Home to $1 Movies, Animation Festivals and the occasional
homeless, the Mesa Cinema may be gone but is surely not forgotten. The current site of Mother's Market at 19th/Newport Blvd.
My favorite memory of the Mesa Cinema was the iconic signage
that brightly welcomed me home each day from inland commutes on OC Freeways.
Traffic behind, I saw that bold signage peaking above Newport Boulevard and I
immediately relaxed, knowing my little bungalow was just around the corner.
A lover of Americana and other fading relics, I took a photo
of that colorful signage a few days before demolition and eventually converted
that image into a silkscreen for shirts and stickers. I still have a box of
these in my closet and recently had a huge canvas giclee printed which proudly hangs at Jimmy's Burgers in Costa Mesa.
Mesa Cinema 40 x 30 Mounted Canvas Giclee
$600 (Yeah, I know, but they cost $500 to produce.)
Other sizes available
Here is how it looks above the fireplace. (Not my fireplace)
Or, might I interest in you in one of these wearable
conversation-pieces and passport into circles otherwise forbidden?...
Other sizes available
Here is how it looks above the fireplace. (Not my fireplace)
Or, might I interest in you in one of these wearable
conversation-pieces and passport into circles otherwise forbidden?...
Mesa Cinema Tee-Shirts
$20 + $5 shipping (Includes free vinyl sticker)
Black Only.
Men's Hanes Beefy Tees (M-L-XL)
Women's Cotton Tee or Knit Tank-Top (S-M)
Toddler (18-24 mo)
Maybe you've seen one of these stickers around town...
Maybe you've seen one of these stickers around town...
Mesa Cinema 4x5 Vinyl Stickers
Free with Teeshirt, or $5 each.
And, of course, the original photograph taken just days before demolition of the theater...
Mesa Cinema 8x10 Glossies with tasteful white border
Only $10 and suitable for framing.
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