San Antonio print shop Cat Palace gets glowing reviews for its throwback black-light posters
A"Lost Boys" black-light poster designed by artist Marty"Riet" McEwen and printed by Cat Palace Screen Printing in Selma.Black-light posters were all the rage in the 1960s and '70s with their psychedelic depictions of acid trips, mythical creatures and Jimi Hendrix. Half a century later, a married couple from San Antonio has reanimated the old hippie art form with modern horror and monsters of rock.
Meanwhile, the Garzas also have printed artistic homages to “Creepshow,” “The Lost Boys” and other fan art frights that have collectors screaming for more.“In a way we’re kind of helping to bring that back a little bit,” Jesse Garza said. “We didn’t set out to do that. But once we started doing this and realizing all the potential and just how beautiful these prints look, it just becomes more and more something that we want to pursue.
Cat Palace is one of just a handful of companies in the United States that specializes in small runs of flocked black-light posters, usually just 50 copies of the highest quality. The Garzas’ journey into black-light poster printing started in 2019 when Jesse was invited to be part of a book dedicated to artists on Instagram. Jesse, a veteran screen-printer who launched Cat Palace with Dawn in 1996, offered to make a flocked poster of the book cover to promote its release.Jesse Garza prepares to make a batch of posters at Cat Palace Screen Printing, a print shop in Selma he runs with his wife, Dawn.
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