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saint paul : step on the hem of his garment
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
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label makers ( exhibit a )
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
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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
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thinking stupid: what made america great
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
weirdo-oh’s
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
rat fink
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
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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
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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
with fins: trapped out of time
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
buster: salvaged by tried and true nobodies…
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