As a guy who wore out a Savatage âHall of the Mountain Kingâ lp in middle school, I appreciate this.
Just want to plug Sean and Katie, who are incredible âweird artistsâ, zeitgeist distillers, and entrepreneurs.
I had the Gifford book, as well. There was another one from that same era with a yellow cover but I canât remember the name or find it via google, amazon, etc.
Plus I had the following on my wall
That looks great. I remember this stuff well; Alice Cooper, Wacky Packages, even Marvel and DC comics experimenting with black-and-white horror magazines that wouldnât pass the Comics Code Authority, and Heavy Metal being published in the U.S. Good times.
Good times indeed. For the longest time, my brother had this Rowena Morrill print (âTwilight Terrorsâ) hanging in his office, and now it hangs in my home:
Itâs from 1979, and Iâve always been struck by how much the kid in the picture looks precisely like little Donnie Petersen did in '79, right down to the gray cords and that exact same shirt and the part in the hair.
I loved all this stuff (even the stuff that legitimately scared me back then, like Gigerâs Alien), and still do.
Yea! So glad to see Skinnerâs stuff here.
If you want to see more, here is his site: http://www.theartofskinner.com/
If you want to buy other stuff of his, go here: http://shopcriticalhit.com/
Donât forget Garbage Pail Kids. Art Spiegelman painted the first series or two, I was surprised to learn. Those were heady times.
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