The ultimate Surfer Toons

Klas

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Posted on Dec 01 2009 12:36 PM

Seller didn't want to ship to Sweden although it didn't matter in the end as I wouldn't have bid anything near the final sale price anyway.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120497547714

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Cartoon by Rick Griffin

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PolloGuitar

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Posted on Dec 01 2009 02:26 PM

Seller could have at least had the courtesy to take better, higher quality pictures of the illustrations.

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Klas

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Posted on Dec 02 2009 03:19 AM

Yeah, that would have been nice although this was better than nothing since I had only seen the front cover prior to this auction. I have the first two issues of the different SurfToons mag (1965) which have contributions by Griffin but what makes the Surfer Toons book special is that it's all Griffin cartoons, drawn in 1964. Petersen's CarToons magazine had been around since the late 50's and it puzzles me why they waited until 1965 before launching their SurfToons mag.

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Posted on Dec 02 2009 09:04 AM

Man, I love those Peterson mags... SurfToons, CarToons, CycleToons! Pete Millar's Drag Cartoons are awesome too.

There's a nice collection of SurfToons covers at this link... http://www.georgetrosley.com/surftoons.html

Here's one with Hot Curl on the cover...

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spskins

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Posted on Dec 07 2009 09:46 AM

Thanks for the link Norman! It also shows that while the surf music craze only really lasted a few years in the early 60s, that the aesthetic and movement that went with it took a while to catch on for the rest of the country and lasted much longer. I remember a lot of stickers, models, and Hang Ten shirts etc from when I was a kid in the midwest and I was born in '67. It was a quick spark in some ways but had a lasting undercurrent (heh).

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shivers13

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Posted on Dec 07 2009 09:09 PM

For sure. Though the "surf craze" (not to be confused with the sport of surfing) and surf music lost its steam when those pesky moptops showed up, this kind of stuff stuck around for quite some time and to a certain extent never went away. I too remember lots of this kind of imagery still showing up on t-shirts, model kits, etc, in the mid-70's when I was a kid.

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lonecat

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Posted on Dec 12 2009 07:26 PM

The price has actually gone down a lot on the 64' Surfer Toons special edition, I sold a copy in 2006 for well over 500 bucks. Crazy !
Rick Griffin was so incredible, I love his earlier stuff simply because I dig all of that SoCal 60's surf/hot rod art, but his later Biblical stuff was just unreal on a technical level...

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Klas

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Posted on Dec 19 2009 07:33 AM

There are currently two copies of the 1964 Surfer Toons comic book up for auction on eBay. Starting bids are $195 and $275 and my guess is both will go unsold.

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mom_surfing

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Posted on Dec 19 2009 06:48 PM

Klas
There are currently two copies of the 1964 Surfer Toons comic book up for auction on eBay. Starting bids are $195 and $275 and my guess is both will go unsold.

my brother and my husband both had this back when it was new. one copy burned up in a house fire and the other burned up in a trailer fire.

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Anonymous

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Posted on Dec 20 2009 11:38 AM

i would definitely refrain from buying another copy then!

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shivers13

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Posted on Dec 20 2009 01:18 PM

mom_surfing
my brother and my husband both had this back when it was new. one copy burned up in a house fire and the other burned up in a trailer fire.

Yikes, makes me want to sell the ones I have!

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Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Dec 01 2009 12:36 PM Seller didn't want to ship to Sweden although it didn't matter in the end as I wouldn't have bid anything near the final sale price anyway. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120497547714 g~~_12.JPG) Cartoon by Rick Griffin — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
PolloGuitar Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5105 San Francisco	Posted on Dec 01 2009 02:26 PM Seller could have at least had the courtesy to take better, higher quality pictures of the illustrations. — Buy Endless Drummer @ Bandcamp Frankie and the Pool Boys website Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp Pollo Del Mar website My Blog- Euro Tour Blog Pool Boys on Spotify INSTAGRAM Frankie & The Pool Boys on Facebook Pollo Del Mar on Facebook DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Dec 02 2009 03:19 AM Yeah, that would have been nice although this was better than nothing since I had only seen the front cover prior to this auction. I have the first two issues of the different SurfToons mag (1965) which have contributions by Griffin but what makes the Surfer Toons book special is that it's all Griffin cartoons, drawn in 1964. Petersen's CarToons magazine had been around since the late 50's and it puzzles me why they waited until 1965 before launching their SurfToons mag. image Issue #2 — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
shivers13 Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA	Posted on Dec 02 2009 09:04 AM Man, I love those Peterson mags... SurfToons, CarToons, CycleToons! Pete Millar's Drag Cartoons are awesome too. There's a nice collection of SurfToons covers at this link... http://www.georgetrosley.com/surftoons.html Here's one with Hot Curl on the cover... — BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! www.facebook.com/BossFink www.doublecrownrecords.com Top
spskins Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3787 tn	Posted on Dec 07 2009 09:46 AM Thanks for the link Norman! It also shows that while the surf music craze only really lasted a few years in the early 60s, that the aesthetic and movement that went with it took a while to catch on for the rest of the country and lasted much longer. I remember a lot of stickers, models, and Hang Ten shirts etc from when I was a kid in the midwest and I was born in '67. It was a quick spark in some ways but had a lasting undercurrent (heh). — http://www.satanspilgrims.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satans-Pilgrims/8210228553 https://satanspilgrims.bandcamp.com/ http://www.surfyindustries.com Top
shivers13 Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA	Posted on Dec 07 2009 09:09 PM For sure. Though the "surf craze" (not to be confused with the sport of surfing) and surf music lost its steam when those pesky moptops showed up, this kind of stuff stuck around for quite some time and to a certain extent never went away. I too remember lots of this kind of imagery still showing up on t-shirts, model kits, etc, in the mid-70's when I was a kid. — BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! www.facebook.com/BossFink www.doublecrownrecords.com Top
lonecat Joined: Jun 09, 2008 Posts: 65	Posted on Dec 12 2009 07:26 PM The price has actually gone down a lot on the 64' Surfer Toons special edition, I sold a copy in 2006 for well over 500 bucks. Crazy ! Rick Griffin was so incredible, I love his earlier stuff simply because I dig all of that SoCal 60's surf/hot rod art, but his later Biblical stuff was just unreal on a technical level... Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2309 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Dec 19 2009 07:33 AM There are currently two copies of the 1964 Surfer Toons comic book up for auction on eBay. Starting bids are $195 and $275 and my guess is both will go unsold. — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
mom_surfing Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5320 the outer banks of north carolina	Posted on Dec 19 2009 06:48 PM Klas There are currently two copies of the 1964 Surfer Toons comic book up for auction on eBay. Starting bids are $195 and $275 and my guess is both will go unsold. my brother and my husband both had this back when it was new. one copy burned up in a house fire and the other burned up in a trailer fire. — www.surfintheeye.com Top
Anonymous Joined: Nov 10, 2000 Posts: -180	Posted on Dec 20 2009 11:38 AM i would definitely refrain from buying another copy then! Top
shivers13 Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA	Posted on Dec 20 2009 01:18 PM mom_surfing my brother and my husband both had this back when it was new. one copy burned up in a house fire and the other burned up in a trailer fire. Yikes, makes me want to sell the ones I have! — BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! www.facebook.com/BossFink www.doublecrownrecords.com Top

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