Tag Archives: Stanley ”Mouse” Miller

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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rat finks and cars and kits

by Art Chantry: back in the mid 1960′s, ‘monsters-driving-hotrods” became a huge fad. originally starting life as WW2 nosecone art, it drifted into the racing world throught he displaced WW2 vets and (particularly) through the person of ‘von dutch’, who … Continue reading

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fakin’ it

by Art Chantry: here is another great example of that “fake psychedelic” bubble style illustration that we all love so much (sorry i can’t fit the whole unfolded LP cover on my scanner.). the situation here is not that it’s … Continue reading

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fake psych vibe

by Art Chantry: this is a primo example of what i’m talking about when i mention “fake psych”. there was a period of time back in the mid to late 1960′s where the businessheads in america saw what “them kids” … Continue reading

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pop culture wave: the big kahuna

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Endless Summer Monterey Media, 1966 Directed by Bruce Brown (b. 1937) Poster design by John Van Hamersveld (b. 1941) Countdown to Summer Vacation: Two Days. Not that I’ll be doing any surfing (sorry, I missed … Continue reading

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handbill me down: fatal metaphors for an age

by Art Chantry: this is b&w photocopy (all i have anymore) of a small 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 handbill for a concert at the seattle center’s memorial stadium (now next to the EMP. hendrix played his first seattle headline … Continue reading

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pelican & piano

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this little poster (a repro given to me by my pal, scott mcdougall) is for an appearance by carol doda signing copies of the The Pelican, a humor/opinion newspaper/magazine of the students of Berkeley College, … Continue reading

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Obscure objects of dezire

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) “Odder Rods” Donruss trading card stickers, 1970 Illustration: Bob “B. K.” Taylor By the time the Nutty-Mads/Stanley Mouse/Big Daddy Ed Roth-influenced Odd Rods came along, B. K. Taylor was already … Continue reading

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the rats are winning

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Character decal, “Rat Fink,” ca. 1990. Though Rat Fink came into the world sometime in the mid-to-later-1950s, and is the “creation” of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth—an appropriation/adaptation/knockoff of characters Stanley … Continue reading

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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

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