Rob Schwager Wall of Death Print

If you have ever seen these guys at a State Fair or carnival you know how thrilling it is to watch them. Rob Schwager wanted to pay tribute to these daredevils. 

Rob kicks it in to high gear as he talks about the print:

When I was younger I used to travel a lot. I'd go on tours with bands, travel with my family, friends, etc. On one of those trips, I had the opportunity to see something called the "Wall of Death". 

Motorcycle daredevils riding at what seemed like breakneck speeds, on a vertical wall, inside a large wooden shaped silo. I knew centrifugal force was holding them in place, but the sights and sounds of the whole experience was electric! It stuck with me for some time.

This print is a tribute to those incredible performers who tempt fate daily as they ride the Wall of Death.

The print is 18" x 24" Hand screen-printed with water-based inks on French Madero Beach Speckletone paper.

Buy it at TinyBirdPress.com

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Rob Schwager Popgun Showdown Print Release Details

Rob Schwager is set to release another great print, this one takes us back in time once again and it is titled Popgun Showdown.

This print reflects life in a simpler time. When kids would play outside, use their imaginations and pretend, instead of sitting indoors all day staring at computer screens. When kids all over the neighborhood would gather together and play cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians in backyards all over America. It was a time when hearing the words, "children playing with guns" didn't immediately make you think of some dreadful story you had seen on the news.

Notes:
- 18″ x 24″ hand-printed on 100lb American made Cougar white cover weight paper
- Printed with water-based inks
- The edition size is 60 pcs.
- Signed and numbered

Fits into a standard 18” x 24” frame.

$25.00 each + shipping. These will go up for sale on Monday, August 11th at 8PM EST at the Tiny Bird Press.

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Rob Schwager Moonshot Apollo 11 Poster Release

Rob Schwager and his Tiny Bird Press have another outstanding print release this week titled Moonshot. July 20th, 2014 marks the 45 anniversary that man first set foot upon the moon.

Almost everyone recognizes the names Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Not many people know the name of the third astronaut who was also along on that historic flight in Apollo 11. His name was Michael Collins. He travelled all the way to the moon, but never set foot on lunar soil. He stayed behind in the command module, pictured in this print.

This is Rob's tribute to those three brave men, that trip and everyone who helped to get them to the moon and back safely.

Notes:
- hand screen printed
- 18″ x 24″ on 100lb American made Cougar white cover weight paper
- Printed with water-based inks. Including silver metallic ink.

- Forty-fifth anniversary edition of 45 pcs. Signed and numbered. $25.00 each + shipping.

- "No text" edition of 5 pcs. Signed and numbered $45.00 each + shipping.

These (and a few Artist Proofs of his SOLD OUT "One Small Step" 2nd edition print) will go on sale July 16th at 6PM EST in the Tiny Bird Press Web Store.

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More Prints from Rob Schwagers Kids

Since Rob Schwager no longer work as a freelance artist in the comic book industry, he doesn’t get to spend as much quality time at home with his 3 children as he would like. Lately, they’ve been asking Rob lately to let them do some new art prints. He loves to encourage their creativity whenever he can. So, Rob devoted this past weekend to some “family print time” with them. The results were awesome!

Each child drew, color sepped and hand-printed their own piece. Rob's youngest son (7yo) hadn’t done a print before. He didn’t make many, but he had a great time anyway. They all had a blast!

"Astro-kitten" - printed by my 7 yo son.

"Cosmic Zombie" - printed by my 8 yo son.

"Reginald the Gentleman Octopus" - printed by my 11 yo daughter.

Each print is only $10 also

There’s video of them printing on the tinybirdpress instagram account. Check it out if you’d like: http://instagram.com/tinybirdpress

If you’re interested in supporting young artists and obtaining a copy of any of the kid’s prints, swing by the Tiny Bird Press store. Rob's kids would be very grateful. I keep bugging Rob to adopt me so I can make some with him but I can't convince him.

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Rob Schwager Tiny Bird Press Space Patrol Print Release

Rob Schwager has started 2014 with all engines firing with his Space Patrol print release from Tiny Bird Press.

"One night I was spending some quality time with my older son, sketching rockets and robots. We had such a great time together. The idea for this art print was born that night.

My vision for this art print was to make retro propaganda-style print using the rocket I had sketched with my son. A piece that hearkened back to early science fiction serials. Ones like Tom Corbett - Space Cadet, Captain Video, Buck Rogers, etc… " Rob Schwager

•Hand-printed serigraph
•18″ x 24″ on 100# French Speckletone paper
•Printed with water based, non-toxic ink
•Signed and numbered edition of 50 $25.00 each + shipping

Visit the Tiny Bird Press store for more pictures and ordering info

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Time and Space Print Rob Schwager Tiny Bird Press Release

Details from Rob Schwager on his new print release Time and Space:

As some of you know from one of my earlier prints, I've been a Doctor Who fan since the '80's. The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who is less than a month away and I can't wait!

Taking inspiration from one of my favorite comic book creators, what had started out as some random doodles while I was reading a Jack Kirby book, quickly blossomed into the TARDIS print.

"Time and Space", hand-printed edition of 90, 18"x24" $40

Available today (October 29th) starting at 7 pm EDT. at the Tiny Bird Press store.

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War of the Worlds Posters by Rob Schwager & Jason Abraham Smith Release Details

At Galerie F they love all things literary. For the Halloween season they thought best to honor the most terrifying moment in literature - Panic Broadcast. The famous reading of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" on public radio by actor Orson Welles sent waves of panic through the public, who thought the broadcast to be live news updates of an impending space invasion. On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles secured himself as a dramatist and linguistic force to be reckoned with.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Panic Broadcast, Rob Schawager of  Tiny Bird Press and Jason Abraham Smith from Lurk And Destroy created two Welles inspired exclusive prints.

Radio Drama by Tiny Bird Press. Edition of 50, 18"x24" featuring metallic inks. $40

Cosmic Eyes by Jason Abraham Smith. Edition of 40, 18"x24". $30

Available for view and purchase on Monday, October 28th at 2PM CST www.galerief.com

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A Boy and his Big Blue Box Rob Schwager Print Release

Details from Rob Schwager on his terrific new print releasing this week through Tiny Bird Press:

When I was a kid, I used to run home from school to watch my favorite TV shows. One of them, was this British television program that ran on WTTW, (the PBS station in Chicago). It was a quirky science fiction show about a time traveller called the Doctor. He and his companions whisked around space and time in a blue phone booth looking thing called a Police Box.

The year was 1980. The show was called Doctor Who, and I, was hooked.

The Doctor at that time was played by an actor named Tom Baker, who wore a ridiculously long scarf. I decided I needed a long scarf too. I wrote a letter to some long forgotten address I obtained, and received a knitting pattern for the scarf. I somehow talked my grandmother into making one for me. It was awesome. Even though I was ridiculed mercilessly by my peers for wearing it, my love for the 4th Doctor and his adventures never diminished.

Well, it just so happens that 2013 is the 50th year anniversary of Doctor Who. It's the longest running science fiction television series in the world.

This is my homage to those days from my youth. Days that were filled with countless hours spent watching Doctor Who and pretending that I too, could travel in space and time.

“A Boy and his Big Blue Box” •Hand-printed serigraph by Rob Schwager
•19″ x 25″ on 100# French Speckletone paper
•Printed with water based non-toxic ink
•11 screens
•Signed and numbered edition of 130

The print will be released on Friday, May 31st at 8:00 PM EDT. at the Tiny Bird Press webstore.

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Tiny Bird Press Houdini: The Great Escape Print by Rob Schwager Release Details

Details from Rob Schwager:

I first learned about Harry Houdini when I was a little kid, one lazy Sunday afternoon while watching the 1953 film starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, on TV.
In that movie, there's mention of a great magician, named Von Schwager.
Naturally, I had to find out more about this magician who shared a similar surname with me.
I poured over whatever Houdini books that I could get at the library to find out about this mysterious "Von Schwager" person. Turns out, he was just a character made up for the movie. However, in doing all this reading, I came to learn a great deal about the incredible man known as Houdini. I became obsessed. I learned of his meager upbringing. His drive to excel at whatever he did. His incredible work ethic. How reading a book about magician Robert-Houdin, at an early age changed his life and set him on the path that would eventually make "Houdini" a household name. He was the catalyst for my life-long love of the art of magic.
In celebration of Harry Houdini's 139th birthday, (March 24th) I'm releasing this print, as a small tribute to him. The man who had made a giant impact on my life and inspired my imagination.
Happy birthday Harry. Your legend lives on….

Details:

•Hand-pulled screen print
•18″ x 24″ on 100# Cougar Natural paper.
•Printed with water based non-toxic ink
•Metallic silver and metallic gold inks
•Signed and numbered, limited edition of 30

The print will be put up for sale on Thursday, March. 21st at 7PM EST., at the Tiny Bird Press webstore.

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Tiny Bird Press Orange Crate Kid Print Release Details

Wood Variant

Rob Schwager of Tiny Bird Press is very excited to announce his first print of the new year.

Just like Rob's first "Remember When" print the "bomber boy," this piece pays tribute to a simpler time. A boy, his dog and his orange crate scooter.

Most kids these days don't know what it's like to play outside for hours on end. My children are guilty of it as well. They're consumed with technology and hand-held gadgets at every turn. When I was a kid, we'd leave the house as early as possible, have adventures outside all day long and then we'd practically have to be hunted down by our parents after dark to come in for dinner and then eventually bed. -Rob Schwager

"Orange Crate Kid"

Notes:
- Hand-printed
- 18″ x 24″ on 100lb American made Cougar natural cover weight paper
- Printed with water based non-toxic inks
- Signed and numbered, edition of 100

**Wood variant - 5 pieces printed on 1/2" thick top choice blonde wood panel.**


Both go on sale Tuesday, January 29th at 7PM Eastern time in the Tiny Bird Press store.

http://tinybirdpress.storenvy.com/

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Heads Up New Artist David Allen "Hoc Furatus" Print

I'll let David tell you about his new print in his own words:

I've been learning how to tattoo for the past 6 years and have let my personal art slip. After reading about a 12 year old Michelangelo taking a widely distributed Schongauer print and using it as a basis to explore painting, I was inspired to pick up a pen again and do the same.
This is my rendering of Schongauer's torment and Michelangelo's painting.
Hoc Furatus - "This is Stolen"

• Hand-pulled screen print by Rob Schwager
  
• 19″ x 25″ on 100# French Speckletone paper. (French Paper)
  
• Printed with water based non-toxic ink
  
• Signed and numbered, limited edition of 100 
• Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated

Each print is hand-printed by my good friend, Rob Schwager, at Tiny Bird Press. Because each print is hand-crafted, please expect small variations. Each is unique and original; no two prints are exactly alike... enjoy that!

Buy it HERE

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