Poster of the Week: Manned Missiles, Joyce Manor and Babar at Rubber Gloves on July 6

Is that the disembodied head of a paper mache raccoon? With lasers coming out of its eyes? Yes. And that’s pretty awesome.

Designed by former Eaton Lake Tonics principle singer-songwriter Tony Ferraro,
this poster goes the extra mile. The starke whit text on top of the
faded black background alone is fairly striking. So, too, the red tag at
the bottom, denoting the venue. It’s even a nice touch to see the tag
extend out to the edge of the design here, breaking the border — just
as it does with the black text at the bottom that marks the venue
address, cover charge and showtime start.

But then Ferraro went and added a raccoon head. And he added lasers
coming out of its eyes. And he had the lasers running off to the edge of
the page, too, just like the red tag at the bottom, nicely tying those
two design elements together. Clever. And kind of nerdy, too. Not unlike
the bands on this bill. (That’s compliment, by the way; to be a nerd is
to be cool in 2011, in case you haven’t noticed.)

Anyway, well done. Ferraro, clearly, is a man of many talents.

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