01 Apr Martin Emond (1969 – 2004): Anatomical Love
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Martin Emond (1969 in New Zealand – March 5, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA), also known under the pseudonyms “Martin Fuckin Emond”, “Martyfuck”, “Martywood”, “Mickey Martin” and “MFE”, was a New Zealand cartoon illustrator and fine artist who combined elements of old school tattoo and classic sign painting into a sequential art style that drastically changed the look of alternative comics, and whose untimely death occurred as he was on the cusp of achieving mainstream success.
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Martin Emond (d.2004)
Gordon Rennie
WHITE TRASH (1991) #1 pg 17
On to Glory (Elvis & Axl)
Gouache on illo board 11.5×17.25″
SOLD
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Martin Emond (d.2004)
Gordon Rennie
WHITE TRASH (1991) #3 pg 15
Omnibus Cover
Gouache on illo board 11.5×17.25″
$10,000
Emond’s work was darkly sardonic, and after a stint on Accident Man for Toxic! he rose to fame in the United States with Gordon Rennie’s White Trash–the fictional adventures of Elvis Presley and Axl Rose (renamed so as to avoid litigation) on a debaucherous road trip across the southern United States in the former’s pink Cadillac. Each page of the graphic novel was fully painted, and revealed a versatile set of influences that included Max Fleischer, Frank Frazetta, and Vaughn Bodé. Freelance gigs at Marvel and in the pages of Heavy Metal drew the attention of another of his idols, Glenn Danzig, who hired the artist to illustrate album covers, tour merchandise, and comics under the Verotik imprint. Marty relocated to Los Angeles and DC Comics offered him their most popular breakout character, Lobo. Shortly thereafter he became a high-in-demand commercial illustrator, with multiple clothing lines (Illicit and Cinder Block) and an animated feature based on his Red Knuckles, Crossbones, and Switchblade characters. He began exhibiting in fine art galleries and working with a rights management agency (Sharpeco), and seemed poised for mega stardom when he suddenly took his own life in 2004.
His work appeared posthumously in Pink‘s music video for her 2006 hit, U + Ur Hand.
In addition to the two extraordinary, hand-painted, original art pages from White Trash, we’ve acquired this set of extremely rare posters and 3-color serigraphs, which can be purchased directly online using our safe and secure shopping cart, powered by PayPal. Click the images for description info.
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Matt Kennedy
Gallery Director
(323)547-3227
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