![]() ![]() ![]() Roth’s lucrative idea to paint hideous monsters — including the Rat Fink of the title — on children’s T-shirts, a sartorial trend that, in the 1960’s, had the added benefit of getting their wearers banned from school, thus giving them more time to play with Mr. Ogling fins and drooling over fenders, the movie traces the colorful history of the hot rod from speed machine to babe magnet and, finally, museum piece and collector’s item.Īlong the way we learn of Mr. Jeannette Catsoulis reviewed in The New York Times: Rat Fink and Roth are featured in Ron Mann's documentary film Tales of the Rat Fink (2006). Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs. Other artists associated with Roth also drew the character, including Rat Fink Comix artist R.K. ![]() The Rat Fink is a green, depraved-looking mouse with bulging, bloodshot eyes, an oversized mouth with yellowed, narrow teeth, and a red T-shirt with yellow "R.F." on it. "Monster Hot Rod" art form, Roth is accepted as the individual who popularized it. Although Detroit native Stanley Mouse (Miller) is credited with creating the so-called After he placed Rat Fink on an airbrushed monster shirt, the character soon came to symbolize the entire hot-rod/Kustom Kulture scene of the 1950s and 1960s. Roth's hatred for Mickey Mouse led him to draw the original Rat Fink. Rat Fink is one of the several hot-rod characters created by one of the originators of Kustom Kulture, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. The shifter is so typical of Rat Rods today the cues are all there.Ĭlearly he had his finger on the pulse of every mans dilemma. Here is a great short film on the Master. Visit Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's official website for goodies. Of course I had to tell him how he inspired me to draw as a kid and I took home a signed Rat Fink print that I treasure to this day. I did have the good fortune to meet him at a hot rod and custom car show in Feb 2000 or 2001 right before his death. Glueing and painting occasionally modifying fired the creative juices to combine other kits into outrageous vehicles. Models were also big entertainment and "Big Daddy"'s models were in every Hobby Shop. He inspired me to draw as I copied and traced reassembled the characters and cars into new stories and scenes.Įventually I was drawing in his style on my own recreating Rat Fink when ever I could. My first exposure was through magazines like CarToons. With my dislike of any thing of social norm Rat Fink was the anti-Mickey and I loved him and the other characters and cars created by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Growing up in the late 50's and 60's I honed my drawing skills inspired by Rat Fink. Rat Fink is an ever present icon in the Hot Rod world and the his creator's influence on car culture through his prolific works has continued to live on. ![]()
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