Tag Archives: the rocket newspaper

designerly

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) one thing i feel compelled to show off is the little known fact that The Rocket (my alma mater) could actually look beautiful, too. we tend to display the outrageous and the infamous stuff about that … Continue reading →

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ozzy zine

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i was packing up my studio (yet another move!) and was going through some more piles of crap and found an old proof sheet from the rocket days. it’s probably from the late 80′s and i … Continue reading →

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crackpot culture: festering in deep dark places

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) YESTERDAY, i spent some time talking about lynda barry and her early days at the rocket in seattle. one of the things that was so important about that magazine was that it was an outlet for … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, executive producer the simpsons, lynda barry, ron huage, ron huage the simpsons, the rocket newspaper | Leave a comment

old school real deal

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Art

never underestimate the power of old punks… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) TRY as i might, i just can’t get over these old school punky posters. the sheer unadulterated PURITY of these things will forever boggle my mind. every time … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged art chantry, dan collins posters, dana collins, jack chick, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, jerky boys movie, jim phillips, mark brooks, the accused rock band, the rocket newspaper, victor burleigh, west word denver | 1 Comment

pablo

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THERE was this guy who worked at the rocket name of scott griggs. he was an advertising salesman (such at it was at the rocket). sure, he sold ads, but he was one of the … Continue reading →

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finding beauty in the abysmal

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Art

…the classic flower in the dustbin… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THIS is the first punk poster i ever saw. i was attending western washington state college (now, ‘university’) in bellingham, washington. it was 1978 and i was a student trying … Continue reading →

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stars and stripes

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) this ‘editorial cartoon’ ran on the rocket op/ed page back during the first gulf war. it seems disturbingly apropos today, doesn’t it? it seems we’re stuck in an endless moronic cycle of testosterone overdose and oil … Continue reading →

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oklahoma

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) I think this little souvenir program cover (actually, not so little. it’s 8 1/2 x 11) is from very close to the actual premiere of rogers & hammersteins musical ‘oklahoma’. i can’t find a date, … Continue reading →

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comp : the magic performance

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Art

Just another reject… by art chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THIS is called a ‘comp’ (in the old lingo of graphic design). a MARKER comp. some of my friends used to called them ‘squeakies’ because of the sound marking pens make when … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, bruce pavitt, gig posters, gigposters, graphic design, KCMU, KEXP satellite, MARKER comp., paul allen, paul allen KCMU, paul allen microsoft, rock posters, sonic youth, The Rocket, the rocket newspaper, tipper gore | Leave a comment

demented genius: inside a bagge of snarky insight

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com) The first time I met peter bagge, i hired him to draw a picture of the pope. well, actually, it wasn’t my idea, so much as it was dennis p. eichhorn’s plot. i had just come … Continue reading →