Tag Archives: ed big daddy roth

men with pin stripes

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Rod & Custom (Combined with HOP UP) March 1955 issue Photograph: Ralph Poole Design: Wayne Bender Art Director: Wayne Bender The cover’s custom station wagon by kustom-king George Barris … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips, Uncategorized | Tagged art summers, bill harrah, dean jeffries, ed big daddy roth, george barris, hokey ass message boards, jesse marinoff reyes, ralph poole, von dutch, wayne bender | Leave a comment

saint paul : step on the hem of his garment

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …the truth as i see it is that that paul rand had the good fortune to be a great arrogant hustler/salesman. he arrived late on the scene, stole from the best of the best (the pioneers … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged alexey brodovitch, american graphic design, art chantry, burt goldblatt, Cal Schenkel, david stone martin, ed big daddy roth, frank zachary, graphic design, harry chester, herbert bayer, jack kirby, Lester Beall, nathan gluck, nike missiles, Paul Rand, paul rand art for industry, ralph steadman, reid miles, reid miles blue note, steve heller, Steven Heller, Terry Gilliam, victor moscoso, westinghouse logo, william golden | Leave a comment

label makers ( exhibit a )

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) back in the late 80′s, i met a guy starting a new record label. his name was dave crider and his label was called “estrus”. (yeah, ESTRUS. look it up.) i’d been doing work for sub … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, bettie page, bruce pavitt, bruce pavitt sub pop, chris coop cooper, darren merinuk, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, ed big daddy roth, ed fotheringham, frank kozik, joe newton, peter bagge, Richard M. Powers, sub pop records, the mono men, the mortals estrus records | Leave a comment

thinking stupid: what made america great

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is a page form an old promotional advertising coloring book (“you, know! for the kids!”) created to promote washington state to tourists. it’s from before the seattle world’s fair (1962) so, it goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, children's coloring books, ed big daddy roth, hanford atomic works, Seattle World`s Fair | Leave a comment

talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): back when i was art directing the rocket, i had a constant parade of “talent” approaching me for work. because the rocket was literally the ONLY kiosk in town to do anything fun or kool in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged adrian frutiger, art chantry, bob newman, bob newman the rocket, callahan comic panel artist, carl smool, charles burns, david carson, david carson raygun magazine, denny eichhorn, ed big daddy roth, gary larsen, Gary Panter, Harvey Pekar, holly tuttle, love battery, lynda barry, matt groening, Milton Glaser, pete bagge, randy willoughby, rat fink comic strip, Robert Crumb, ron huage the simpsons, sub pop records, Ted Bundy, the rocket newspaper, walter dorwin teague associates | Leave a comment

weirdo-oh’s

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this was for the ‘weird-oh’s” trading cards. these were hot rod monsters ala ‘rat fink’ and ‘mr. gasser’. these are based more on the work of stanley ‘mouse’ miller’s hot rod monster style rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, campbell weird-oh's kits, ed big daddy roth, garbage pail kids, hot rod monster style, jim campbell illustrator, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, stanley miller, sticker monster trading cards | Leave a comment

rat fink

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) ED ROTH (given the name”big daddy” by one of his model kit clients) is one of those iconic pop culture figures of the last half-century. there is an awful lot of things that we take for … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged AIGA, bill selby, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, glen bray, howie pyro, jamie hernandez, Kenneth Howard, kenneth howard von dutch, knott's berry farm, kustom kulture, manwell pin striper, matt groening, michael manwaring, Milton Glaser, nathan gluck, peter bagge, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, stanley miller, steve heller, Steven Heller, Tom Wolfe | 2 Comments

copied out

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ok, here’s that image by edmund sullivan that mouse spotted. this is the entire page i reproduce, rust stains and all. i don’t quite understand the whole “copyright crazy” era we’re in. when i started … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged bill graham, ed big daddy roth, ed roth, edmund sullivan, kenneth howard von dutch, Owsley Bear Stanley, Owsley Stanley, rat fink, rob thomas, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, stanley miller, von dutch | Leave a comment

with fins: trapped out of time

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i often get asked to do ‘presentations’ or ‘lectures’ or ‘talks’ (i dunno what to call them) where i stand in front of groups of people and show my work and talk about my ideas. it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, chevrolet belair, david carson, ed big daddy roth, Harley Earl, harley earl motorama, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, raymond loewy, sagmeister, the chevy nomad | Leave a comment

buster: salvaged by tried and true nobodies…

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Art

buster keaton… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i just wanted to share this 8×10 b&w glossy photo of buster keaton wearing one of ed ‘big daddy’ roth’s “surfink” tshirts. amazing, huh? seems like everybody was wearing those things back then, … Continue reading →