Coop inspiration?

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  1. Slack

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    Coop inspiration?
    I'm sure it's been talked about somewhere before but I can't find anything.

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    Coop inspiration?
    That inspired many people.
    I mean the comic.

    Robert Williams dude! It's the source of all the Juxt-a-tude.

    I do remember telling him in the early 90's he should make toys and he scoffed at me.
     
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    Coop inspiration?
    Of course.
     
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    Robert Williams wrote the intro to my first book, BTW.
     
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    ahh, makes more sense now, I was having a hard time interpreting the artists name on the comic. I was wondering who Ross Williams was.
     
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    It goes back further than that - actually, both of us are ripping off the old Impko devil decals from the forties-fifties.
     
  7. Greasebat

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    Coop inspiration?
    the chrome logo is just stupendous
     
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    Somewhere, I have a copy (bought at Psychedelic Solution in NYC back in the early 90's) of a Williams poster entitled "Beamin' Gleamer in "Flash In The Pan"", a typically twisted Williams id-scape rendered completely in that faux-chrome thing he does. It's stupendous.
     
  9. MILTRON

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    Robert Williams is my all time favorite artist. Crazy imagination....Aaaaaand, Coop is right up there with him!!
     
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    I remember this dude Phil who was a stoner, scenester dude in the underground music circles of nyc in the late 80s. He had some original Robert Williams paintings on his wall and I think I must have stared at them for hours every time I went to his apartment. I still remember that awe like I was staring into a Picasso or something.
     
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    I think Anthony Keidis of the peppers owns a bunch as well as Long Gone John.
    I saw them collected in LA at a show in the 90's called "Helter Skelter" and the whole show brought me to tears. I went back like 3 times.
    Still one of the most amazing exhibits I've ever seen.
     
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    That was an amazing show.
     
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    Coop inspiration?
    Too bad Keidis had to horn in on the deal...
     
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    Coop inspiration?
    Coop is an inspiration for me!

    Coopspiration.
     
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    STARTLING by COOP666, on Flickr

    "STARTLING/Defending the Uncanny Valley Against the Attack of the Xenophallites" - 72"x72" Acrylic and Enamel on canvas, 2011
     
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    Amazing! :shock:
     
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    Yea, love it!
     
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    Coop inspiration?
    That is a great painting, the linework is so clean. I wish you still did SDCC like you used to, but I imagine all the hassle with what it's become now make it not worth the trouble.
     
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    WHAT!!? That canvas is sick! One day, I dream to own an original.
     
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    Coop inspiration?

    I'll +1 to that !
     
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    WOW, thats sick COOP. Nice work
     
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    Coop inspiration?
    I just crapped my pants.
     
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    I have an original Coop in my living room. My girlfriend's dad walked by one day, saw it and said "That drawing looks like your sister".
     
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    holy shee-it that is awesome.

    I would love to know your half tone secret, I think I saw a photo of you painting them all individually once...

    Anyways, amazing piece o' art.
     

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