It ’s been 50 years since the Hellenic British skill fiction series The Prisoner debuted on tv set . Since then the show been remade , re - air out , copied , and referenced , but never duplicated . Though it was n’t on the air for long , The Prisoner is a show deserving lionize , and these officially licensed poster do just that .
The card are by creative person Chris Weston , a lifelong Prisoner fan . They go on sale Thursday , September 28 through Vice Press .
Each placard is 50 cm by 70 curium , which is 19.68 in by 27.56 in . The even version , which is in color , is an edition of 125 and costs £ 40 ( or around $ 54 ) . The mordant and white variation is an variation of 60 and cost £ 50 ( around $ 68 ) .
They go on sale at 1 pm EST on September 28 atVice Press .
“ I ’ve made no arcanum about how The Prisoner is my pet television set show of all time , ” Weston said in a statement . “ I first saw it when it was repeated on Channel 4 on Monday nights during 1983 - 4 . All my protagonist determine it too , and we ’d run to school day on a Tuesday morning to meet up and discuss what we ’d seen the night before . We ’d excitedly put up our theories about what it all think of and where it was going . ”
“ I have always wanted to make my own aesthetic testimonial to The Prisoner , ” he continued . “ Fortuitously , my admirer at Vice Press offered me the chance to carry through my womb-to-tomb ambition to make a loving artistic court , time to co-occur with the show ’s fiftieth day of remembrance , and these novel official silkscreen prints are the upshot . I could not have been more delighted and I pour out nub and mortal into the project . I wanted to create The Prisoner bill that my school - supporter and I would have wanted for our bedroom walls , right smart back in the 1980s ! ”
We think he succeeded .
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