Posters and such

I've been moving into my new studio apartment this past week (and for the next month) and I was quite literally disgusted by the amount of stuff I have accumulated since moving back from Boston almost two years ago! I'm also disgusted by the amount of perfectly good stuff I left in Boston because replacing all that shit is EXPENSIVE. :( I'm currently couchless and will probably remain so until I convince my mom to buy a new one and take her old one.

On the upside, this move has finally motivated me to get my 13 or so art prints framed. I started with these:



I've had the Zombirella art print for about 4 years (ooops) so I figured I should probably put that shit in a frame so it retains some form of value, hehe. And if you know me, The Hives poster is a no-brainer. What up skullflower! Also good to know, that Hives poster is now worth about $300! Daaaaamn. The next to be framed will be:




Unfortunately The Bravery poster got a tad scratched at some point :( I was obsessed with that poster for about a year and by the time I FINALLY decided to buy it, it was no longer available ANYWHERE. By happy chance, I was visiting Boston and remembered Newbury Comics had one about 7 months before . . . and they still had it!!! Yay. I'll still have about 7 more to frame after these three but at about $70 a pop, I CANNOT afford to frame them all. I mean, REALLY AARON BROTHERS??? $70 for your cheapest frame (I know, I used to work there) and some not-that-great glass? I even saved $20 because I put it together myself. And honestly, I only put it together myself because I remember how artwork is treated in the back room. You only need to see someone gouge a priceless Betty Page lithograph with the edge of some glass ONE TIME before you know you'll NEVER let them touch your artwork. And it was real nice of them to not enclose the glass in foam core so I still need to buy some nice acid-free backing. Jackasses. There's always a huge sale going on at Michael's for custom framing but I haven't decided if I'll even dare let them measure the posters, people used to come to Aaron Bros. all the time to get their botched Michael's framing jobs fixed. Uuuuugh. Does anyone know of a decent (non-crazy expensive) framing shop in the North Bay?? Help a sister (and her awesome posters) out!