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“Lady J”

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

http://www.the pizz.com Click on this site. DO IT!.. This is the site of the man the myth the legend known as “The Pizz”. The Lord of Lowbrow, The Pizz

The Pizz has been around for centuries, it seems. You know his work when you see it: expressive paintings, hot rod art, Hustler Honeys, tiki bar art and the like.

Eschewing much of the limelight and glitzy marketing of many of his notable contemporaries, Pizz prefers to let his art speak for itself all the while staying true to his underground roots. All the while his art speaks volumes as he launches into various tirades and discourses on the state of the lowbrow nation.

You can discern Pizz’ tendency toward anti-socialism if you plug into some of his influences: Mad Comics, Zap Comics, loads of cartoons, but especially Tex Avery, van murals and hotrods, black light posters, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, Big Daddy Roth and Robert Williams. His art is not easily pigeon-holed (well, except for his obviously self-referential “Pizz Paintings”). His legend only grows as he continues to produce new artwork, most recently showing a new batch of paintings deemed “his best work yet” at the infamous La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood, CA.

If “Big Daddy” Ed Roth was the God of Lowbrow, Pizz is certainly the Lord of the movement. Original and creative, like Jesus, he leads by example with deft brushwork, luminous overlay of color and a keen artistic sensibility, conferring his message to his disciples like the second coming. Name a contemporary “lowbrow” artist who doesn’t revere The Pizz as one of his major influences. Go ahead, we dare you.

Known primarily as a painter, The Pizz has always explored other artistic avenues including magazine illustration, commercial design for television and computer animation. He has published tons of illustrations in Hustler Magazine. He was notorious a few years ago as the mastermind behind the Murder Trading Cards, which ended up gaining Pizz the attention of such media outlets as CNN.

As a commercial artist, The Pizz has designed a multitude of album covers including designs for Bad Religion, L7 and Slash Records, for which he did a famous comic booklet insert. His designs have graced books, comics, tattoo flash sets, t-shirts and more.

He shifted into overdrive with high octane designs for Big Daddy Roth studios, known for their “Rat Fink” character. Although the work was signed by Roth as all his famous 60’s designs done by other artists, the sneaky Pizz began hiding his distinctive PIZZ signature within the art itself.

A mainstay of the hot rod and tiki counter-culture movement, The Pizz is here to stay. His famous hot rod tiki design will soon grace an exclusive limited edition silk-screened poster for Poster Pop. In the meantime, check out all of the new, hot sticker designs Poster Pop has created. Don’t forget about The Pizz tattoo flash on the horizon. Poster Pop is proud to include The Lord of Lowbrow in our crew of artists.
 

HOKAY KIDDEEZ! Was browsin around online in the lounge at the Hampton Tuesday Night (WHY?! It’s Elizabeth City and it’s full of rednecks with no internet! DUH!). There’s a film crew finishing up on “The Guardian” for Disney on the base for a few days. About the puddle pirate search and rescue dudes.Costner, Kutcher and Clancy “the Kurgan” Brown are starring in it (WHOM! By! ZAY! WAY! IZ! FROM! OH-HELL-NO!(Ohio)HA!). The actress/s/ were cool, but I’ve only seen them in shit like the Oxygen channel or Oprah’s movie club style movies. One was a hottie, but blew her off cuz J’s Daddy wanted too meet the Kurgan!

1am rolls around and the Hollywood people are staring to stroll in from the base after a mind bleeding 18 hour day of shooting. Guess through zay grapevine, Kutcher was being a prick the entire shoot in E.City and Louisiana and the cast and crew were not in the best of spirits. One of the actress/s/ rolled in with Clancy Brown. Dude’s about my height,weight.Walked up and said hello. Producer pulls him to the side (talked to him for a spell while he was in town “Keith”,nice kid) He’s all “Hi Roo”.Clancy’s all “Yah, Hi Roo” HA!.

Nutshell? Keith said they were having a wrap up party in the conference room and to feel free to have some beers with the crew and the cast. 2 hours later I’m slammin’ Rolling Rocks with Clancy Brown and Costner’s wife telling them the “There I was” story about fleeing Kuwait. Clancy was the man, ladies and gents. Got his manager’s e-mail. Found out Shawshank Redemption was partially filmed in Loudonville and Clancy lived there for a few years. He’s originally from Urbana,Ohio. Crazy cray tiny globe, huh? Got a semi drunken autograph for Lady J and myself from the man that will be proudly displayed on one of the Chateau Jack walls. Okay. Bye.

Sit down my kiddies and let me tell ya a tale about Sailor Jerry.Arrr.

The Roo-starrrr!

(exerpts from www.sailorjerry.com )

If you really want a true classic, you’ll have to go back in time and cross the ocean (unless you live in Honolulu). That’s where you’d find a guy with a white tee shirt, an oily grey pompadour and heavily tattooed arms, once known to seamen and still known to tattoo aficionados as “Sailor Jerry.” He’s the man many see as the father of the deftly crafted, boldly lined, balls-forward Old School Tattoo. The kind fueled by the devil-may-care appetites of men far away from home.