly run out.

As you can see from this tweet by @Galleries1988 you will only be able to purchase up until the end of the day today.

To purchase go to the FringeBenefitsproject.com and click on the image of the poster you want to buy.

Remember all proceeds from the sale of these posters will go to the Mission Continues charity.

Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview Gary Pullin

The fifth in our series of Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interviews is with "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin who created the poster for Episode 1.13 - The Transformation.

Q - Mr. Jensen Karp is the mastermind behind Gallery 1988 and The Fringe Benefits Project. When did he contact you about participating in the series? How much advance notice/working time did you have? Especially as the episodes were voted for by the fans of the show.

A - Back in December I got an email from Jensen asking if I liked Fringe. I'll be honest, living the freelance life hasn't opened up a lot of time for TV so I had only seen a few episodes but thought it was an awesome show. In fact, a lot of it was filmed in an old church just steps away from my home here in Toronto. When he sent me the episode "The Transformation" how could I resist, it had a great monster and I knew I wanted in on the project.

Q - If you had the chance to create another print in this series what moment would you have chosen?

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Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview - Anthony Petrie

The next in our series of Fringe Benefits Project artist interviews is with Anthony Petrie the creator of the first poster in the series for episode 2.18 White Tulip.

Q - If you had the chance to create another print in this series what moment would you have chosen?

I loved the creature from the episode "Unleashed," it would have been a lot of fun to draw.

Q - Were you restricted/instructed in anyway?

No, we were allowed to depict the episode however we felt was most appropriate.

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Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview - Mark Englert

The third interview in our Fringe Benefits Project interview series is with Mark Englert.

Mark created this superb dual aspect poster with glow in the dark ink to represent episode 3.03 "The Plateau"

Q - Mr. Jensen Karp is the mastermind behind Gallery 1988 and The Fringe Benefits Project. When did he contact you about participating in the series? How much advance notice/working time did you have? Especially as the episodes were voted for by the fans of the show.

A - Not much lead time, but coming from a comic book and production art background, I'm used to crazy deadlines.

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Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview - Graham Erwin

The second in our series of Fringe Benefits project artist interviews is with Graham Erwin, the creator of the wonderful and slightly surreal poster for epsiode 1.09 The Dreamscape

Q - Mr. Jensen Karp is the mastermind behind Gallery 1988 and The Fringe Benefits Project. When did he contact you about participating in the series? How much advance notice/working time did you have? Especially as the episodes were voted for by the fans of the show.

A - I was actually given pretty short notice on this project, I had less than a week from when I was notified about the project to when the final art was due. Luckily that week my schedule allowed that type of turn around so I could crank the poster out no problem, but that time frame can be pretty tight for me.

I usually like around 2 weeks to complete a poster, but a portion of that time is set aside for research so having the subject matter chosen for me sped things up.

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Fringe Benefits Project Artist Interview - Joshua Budich

The very talented Joshua Budich has kindly responded to a request to answer a few questions about his involvement in the Fringe Benefits Art Project.

Q - Mr. Jensen Karp is the mastermind behind Gallery 1988 and The Fringe Benefits Project. When did he contact you about participating in the series? How much advance notice/working time did you have? Especially as the episodes were voted for by the fans of the show.

A - Jensen contacted me some time in November/December last year about any interest I had in paying homage to Fringe; which of course I jumped on being that it's one of my favorite shows. My piece was intended to be an overall, non-episodic homage, so I had quite a bit of time to get it done ahead of the opening of the website and voting.

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Fringe Benefits Project: Wrap Up

The final posters for the Fringe Benefit Project were revealed on Wednesday night during the Fringe Benefit event at the Paley Center in Los Angeles. They were made available for sale during the event, and then the remainder we sold online beginning last night around 8:00pm EDT.

Three of the posters are still for sale on FringeBenefitsProject.com, but unfortunately, with the help of a little media coverage, word spread beyond our tight-knit Fringe community. The attention attracted some lowlife scalpers, who snapped up the last of the final "Fringe" posters, causing it to sell out in less than 30 minutes (which would have been even faster if the Galley 1988 server hadn't crashed...)

PLEASE DO NOT BUY THESE POSTERS ON EBAY! 

These villains took away posters from actual Fringe fans, and are trying to make money off of a charity event. This bad behavior should not be rewarded!

Not to mention the fact that some posters being sold could be fakes!

However, the main reason not to buy these poster on eBay, is that there is a good chance the artists will be selling more of these posters themselves.

You may have seen that the posters were originally released in a "hand numbered edition of 150 (100 available)". The other 50 that were made are called Artist Proofs (AP), and some will be given back to the artists so they can sell them themselves.

Not only will you not have to pay a ridiculously marked up price, but you will be directly supporting the artist that created these posters.

For more information, visit each artists website, and sign up for their mailing list, or follow them on twitter - and who knows, you might find something else you like by these artists:

1. "White Tulip" by Anthony Petrie (@zombiebacons) at AnthonyPetrie.com
2. "The Plateau" by Mark Englert (@markenglert) at TacoBelvedere.com
3. "Earthling" by Dave Quiggle (@davequiggle) at DaveQuiggle.com
4. "The Transformation" by Gary Pullin (@GhoulishGary) at GhoulishGary.com
5. "Dreamscape" by Graham Erwin (@GrahamErwin) at GrahamErwin.com
6. "Fringe" by Joshua Budich (@JBudich) at JoshuaBudich.com

Fringe Benefit Project: Poster #6 "Fringe"

The sixth (and final) poster is now available on the Fringe Benefits Project website!

Joshua Budich for "Fringe" - 18 x 24 inches, 4 color screenprint, hand numbered edition of 150 (100 available) $30

More about the artist (@JBudich) can be found at JoshuaBudich.com

FYI, the glyph code at the bottom spells RESIST.

All profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans.

BTW, the first two posters are SOLD OUT, but there still a limited number of Poster #3 "Earthling" and Poster #4 "The Transformation" available for sale - while supplies last!

Fringe Benefit Project: Poster #5 "Dreamscape"

The fifth poster is now available on the Fringe Benefits Project website!

Graham Erwin for EP 109 "Dreamscape" - 18 x 24 inches, 4 color screenprint, hand numbered edition of 150 (100 available) $30

More about the artist (@GrahamErwin) can be found at GrahamErwin.com

All profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans.

BTW, the first two posters are SOLD OUT, but there still a limited number of Poster #3 "Earthling" and Poster #4 "The Transformation" available for sale - while supplies last!

Fringe Benefits Project - Poster 5 and 6 Preview

At the Paley Center last night twitter user, @Comixguru, posted these two pictures of the final two posters.

They are by Graham Erwin and Joshua Budich and will be available online on the 10th of January, but we do not know what time so keep that F5 button handy.

There is a gallery of press pictures from the event on the Getty Images website

There are more photographs on this Give Me My Remote blog article

Fringe Benefit Project UPDATE: Last Two Posters

This Wednesday night, January 9th, the final two posters of the Fringe Benefits Project will be unveiled at sold-out Paley Center's "Fringe Benefits" event in Los Angeles.

The event will also feature a special exhibition of all the posters commemorating the series's most memorable moments, selected by Fringe fans worldwide and presented by Gallery1988.

While it is not likely that the first two prints will be available for sale at the event (since they are sold out online), it is entirely possible that the originals may be sold. Although, based on the prices at Gallery 1988's LOST Art Show, I would expect the originals to sell for $500 or more. At least the money goes to charity, as all profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans

The good news for those not attending (myself included), is that the prints should be available online soon after the event ends.

Any guesses as to what the last two posters will be? 

I would like to see jalapeno-eating September and the beacon from "The Arrival", and/or see Peter get into the machine with all his flashbacks from "The Last Sam Weiss". What are your favorite Fringe moments?

Fringe Benefit Project: Poster #4 "The Transformation"

The fourth poster is now available on the Fringe Benefits Project website.

Ghoulish Gary Pullin for EP 113 "The Transformation" - 18 x 24 inches, 4 color screenprint, hand numbered edition of 150 (100 available) $30

More about the artist (@GhoulishGary) can be found at GhoulishGary.com

All profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans.

Also, you can still vote on you favorite Fringe episodes to help decide what poster is released next!

BTW, the first two posters are SOLD OUT, but you can still get poster #3 "Earthling" - while supplies last!

Fringe Benefit Project: Poster #3 "Earthling"

The third poster is now available on the Fringe Benefits Project website.

Dave Quiggle for EP 206 "Earthling", 18 x 24 inches, 2 color screenprint, hand numbered edition of 150 (100 available) $30

More about the artist (@davequiggle) can be found at DaveQuiggle.com

All profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans.

Also, you can still vote on you favorite Fringe episodes to help decide what poster is released next!

Fringe Benefit Project UPDATE: Poster #2 "The Plateau" SOLD OUT

 

The second poster of the Fringe Benefits Project  — "The Plateau" by Mark Englert — is SOLD OUT, however there are still a handful of Anthony Petrie's "White Tulip" posters still available!

All profits from this project will be donated to The Mission Continues, an amazing charity that encourages and aids volunteerism by disabled and wounded veterans.

Also, you can still vote on you favorite Fringe episodes to help decide what poster is released next!