Los Angeles art group LA Pop Art wrote out every word from the first 11 chapters of Lewis Carroll's novel, "Alice in Wonderland", to create an illustration from the story. This piece is so AMAZING Ripley's Believe it or Not feature it in their Annual Edition. From a distance it appears to be solid color, but almost every inch of the artwork is formed from Lewis Caroll's own words, written clearly in felt-tip pens. The text was written upside down so that the artist didn't smudge the ink.

If you have not seen their work it's a must see and it has been a early best seller this fall. Check out the full portfolio of images, available as stocked posters and all POD substrates.

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Power is back on and we are shipping today! All employees came to work with boots on, mop buckets in hand ready to pitch in and get the place cleaned up. I am amazed at the progress. Some rooms are nearly back to normal and in some cases cleaner than before. Orders will still be backed up for a few days but we are doing our best to catch up.

McGaw cleanup crew

The entire company worked hard to clean the building. Here Gordon Black proudly stands with Bruce and Angela McGaw.

Cleaning up the grounds after Irene flooding

Clean up crews worked day and night to remove the sediment deposited by the flooding. Here a bobcat clears our shipping entrance.

Due to tropical storm Irene, McGaw Graphics will be partially closed until later this week. Our main office, warehouse and manufacturing facility sustained flooding and has been without power since Sunday. You can still reach our customer service team in Orangeburg at 888.4BMcGaw to place an order and receive updates. The inventory has not been effected by the damage and we should be shipping later this week, we will keep you posted as more information is known. Thank you for your patience through this time.

Driveway damaged by Irene flooding

Our Driveway turned into a riverbed as water erroded the blacktop down to one lane.

Water line on building after Irene flooding

View from back of the building. You can see the water line was over 2 feet high. Plenty of standing water 24 hrs after rain stopped.

Property damage caused by Irene flooding

View from out our shipping door, dubbed McGaw beach.

Bruce's office flooded by Irene

Bruce McGaw's office after water receded, the mud and silt remains.

Hallway flooding caused by Irene

One of our hallways looks more like a muddy stream.

Sand bar deposited by Irene

View out a door, notice the large sand bar covering the sidewalk. A pallet in view was dragged a couple hundred yards away.

Registered users of our site now have their wholesale discount applied to web orders. For current customers just login and we will take care of the rest. If you are a non-registered user, you will need to create an account and if you are an existing McGaw customer your current discount is applied automatically. Note, there is a separate discount for published and distributed items. Distributed items are marked on the image detail page with a blue diamond.

The Image Detail view displays pricing information, we now show both the retail and wholesale (discounted) pricing side by side.

Discount Price

The wholesale price is also reflected in the cart through out the ordering process.

Discount Cart

On your account page you will notice a new section "Discounts" which displays both the Published and Distributed Discounts.

Discounts Account

If you have any issues contact our customer service team at 888-4-BMCGAW.

Christie's Andy Warhol "Self-Portrait, 1963-1964"Economic woes around the world have not dampened fervor for world-class art. Despite sluggish economic growth in the U.S. and an incipient economic crisis in the E.U., art sales continue to climb upward, equaling and at times surpassing numbers from the salad days of 2006 and 2007. The just-released statistics from Christie's about the company's performance in the first half of the year offer a case in point.

Overall, the company earned £2 billion ($3.2 billion) over the first half of the year, a 15 percent increase over last year's £1.7 billion ($2.6 billion). When asked about the potential impact of economic turmoil on future performance, a spokesperson for Christie's told ARTINFO that the auction house is "cautiously optimistic that the art market will continue to grow and prosper."

The top lot for the first half of the year was a self-portrait by Andy Warhol (1963-64), which sold in New York at the May Post-War and Contemporary evening sale, fetching $38.4 million. Overall, almost all numbers trended upward. The number of lots sold increased by 30 percent year-over-year. Private sales were up a whopping 57 percent. European sale totals topped £800 million ($1.3 billion), a 24 percent increase from last year. Sales in Hong Kong increased by 48 percent to total £296 million ($482.5 million). Read the full article here.

McGaw offers many different Warhol self-portraits.

Self-Portrait, 1964 (teal), Self-Portrait, 1964 (green) and Self-Portrait, 1964 (on green) to name a few.

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In what is being called the best film of the "Pirates" franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be released in Disney Digital 3D this friday May 20th.   

Johnny Depp reprises his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, and Penelope Cruz joins the cast as the alluring Pirate Angelica.  Never quite able to avoid adventure and intrigue, Captain Jack finds himself on an unexpected journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth.  This journey, of course, is not without its perils.  All the while, Jack must overcome the barbarous Blackbeard and his zombie crew, the beguiling Angelica, and a host of dangerously enchanting mermaids.

As your premiere source for Disney images, we have added 3 exciting new prints for the latest edition to the blockbuster Pirates franchise.  Captain Jack Sparrow and the beautiful Angelica stand poised before the churning sea in these dynamic prints. Don't miss this opportunity to get a jump on product for this summer blockbuster. Place your order today!  

Stock Check: Stock check feature

As a publisher, we strive to keep every print in stock sufficient for your order. It's inevitable in any business to have inventory shortages or remove slow selling SKUs from the catalog. You asked for a way to view SKU inventory online, and we responded with up to date stock availability, dubbed "Stock Check".

Simply create an account (this requires verification first), and this new feature is unlocked. Click the Stock check link and start entering SKUs for the latest availability. Add one at a time or in a string separated by spaces. We also let you name and save the list for future use. Once saved the list is exportable in CSV or PDF formats! You can view the product thumbnail or the full image detail right from this list. Come back at any time and check on your saved items for updated availability.

There are 3 levels of availability, more will be provided in the future.

• INS = in stock
• OOS = temporarily out of stock
• OOP = out of print (poster may be OOP but more than likely available print on demand

Creating an account not only unlocks the Stock check feature, but a whole slew of other great features.

• Wish list - save favorite images for later, share with associates or clients and soon create presentations.
• Shopping Cart - save time and order directly online
• POD pricing - wholesale pricing shared only with our customers
• COMING SOON- Discount price - our site pricing is based on retail, your wholesale price with your custom discount will be applied

McGaw artists are always creating new and exciting pieces. We will be releasing these new creations as Print on Demand at the beginning of every month so you are up to date with the latest and greatest. Check back montly, better yet, sign up for our newsletter to receive an email as soon as they go up. Print on Demand is available on 3 substrates, Poster Paper, Giclée Paper or Canvas in up 8 sizes.

April's releases features artists John Golden, Jenn Ski, Nancy Ortenstone, Disney, Linda Ketelhut, Karen Tusinski and Erin Clark.

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As the leader in print on demand (POD), McGaw is always striving to be one step ahead of the competition. We already have one of the largest POD archives and most advanced printing departments in the industry, but we have not stopped there. Our extensive line of PODable images and printing technology are always under improvement. The POD archive is available on heavy weight matte paper, giclée stock and canvas. In the art market, archival giclée stock has typically been a product reserved only for limited edition prints. McGaw however, offers this high quality product on all PODable images without the high price tag.

Although there are a lot of options in the marketplace of digital printing, the Holy Grail of giclée stock just did not exist. I have searched and tested everything I can get my hands on but to get exactly what I wanted, I had to build it. We worked with paper mills and manufacturers directly to merge the best technology and products into our new "Fab Giclée" stock, as I have dubbed it. It's the perfect blend of weight, texture, finish and white point. Weighing in at 230 gsm the product has just the right amount of texture, a vibrand but matte finish and just a slight tint of paper color for a more natural look. The new coating and ink combination also make the prints more scratch resistant. This comes in extremely handy when working with an image with huge areas of dense blacks and strong colors like Warhol's "Beethoven, 1987 (blue face) W1206-8G in an oversize 52x52. Fab Giclée is shipping now, see our Print on Demand page for more details.

• Fab Giclée specs:
• Acid Free archival quality
• Lightfast inks for longevity
• 230 gsm weight
• Rich blacks and very strong color density
• Medium texture, natural color
• Scuff resitant
• Excellent price point

McGaw has also implemented a new eco-friendly ink set on all of our giclée printers. The new inkset is a re-usable cart system eliminating the need to continually manufacture new cartridges and the huge amount of waste hitting landfills every year. Some sources put that figure at more than 650 million printer cartridges around the world, with 450 million being discarded in the USA alone. Some sources have them as high as 750 million worldwide. The amount is increasing annually, but it has ceased at McGaw, we will never throw another cartridge away!

Just in time for what would have been Elvis’ 75 Birthday, we are releasing a collection of 12 new prints featuring iconic black and white photographs of Elvis, along with some of his most notable quotes.  The images and quotes are officially licensed with Elvis Presley Enterprises and cover the breadth of his career from the earliest days in Memphis to the glitz of Las Vegas.  Through extensive research, we have selected quotes and photos that capture the many sides of Elvis the Icon, who’s popularity endures beyond music trends and fads.

Elvis Quotes 

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo Mississippi.  Inspired and influenced by the pop, country, gospel, and R&B music he grew up with, Elvis went on to become the best selling recording artist of all time.  His credits include 33 successful films, several notable and ground-breaking television appearances, over 1 Billion records sold worldwide, and 14 Grammy nominations.  It can easily be said that Elvis is one of the most important figures of 20^th century Pop culture whose image and words live on in present day.