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Gary Panter and Frank Zappa

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 ==Gary Panter and Frank Zappa==
-[[Image:Gary_Panter.jpg|frame|Illustration by [[Gary Panter]] for the interview ''[[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)]]'' by Don Menn and [[Matt Groening]].]]
+[[Image:Gary_Panter.jpg|frame|Illustration by [[Gary Panter]] for the interview ''[[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)]]'' by [[Don Menn]] and [[Matt Groening]].]]
 In 1978, Panter was commissioned by [[Warner Brothers]] to create album covers for Zappa's albums ''[[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]]'' and ''[[Orchestral Favorites]]''. Since Zappa was sueing Warners at the time, Panter never met him and only found out about all these legal issues afterwards. Though years later, Matt Groening did assure him that Zappa liked his album cover designs for the most part. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/panter.htm</ref>.

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	Panter also made supportive illustrations for Zappa-related material, such as ''[[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)\|A Definitive Tribute to Frank Zappa (Best of Guitar Player, 1994)]]''.		Panter also made supportive illustrations for Zappa-related material, such as ''[[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)\|A Definitive Tribute to Frank Zappa (Best of Guitar Player, 1994)]]''.
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		+	In Panter's comic strip ''Jimbo in Purgatory'', Zappa and Captain Beefheart both have guest appearances. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/panter.htm</ref>

	==Album Covers==		==Album Covers==

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 [[File:Jimbo in Purgatory - Frank Zappa.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Guest role of Frank Zappa in Gary Panter's comic strip ''Jimbo in Purgatory''.]]
-'''Gary Panter''' (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an American painter and graphic artist. Panter's work is strongly influenced by [[Cal Schenkel]] and he's a Frank Zappa and [[Captain Beefheart]] fan too. Interviewd by Eric Davidson (19 August 2019), Panter said: ''"The Mothers and Invention and Captain Beefheart blew my mind. They were idea music to me."''. <ref>https://pleasekillme.com/gary-panter/</ref>. From the late 1970s on, he started making punk-style illustrations and comics, combining trashy art and pop culture influences with surreal stories and images. His best-known comic series is ''Jimbo''.
+'''Gary Panter''' (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an American painter and graphic artist. Panter's work is strongly influenced by [[Cal Schenkel]] and he's a Frank Zappa and [[Captain Beefheart]] fan too. Interviewed by Eric Davidson (19 August 2019), Panter said: ''"The Mothers and Invention and Captain Beefheart blew my mind. They were idea music to me."''. <ref>https://pleasekillme.com/gary-panter/</ref>. From the late 1970s on, he started making punk-style illustrations and comics, combining trashy art and pop culture influences with surreal stories and images. His best-known comic series is ''Jimbo''.
 Panter later made contributions to ''RAW'' magazine and made illustrations for books, clothing companies, set designs for [[Pee-Wee Herman]]'s children's TV show ''Pee-Wee's Playhouse'' (1986-1990).  [[Matt Groening]] said about Panter that he ''"applied his fine-art training to the casualness of the comic strip, and the result was an explosive series of graphic experiments that are imitated in small doses all over the world today".''

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 [[Category:Celebrity Fans|Panter, Gary]]
 [[Category:Painters|Panter, Gary]]
-[[Category:Animators and cartoonists|Panter, Gary]]
+[[Category:Comics Artists|Panter, Gary]]

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-<center>[[Image:Studio Tan.jpg|frame|Studio Tan album sleeve by Gary Panter.<br>©2003 Gary Panter]]</center>
+[[File:Jimbo in Purgatory - Frank Zappa.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Guest role of Frank Zappa in Gary Panter's comic strip ''Jimbo in Purgatory''.]]
-[[Gary Panter]] (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is a painter and graphic artist commissioned by [[Warner Brothers]] to create album covers for [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]] and [[Orchestral Favorites]].
+'''Gary Panter''' (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an American painter and graphic artist. Panter's work is strongly influenced by [[Cal Schenkel]] and he's a Frank Zappa and [[Captain Beefheart]] fan too. Interviewd by Eric Davidson (19 August 2019), Panter said: ''"The Mothers and Invention and Captain Beefheart blew my mind. They were idea music to me."''. <ref>https://pleasekillme.com/gary-panter/</ref>. From the late 1970s on, he started making punk-style illustrations and comics, combining trashy art and pop culture influences with surreal stories and images. His best-known comic series is ''Jimbo''.
-His roots lie in the L.A punk music and comic-book scene of the 1970s, where he arrived in the post Pop-art wake of Warhol and Lichtenstein, and where his distinctive illustration techniques for ''Slash'' magazine gained him critical acclaim. In ''Slash'' he drew a comic strip of the adventures of a post-nuclear [[punk]]-rock character called ''Jimbo'', a composite created from influences that included the work of [[Cal Schenkel]], cheap commercial packaging and Japanese [[Monster Movies|monster movies]], among others.
+Panter later made contributions to ''RAW'' magazine and made illustrations for books, clothing companies, set designs for [[Pee-Wee Herman]]'s children's TV show ''Pee-Wee's Playhouse'' (1986-1990).  [[Matt Groening]] said about Panter that he ''"applied his fine-art training to the casualness of the comic strip, and the result was an explosive series of graphic experiments that are imitated in small doses all over the world today".''
-His latter work includes contributions for ''RAW'' magazine, books, clothing companies, set-designs,  and supportive illustrations for Zappa-related material, such as [[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)|A Definitive Tribute to Frank Zappa (Best of Guitar Player, 1994)]]
+==Gary Panter and Frank Zappa==
-The cartoonist [[Matt Groening]] said of Panter that he ''"applied his fine-art training to the casualness of the comic strip, and the result was an explosive series of graphic experiments that are imitated in small doses all over the world today".'' Groening and Panter became friends at the end of the 1970s due their mutual interests, including Frank Zappa and [[Captain Beefheart]].
+In 1978, Panter was commissioned by [[Warner Brothers]] to create album covers for Zappa's albums ''[[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]]'' and ''[[Orchestral Favorites]]''. Since Zappa was sueing Warners at the time, Panter never met him and only found out about all these legal issues afterwards. Though years later, Matt Groening did assure him that Zappa liked his album cover designs for the most part. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/panter.htm</ref>.
 ==Album Covers==
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 [[Image:Orchestral Favorites.jpg|none|thumb|150px|Orchestral Favorites (1979)]]
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 ==See Also==
 * [http://www.garypanter.com/work_comart.html Gary Panter's website]
 [[Category:Cover Artists|Panter, Gary]]

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 [[Gary Panter]] (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is a painter and graphic artist commissioned by [[Warner Brothers]] to create album covers for [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]] and [[Orchestral Favorites]].
-His roots lie in the L.A punk music and comic-book scene of the 1970s, where he arrived in the post Pop-art wake of Warhol and Lichtenstein, and where his distinctive illustration techniques for ''Slash'' magazine gained him critical acclaim. In ''Slash'' he drew a comic strip of the adventures of a post-nuclear punk-rock character called ''Jimbo'', a composite created from influences that included the work of [[Cal Schenkel]], cheap commercial packaging and Japanese [[Monster Movies (CC)|monster movies]], among others.
+His roots lie in the L.A punk music and comic-book scene of the 1970s, where he arrived in the post Pop-art wake of Warhol and Lichtenstein, and where his distinctive illustration techniques for ''Slash'' magazine gained him critical acclaim. In ''Slash'' he drew a comic strip of the adventures of a post-nuclear [[punk]]-rock character called ''Jimbo'', a composite created from influences that included the work of [[Cal Schenkel]], cheap commercial packaging and Japanese [[Monster Movies (CC)|monster movies]], among others.
 His latter work includes contributions for ''RAW'' magazine, books, clothing companies, set-designs,  and supportive illustrations for Zappa-related material, such as [[The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1)|A Definitive Tribute to Frank Zappa (Best of Guitar Player, 1994)]]