In the spirit of complete transparency, I have to tell you I was a little nervous doing these spreads for this Chantry story in Print.

Art Chantry—to me and so many others—is a fuckin’ monolith in design, and you should give respect for the work he made all those years, and continues to make. Crusty, clever and witty. I learned many lessons from his use of break-all-the-rules typograp[hy, form degradation and low brow beauty. A true original.

But I had heard the stories. So I was a little nervous to meet him in Portland this one time, but those fears were INSTANTLY DISSIPATED by a warm, funny, genuine guy from Tacoma. Such a cool moment.

Somewhere along the road, someone pulled me aside and said, “Art wasn’t down with the pee stuff.” Huh? What? For the record: I was told the whole “Pee-Pee” thing was approved by Art! He wrote the thing! Was all in good, clean piss-splashing fun, Art….I swear to ya!

Read this article, then go buy some of his amazing posters, book(s) and every damned Estrus record lucky enough to have Art design!