Ron Cobb has had a long career in art and illustration. From a couple of covers for FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, to his long-running socio-political single-panel cartoons in the L.A. Free Press, to film design, Mr. Cobb has left his unique imprint on popular culture.
In the November 1989 issue of the Australian film magazine, CINEMA PAPERS, Ron Cobb is featured in an interview and discusses his work on James Cameron's THE ABYSS and other other science fiction films.
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ReplyDeleteRon Cobb is a standout talent all around, though under recognized and credited.
My first memory of his work is the cover illustration for Jefferson Airplane’s After Bathing at Baxters. I found it in our local public library in a little town in Maine and my life’s direction at 12 was changed by both the image and the music. Chemical Chaynge, like a laser beam. And Grace Slick wrote that song while reading James Joyce’s Ulysses and embedded all these intriguing, mysterious references in the words that it would take me 20 years to finally discover their origin.
What an amazing creative team package!
David Talbot's "Season of the Witch" is an episodic history of the City of San Francisco from the 60's to the 80's and includes numerous anecdotes about the music of the times, such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company. My favorite has always been Quicksilver Messenger Service.
ReplyDeleteIt was always a treat to see Ron Cobb's regular cartoon in the L.A. Free Press in real time. He had quite a talent for irony and satire.