Poster makers Vice Press have just launched a new poster by top artist Paul Mann, celebrating Universal’s classic 1930’s horror film, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff.

When Vice Press first kicked off their Universal Monsters series with Bottleneck Gallery, Paul Mann was at the top of the list of artists the team at the high quality poster makers wanted to with.

“He delivered exactly what we imagined with his poster for Frankenstein, and now continues the series with his take on The Mummy,” say the team.

The Frankenstein posters have sold out at Vice Press, although Paul Mann himself is still offering signed copies of the Variant Edition through his official web site.

Released in collaboration with Bottleneck Gallery, Paul’s officially licensed poster captures Boris Karloff’s take on Ardeth Bay/ Imhotep from the 1933 classic.

To truly capture Paul’s stunning painting, Vice Press are once again releasing this piece as a lithograph print on 300gsm archival paper.

Paul Mann has been an active illustrator and professional artist in America’s Salt Lake City area for 40 years. He has perfected his craft through numerous publications, gallery pieces and commission projects.

Based in Sheffield, Vice Press are dedicated to producing the best officially licensed art, posters and merchandise for favourite cult and mainstream movies, television shows, comics, books and games. Co-founded by artist Matt Ferguson, Vice Press work with new and established artists and designers from across the world to create diverse and distinctive products for fans like ourselves to add to their collection and display in their home.

• The Mummy by Paul Mann is available exclusively at Vice-Press.com now

• Paul Mann is online at paulmannartist.com

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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