Ed "Big Daddy" Roth show in Los Angeles

La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles is currently showing work by incredible hot rod cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (1932-2001). The ink-on-board artworks were created for t-shirt and decal designs. This is a rare opportunity to see these original large illustrations in person. You can even take one home with you if you've got the scratch–$20k or so. From the online gallery:

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Ed "Big Daddy" Roth did what he did best. He followed his heart & became a pied piper to loads of weird kids in the 60's that turned into weird adults in the 80's & 90's. Roth created "weirdo" characters for fun. People loved these drawings so Roth painted 'em on t-shirts. He became a grease-monkey Andy Warhol, employing incredible artists like Ed Newton & Robert Williams to do his art for him, which he signed and mass produced. Like Warhol, he fathered an art movement; lowbrow/pop-surrealism, quite similar in many ways to the pop-art movement. In recent years Roth has become the Warhol of a new generation, tuned in by his star pupil, Robert Williams. Roth, no longer in the underground, (though he is sadly located there now) is a rock star in his own right. See these unbelievably rare lowbrow pop art hieroglyphics in person, as you will probably never see the original artwork for these disposable masterpieces ever again."

Link to La Luz de Jesus online gallery,
Link to Juxtapoz photos of the opening