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Surfer Toons
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Surfer Toons

Illustrator
Publisher
Date1964
Object number00033586
NameComic
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 275 x 215 mm, 5 mm, 0.12 kg
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis comic booklet 'Surfer Toons' was created by Rick Griffin and published in America in 1964. The cover features an image of Griffin's well known character Murphy, alongside information regarding the contents of the booklet. Text lower left reads "Featuring West Coast Story, Stoby the surfboard, the Surfertoon, Annual Awards and many more."HistoryAmerican artist Richard Alden Griffin was one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. He was also a contributor to the underground comics movement, and his work appeared regularly in Zap Comix. He was also known for his work within the surfing subculture, and he was a staff artist at Surfer Magazine, where he created his surfing comic strip about a surfer named Murphy.SignificanceThe booklet represents a rare collection of cartoons by American illustrator Rick Griffin, whose surfing cartoons regularly appeared in Surfer Magazine and in surfing film posters.