Rick Parker
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What makes these two drawings of Beavis and Butt-Head distinctive is artist Rick Parker's highly graphic depictions of the two subject cocooned in typography.
Parker
was the lead artist on Marvel’s adaptation of MTV’s iconic animated
duo, whose crude, raunchy, dim-witted behavior made them pop-culture
disruptors. In the present work, which consists of two separate
drawings, he surrounds both subjects with their signature cackles and
sneers. The typography part of the work projects off the page, becoming
an abstract visual equivalent of sound. Like sheet music or cue cards,
it prompts the viewer to act out Beavis and Butthead's vocalizations.
Together as a pair, these drawings project a powerful, almost
poster-like presence. Each is signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Unframed.
Not sold individually, only as a pair
From Wikipedia
Richard Lowell Parker (born 1946) is an American
artist, writer, and cartoonist whose humorous artwork has appeared in
The New York Times, The Village Voice, Time magazine, U.S. News &
World Report, Life magazine, and various comic books published by Marvel
Comics.
Parker is widely known as the artist of MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head
comic book, published by Marvel from 1994 to 1996. He wrote and
illustrated his own graphic novel, Deadboy, in 2010.[3]
Early life
Parker grew up in Savannah, Georgia.[4] He did not own many comic
books as a child — instead, his artistic influences include Little
Golden Books and the comic strips Mutt and Jeff and Little Orphan
Annie.[5] He also lists Will Elder, Wally Wood, Carl Barks, Harvey
Kurtzman, Roy Crane, and Jack Davis as influences. Parker earned his
Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Georgia, and his Master of
Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute.[1]
Military service
In February
1966 Parker was drafted into the United States Army, completing basic
training at Fort Stewart, GA and becoming a tank driver. Parker applied
for Officer Candidate School and completed Advanced Infantry Training at
Fort Jackson, SC, subsequently completing Officer Candidate School at
Fort Sill. After becoming an officer, Parker was involved in the testing
of Pershing Missiles in the deserts of New Mexico and Utah. He was also
an acting Battery Commander at Fort Sill and briefly was the
Officer-in-Charge of military funerals for Northern Texas, Oklahoma and
Western Arkansas.
Comics
Parker got his start in the comics industry as a letterer for Marvel
Comics, starting in the late 1970s.[1] Spider-Man editor Jim Salicrup
recalled, "Not only did I like having him letter all the titles just so I
can pretend to be J. Jonah Jameson and scream 'Parker!' at him all the
time, but he lived not far from me at the time, and quite often I would
visit his home and hang out with him while he lettered pages, and then
we'd drop 'em off at the FedEx office together. This easily saved days
on the schedule, and got the books done much faster."[6] Parker was one
of the four original artists of The Pekar Project (SMITH Magazine,
2009–2010),[7] which brought the writing of the American
autobiographical comics pioneer Harvey Pekar to the web.
He also drew the introductory pages of Tales from the Crypt for
Papercutz from 2007 to 2009.[8] Parker has illustrated a series of
graphic novel parodies (written by Stefan Petrucha) for Papercutz Slices
(Papercutz) — titles include Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (2009),[9]
Harry Potty and The Deathly Boring (2010), Breaking Down (2011) (a
parody of the Twilight series), Percy Jerkson and The
Ovolactovegetarians (2011), and The Hunger Pains (2012).
Parker's fine art consists of paintings, drawings, collage,
assemblages, sculpture, lithographs, photographs, performance, and
conceptual art. He was the founder of the Barking Dog Museum[1] in New
York City (1975–1987). His artwork has been shown at the Hundred Acres
Gallery in New York, the NYU Art Gallery, The Georgia Museum of Art, the
Pratt Institute Art Gallery, Franklin Furnace Book Archives,[1] the
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and the DUMBO Arts Center.