Tag Archives: lynda barry

who was

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): this is an ad taken from the inside front cover of the rocket, may, 1980 (issue #11). this ad convinced me that the rocket was the coolest graphic magazine i’d ever encountered in real life … Continue reading

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learning to break rules

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Grant Alden! We revisit “The ‘How Do You Define Alt-Country?’ Bimonthly” (tagline varying with the editor’s fancy), No Depression. For 13-plus years and over the course of 75 issues No … Continue reading

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instant litter

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) i spent the bulk of 1984 putting together my book, “instant litter: concert posters from seattle punk culture.” i attempted to document through posters the seattle punk scene from it’s primordial ooze early days (the … Continue reading

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talent scouts: publishers sweep cakes

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

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visual language of the in-between

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this image if a shout out to ward sutton. this is him (i dunno exactly what year) standing next to a art installation display unit he created for the seatac international airport in seattle/tacoma. … Continue reading

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thrashing the hard core embarrassment

the depiction of a total cultural wallop and then disavowal… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) not many punks made it into the big time art world. you can start naming the names – mike kelly (originally of destroy all monsters), … Continue reading

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crackpot culture: festering in deep dark places

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

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jagged little lines

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THISĀ  little advert for the old seattle hippie-hangover over newspaper “the seattle sun” is the first thing i ever saw drawn by lynda barry. whenever i think of her work now, i think of this dog … Continue reading

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secrets of life and death

The art of Jaime Hernandez….. Art Chantry: I got a wonderful little (actually BIG) surprise in the mailbox today. it’s Todd Hignite’s tome (and i do mean ‘tome’) on the art of Jaime Hernandez (published by abrams, the art book … Continue reading

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