I ended my last posting with the 32nd Anniversary poster
and as luck would have it, I have an image of the
33rd Anniversary Poster,
by the very talented Paul Rivoche,
to begin this posting with.
For some reason, I cannot locate a 34th Anniversary Poster
and I cannot be sure that one was even made.
Think about it, that would have been the 2011 edition
and the Silver Snail had bigger fish to fry, namely
finding a new location!
Not only that but it was also the year that Mark Gingras and George Zotti, bought out the original owner, Ron Van Leeuwen.
Turbulent times indeed.
The 35th Anniversary Poster,
strangely, still carries the old street address,
367 Queen Street West,
despite the fact that, around that time,
the store relocated to it's present location at 329 Yonge Street.
It was from the talented hand of Kalman Andrasofszky.
The 36th Anniversary Poster,
which I also don't have a copy of but fortunately,
the Silver Snail has on their web pages,
was commissioned from the talented
Phil Noto.
It is also the first poster to display the new address.
The 37th Anniversary Poster,
was commissioned from the artist
Skottie Young,
who was continuing to make his mark, on the comic book world, in 2013.
The 38th Anniversary Poster,
was commissioned from the exceptionally talented illustrator,
Dave Johnson.
I love the whimsical way that he transformed the robot mascot, Bobo, into a scurrying cartoonist, spilling pages of artwork, from his portfolio.
A fitting image for 2014.
Bear with me, because we are almost to the end of our journey; at least, as far as we can go, at the moment!
The 39th Anniversary Poster,
was commissioned from
Francesco Francavilla,
who turned in a lovely "duet",
featuring his character, The Black Beetle.
So ends 2015.
For the 40th Anniversary Poster,
it is perhaps fitting, that the commission went to a Canadian artist,
Cary Nord.
Summer of 2016.
I happen to think that this is one of the best, possibly because, to me, it harkens back to the earlier examples and Ken Steacy's
illustrations of the Bobo robot character.
So, there you have it. We are rapidly coming to the end of another year and that means, provided the venerable Silver Snail remains viable, the chance of another Anniversary Poster!
We wait, with bated breath, to see who will do the art for it.
