Pt 2. Coop - Poster Pop’s 2nd artist.

Coop’s beautiful and expressive hand brushed inked cartoon backlines form the backbone of his art. Coop hand drew and inked with India ink using a real sable brush. Using his tools along with thick ink printed silkscreened posters, Coop formed his plump, curvy devil girls, sexy green aliens, hotrods, Frankensteins, giant robots, and cool and correct, detailed hotrods into what I call candy. I am sure Coop will be best known for his plump and healthy, sexy devil girls, but when you look into the detail of his art, you’ll see lots more.

Coop came out of the Ed Roth, Rat Fink, Hotrod Car show culture, that is still alive and strong today. The original 60s Rat Fink, Ed Roth Decals and T-Shirt designs I knew as a kid, were everywhere in Southern California in the 60’s 70’s, 80’s and 90s. These original Rat Fink hotrod stickers and even the original artists, Robert Williams, Ed Roth, and the original car builders were still around at car shows in the 90s when Coop entered the scene. Coop was immersed in the culture, its people, its cars and women, and started to make concert posters with this imagery. He not only conveyed the original essence of this art, Coop took it forward to create his own.