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rick griffin: drawing as performance art

by Art Chantry: rick griffin was one of those guys who changed my world when i was a kid. the first time i saw a griffin poster, i realized there was a different existence out there. he became my hero. … Continue reading

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indivisual artist: hallmarks of dialog

by Art Chantry: two blockheads. this is the sort of thing that sends contemporary amateurs into shivering fits of anger and jealousy. one of these people OBVIOUSLY ripped-off the other, right? i mean how can two images be any more … Continue reading

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shahn and beall

by Art Chantry: BEAT-UP VINTAGE DUSTJACKET OF THE WEEK AWARD: “‘illustrators ’60” – the annual of the american illustration (1960). design/lester beall, illustration/ben shahn (look real closely). (sorry my photoshop skills are so bad. i almost lost the shahn illustration … Continue reading

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clean,crisp and sloppy as heck

by Art Chantry: yeah, i love a good bar-b-que, no doubt, no doubt. this is (of course) me, modeling the latest in extraordinarily hip bbq togs. i have a deep soft squishy spot for anything with lettering like this on … Continue reading

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boris the anthropomorphic

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i always thought that guys like basil wolverton were wholly unique weirdos slaving away in their damp basements (tape on glasses, giggling incoherently). i grew up carefully examining wolverton’s crazy insane disturbing drawings (on stickers … Continue reading

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men with pin stripes

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

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copied out

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

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don martin

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) Recognize this illustrator? you should. he’s one of the most famous cartoon/humorist illustrators of the last half century. most of us grew up reading and laughing at this guy’s work. this is what his stuff looked … Continue reading

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von dutch and “disasterware”

von dutch and charles krafft…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is the story of how i hooked up with von dutch. it’s also the story of how i met the legendary charles krafft. birds of a feather, two eccentric and … Continue reading

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its a virus, i tell ya!

Once you catch the bug… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ): One time, while I was being tattooed, I was in so much pain that i actually started to hallucinate. no joke. After it was over, I curled up in a … Continue reading

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