Rare, Vintage, \"Big Daddy Roth\" Magazine, No. 1, Oct./Nov. 1964, Peter Millar\'s
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Rare, Vintage, \"Big Daddy Roth\" Magazine, No. 1, Oct./Nov. 1964, Peter Millar\'s:
$499.99
Magazine: Rare First Issue of Peter Millar Presents \"BigDaddy Roth\", October/November 1964, Number 1, Published by Millar Publishing Company 2368 Lomita Blvd. Lomita, California. Pete Millar: Publisher, and Dennis Ellefson: Editorial Director.
Condition: Magazine is in great condition, Has some minor bumped corners, very minor wear and tanning on covers.Outer edge of first four interior pages was not cut by printer, so outer edge is a little rough where they were pulled apart, but this does not effect any of the printing.Interior pages are off white/light tan. See pictures for all details. Magazine you see in pictures is the magazine you will get,
Peter Millar(1929 – 2003) was anAmericanillustrator,cartoonist, anddrag racerbest known for his work withCARtoonsandDRAG Cartoonsmagazines. Millar often used the pen name \"Millarkey\".In June 1963 Millar foundedDRAG Cartoonsunder theMillar Publishing Companylabel.DRAG Cartoonsfeatured early adventures ofGilbert Shelton\'s iconicunderground comixcharacterWonder Wart-Hog, who appeared in many issues. Millar published 49 issues ofDRAG Cartoonsbetween 1963 and 1968 (The title was later continued for two additional issues by a different publisher in 1999 and 2000). Then Mike Doherty published at least six issues of The Best Of DRAG Cartoons from 1969 to 1971, and the one-shot The Wildest DRAG Cartoons #1 in 1970Millar Publishing Company also produced two issues of aWonder Wart-Hogcomic book in 1968, as well as four issues of the popularBig Daddy Rothmagazine in 1964–1965.Ed \"Big Daddy\" Roth(March 4, 1932– April 4, 2001) was custom car designer and builder who created thehot rodiconRat Finkand other characters.
Roth was a key figure inSouthern California\'sKustom Kultureand hot rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.Roth is best known for his grotesque caricatures— typified byRat Fink— depicting imaginative, out-sized monstrosities driving representations of the hot rods that he and his contemporaries built. Roth began airbrushing and selling \"Weirdo\" T-shirts at car shows and in the pages ofCar Craftmagazine as early as July 1958. By the August 1959 issue ofCar Craft\"Weirdo shirts\" had become a full blown craze with Roth at the forefront of the movement. The article featured Roth along with fellowKustom KulturepioneersDean JeffriesandPete Millar. Inspired by Roth and Barris Kustoms (whose shirts were airbrushed by Dean Jeffries),DetroitnativeStanley Miller, a.k.a. \"Stanley Mouse\", began advertising his own shirts in the pages ofCar Craftin January 1961. The lesser-known Rendina Studios of Detroit and Mad Mac of Cleveland also joined in on the monster \"weirdo\" shirt craze, but Roth was certainly the man who widely popularized the \"Monsters in hot rods\" art form.
In 1959 Roth created The Outlaw. This fiberglass Kustom hot rod was featured in the January 1960 issue ofCar Craft. The car was covered inCar CraftandRod and Custom, and appeared at custom car and hot rod shows. Other hot rods include TheBeatnik Bandit(1961), The twin Ford engined Mysterion (1963), TheOrbitron(1964), and The Road Agent (1965) among others.In 1965, Roth\'s surf buggy, the Surfite was featured in the filmBeach Blanket BingostarringFrankie AvalonandAnnette Funicello, and also inVillage of the Giants, featuringBeau BridgesandTommy Kirk. One of Roth\'s personal drivers was a tangerine orange 1955 Chevy 2-door post which he ran a Ford 406 cu. in. engine under the hood, he drove this car to his shop every day for years .
In 1962 theRevellmodel company began selling plastic models of Roth\'s cars and from 1963 to 1965 Revell also manufactured plastic models of many of Roth\'s monsters, including Rat Fink, Brother Rat Fink, Drag Nut, Mother\'s Worry, Mr. Gasser and other weird creatures created by Roth. Revell continues to re-issue Roth\'s Monsters and Kustom Car kits.
In 1963 TheHawk Model Companyissued its line of \"Weird-Oh\'s\" plastic models andMarx ToysissuedNutty Mads, both clearly inspired by Roth\'s work. Both items were quite popular in the mid-sixties and remain sought after collector\'s items to this day. Hawk Models continues to re-issue its \"Weird-Oh\'s\" periodically.
Numerous artists were associated with Roth including artistDavid Mann,Rat Fink Comixartist R.K. Sloane,Steve Fiorillawho illustrated some of Roth\'s catalogs, and most notably, Ed Newton, who worked for Roth and designed several of his cars and T-shirt designs beginning in 1964, and Kustom Kulture iconRobert Williamswho began working for Roth in late 1965.
In the mid 1960s Roth began customizing motorcycles. Mainstream motorcycle magazines refused to run his articles and ads, so he started his own publication calledChoppers, which featured articles on extending forks, custom sissy bars, etc. It was a small, black and white publication that ran from 1967 to 1970, and was the first magazine ever to exclusively feature custom motorcycles, orchoppers.Roth also built the first known VW powered trike.Roth built many trikes for himself and others including Candy Wagon, California Cruiser, Secret Weapon, Rubber Ducky and The Great Speckled Bird.
In 1967 Roth built the Mega Cycle, Originally named by Robert Williams, \"Captain Pepi\'s Motorcycle & Zeppelin Repair\" was later changed to \"Mega Cycle\" after a strong suggestion from car show promoters. Powered by a Buick V6 engine, Mega Cycle was designed to carry Ed\'s Harley XLCH. Later Ed felt that the XLCH just didn\'t work and through a series of trades ended up with Bob Aquistapase\'s award winning Triumph. The Mega Cycle is currently on Display at Motorcyclepedia Museum in Newburgh, NY.
In 1968MattelintroducedHot Wheelsand Roth’s Beatnik Bandit was one of the first 16 die-cast toy cars produced by the company.
From 1970 to 1975, Roth worked for Brucker\'s Movie World and their \"Cars of the Stars\" display. Brucker said that Roth was very loyal and a very hard worker, even though he wasn\'t making much money. Brucker said that when building something, Roth had a natural knack for seeing how things fit together — he would build something in a few days which would take others a couple of weeks. Although Roth was a laid-back and amiable, Brucker also remembers that Roth was a fighter and if anyone came through the museum causing trouble, Roth would put them in line. He was fearless.Roth\'s Druid Princess was one of the many cars displayed there. Also during the 1970s, Roth worked forKnott\'s Berry Farmas a sign painter and artist. He worked there for 10 years until about 1980.
In December 1977, Robert and Suzanne Williams along with Skip Barrett organized the first Rat Fink Reunion to celebrate the legacy of Roth. Rat Fink Reunions are still held to this day at the site of Roth\'s final residence in Manti, Utah and near Los Angeles.
In 1993, a major exhibition was held at the Julie Rico Gallery in Santa Monica shortly after the Laguna Museum show \"Kustom Kulture\". It was at this time that the low brow art movement began to take on steam. Featured in the exhibition titled, \"Rat Fink Meets Fred Flypogger Meets Cootchy Cooty\" were Roth, Willams, and Mouse and their creations. The L.A. Times placed Roth\'sRat Finkon the cover of the Culture section December 20, 1993 with a full article about the entire exhibition.
A Roth custom car that was the subject of a number of articles in automotive enthusiast magazines (most notably, the Orbitron was featured inCar Craftmagazine in 1965)but was feared lost in subsequent decades was discovered in Mexico in the summer of 2008. TheOrbitronwas built in 1964. The car, in dilapidated, inoperative condition, had been parked for some time in front of an adult bookstore inCiudad Juárez. The owners of the shop were also the owners of the car. It was purchased and taken back to the United States by Michael Lightbourn, an American auto restorer who did business in Mexico. The Orbitron has been restored to its original condition byBeau Boeckmann
Roth was active in counterculture art and hot-rodding his entire adult life. At the time of his death in 2001, he was working on a hot-rod project involving a compact car planned as a departure from the dominant tuner performance modification style.
The year after his death, he was named as one of the \"50 Who Made a Difference\" at the 50th annual Meguiar\'s Autorama in Detroit.He was also inducted into the show\'s \"Circle of Champions\" in 2000,and was showcased as its \"Builder of the Year\" in 2006.
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Rare, Vintage, \"Big Daddy Roth\" Magazine, No. 1, Oct./Nov. 1964, Peter Millar\'s:
$499.99