One morning during SXSW, I walked through Flatstock, the show of music poster art. Once, it was dominated by images from drive-in culture: Betty Page and pin-up girls, hot rods, the walking dead from EC Comics. Now, posters for shows by the Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie and the like are illustrated by Chris Ware-alikes. 

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