A collage featuring a bold illustration of purple grapes spilling from a simple line-drawn wooden crate. The image is layered over a vintage postcard of a snowy mountain with the text “Mt. Rainier” visible.

Awesome screen printed gig posters from Swiss designer Comet Substance

Words: James Cartwright
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Date: 6 March 2013; Work
Graphic Design
Illustration

Comet Substance is the poster-making screen-printing alter ego of Swiss (naturally) graphic designer Ronny Hunger. Ronny mostly produces posters for local shows in Zürich and Luzern but he’s also done the odd piece for events further afield in Chicago and Barcelona. But we want to see his posters everywhere as his combination of found imagery, hacked graphic symbols and experimental type treatments are an absolute dream, perfectly symbolising the tendency for pinching sounds from all manner of musical genres practiced by the bands they promote.

A collage poster for the band The War on Drugs. A jagged, pixelated edge reveals a vintage scene of a pirate ship and people in an orange gondola. Bold text reads “THE WAR ON DRUGS”, with red lines striking through each word. Smaller text below lists the date “September 23th”, the venue “Grüner Jäger Hamburg” and the “Reeperbahn Festival”. — Above
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A collage poster featuring abstract shapes, textured red patterns and black-and-white line work. Bold text at the bottom reads “NEON INDIAN”, followed by the date “Donnerstag 4. August” and the venue “EXIL Zürich”. — Above
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A collage poster featuring abstract geometric shapes, black and white patterns, and fragments of stone textures over a yellow background. Text on the right reads “MOON DUO” and “4. November 2012 (So)”. At the bottom, smaller text reads “Moon Duo (USA)” and “Palace – Blumenbergplatz · 9000 St.Gallen”, followed by a website address. — Above
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A collage poster for “Flat-stock” at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. The design features a mix of abstract line drawings, a photograph of a building, and fragmented shapes in yellow, pink and blue. — Above
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A collage featuring a glass building, a green striped tent, and a yellow beach umbrella. A central scrap of paper reads “DIVINE FITS” above a short list of ingredients. Text at the bottom reads “Oct 25 2012 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium”. — Above
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A collage featuring a photograph of a building interior layered with a black and white illustration of a textured, organic shape resting on a wooden log. Below the imagery, a layout of text includes the names “Damo Suzuki”, “Frank Mottier” and “Lukas Müller”. — Above
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A collage poster featuring a surreal arrangement of a rocky mountain, a green liquid-filled tank, and a floating white block. A blue circle containing a smiling face sits in the upper right. Text at the bottom reads “erasedtapes presents: CLOUD NOTHINGS (USA)” followed by the date “Mo. 23. Mai 2011” and the venue “Treibhaus Luzern”. — Above
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A graphic poster for Cass McCombs featuring a fragmented, black and white illustration of a face. The figure is set against a backdrop of bold pink and black abstract shapes. Text at the bottom lists tour dates in “St. Gallen”, “Luzern” and “Bad Bonn Düdingen”. — Above
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A collage poster featuring a vintage image of a person using a hand mixer to whip pink batter in a glass bowl. A black and white torn scrap of paper is laid over the image, reading “Sugarshit Sharp: Battles & Aie Ca Gicle”. Event details below read “Do, 15.09.11 • 20.30h Clubraum Rote Fabrik”. — Above
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A collage-style poster featuring abstract shapes, line drawings and bold colours. Central text in a white bubble reads “HAUNTED GRAFFITI”, with “ARIEL PINK’S” written above in a cloud. The design includes a pink 3D block, a blue rectangle and a yellow background. Text at the bottom lists the artist as “Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (USA)” and the venue as “Palace” in St. Gallen. — Above
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A collage featuring a black and white photo of a person in a baseball cap alongside a blue graphic of a figure. Red and blue oval shapes contain the repeated text “AIE CA GICLE”, while black hand-drawn triangles scatter across the composition. — Above
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A collage featuring a graphic illustration of purple grapes spilling from a wooden crate. The image is layered over a vintage postcard of a snow-capped mountain and pine trees, with the text “Paradise Inn on Mt. Rainier” running vertically. — Above
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www.cometsubstance.com

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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