The first issue of Powertrip Worldwide, “Play”, is dedicated to the worlds of jiu-jitsu, judo, and wrestling. Through striking visuals, in-depth stories, and a raw, unfiltered perspective, the fanzine explores the culture, history, and techniques of grappling. Inside the Riso printed pages you can expect a mix of insightful interviews, personal accounts, and bold design that captures the spirit of combat sports. This inaugural issue explores play as a mode and motivation for our training. It is limited to 335 copies in its original colorway and comes with a large poster.

The publisher choose Sharp Earth for paragraph text and played with Emma Piercy’s latest release Ceraph and members of Marc Rouault’s Doss collection: Exaflop, Acid, and Problem. They also used Vertigo, an unreleased typeface by My-Lan Thuong.

Art and direction by Yego BJJ.
Contributors: Joe Staples, Kenny Florian, Joe Hannan, Scott Sievewright, Blake Kasemeier, Uday Malhotra, Jimmy Jolliff, Andy Kennedy-Derkay, Margot Ciccarelli, Surfight, Mark Patrick Harrington, Violet Xanthe Bennett Isaac Sanders Bryant, Luke Abiol.

The poster uses Cooper Black for “FIGHT” and an unidentified sans for “POWERTRIP”.

Poster from the collection of the National Library of Norway for an appearance of the circus led by Norwegian wrestler and strongman, Karl Norbeck, with performances that include “Bullpunching”. Someone has written 1900 as a date on the poster, but Norbeck apparently hadn’t purchased his circus until 1904 (the next year with June 23rd falling on a Saturday, as specified on the poster, would have been 1906).

Regardless of its exact date, the poster features a smorgasbord of decorative 19th-century typefaces typical of the typographic styles at the turn of the 20th century – some that were fairly common at the time and others that are much harder to find in historical use. The N in ‘Norbeck’ appears to be upside-down.

The printing credit at the bottom of the poster specifies the source as ‘‘Trondhjem, Lie & Sundts Bogtrykkeri”.

See the related listing at the National Library of Norway.

Full transcription:

CIRKUS VARIETEE.
Brydekjæmpen
Norbeck
Lørdag den 23de Juni Kl. 8 Aften
paa Skøitebanetomten.
Optræden af den
Norske Turner Ole Kristiansen.
Enestaaende Præstationer i Stolpyramide, Trapetz og romerske Ringe.
Mr. Oscardo.
Haandekvilibrist, enestaaende uden Conkurrance.
Hr. Westby.
Nutidens bedste Slangeimitatør.
– Non plus ultra –
Komiker Bøe.
Søskende Westby, Norsk Halling- og Springdans.
– Orginale Dragter og Dans. –
Optræden af den berømte Dumme Peter Balskansky.
Stor Suces fra Akershusfestlighederne.
Hr. Norbeck
giver Opvisning i
amerikansk Køllesving, Løftning.
Løfter Vegt fra 50 Kg. till 500.
Nyt. Bullpunching. Interessant.
Billetpriser: 1ste Plads Kr. 1.00, 2den Plads 75, staaende 50 Ore.
Billetter erholdes ved Indgangen fra 1 Time før Forestillingen begynder.
God Musik.

Ærbødigst
Karl Norbeck,
Direktør.

Trondhjem, Lie & Sundts Bogtrykkeri.

Ad for the WCW/nWo Halloween Havoc TV special, featuring Crackhouse as the primary typeface. Designed by Jeremy Dean for House Industries in 1994, this font is a grunged version of condensed Franklin Gothic.

UnderConsideration translated the design of the original hardcover edition of Lucha Loco down to a smaller paperback format. The typography is changed from the previous edition, using the exhuberant Carmen Fiesta typeface from Typerepublic.

Bodega Sans has been used as the official typeface for WrestleMania since 2001 with exceptions in 2006 (22) and in 2007 (23).