WELCOME TO THE "WORKSHOP OF FILTHY CREATION" (AKA JOHNNY ACE STUDIOS)... WE BORROWED THE NAME OF OUR STUDIO FROM FRANKENSTEIN AUTHOR, MARY SHELLEY, TO DESCRIBE PERFECTLY EITHER A MAD LABORATORY OR KUSTOM GARAGE - OR BOTH . WE WORK AS AN INSEPARABLE TEAM, BLENDING ELEMENTS OF PRE-CODE HORROR COMICS, TRADITIONAL PINSTRIPING, MONSTER MOVIES, ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH, HOT RODS, KUSTOMS, BIKES, AND MUCH MORE IN OUR ARTWORK AND PRODUCTS.
THE MANY EXAMPLES OF OUR POSTERS, SCULPTING, PINSTRIPING, AIRBRUSHING, MAKEUP FX, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ETC., ARE THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DUES PAID WORKING INDEPENDENTLY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. FROM OUR YEARS OF LOYAL WORK FOR ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH TO OUR KUSTOM KULTURE NOTORIETY AND BEYOND, WE HAVE TIRELESSLY OPERATED AS THE LITERAL "THING WITH TWO HEADS" (OR THE HEAD WITH TWO THINGS )...
WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY OUR HYBRID OF HORROR AND HOT ROD IMAGERY AND OUR DEDICATION TO THE POP CULTURE ARTFORMS AND ARTISTS WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE IN THEIR STEPS.
- STAY SICK!
JOHNNY ACE & KALI VERRA
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
JOHNNY ACE NOT ONLY EARNED HIS "OFFICIAL RAT FINK ARTIST" TITLE FROM ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH FOR 20 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE, BUT CONTINUES TO HONOR THE SPIRIT OF ROTH STUDIOS IN HIS WORK. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE PUNK FLYER/POSTER ARTFORM AND HAS WORKED IN SUCH VARIED FIELDS AS THE SKATEBOARD INDUSTRY, COMICS, TOY PROTOTYPES, COMPUTER GAMES, AND TOO MUCH MORE THAN THIS SPACE WILL ALLOW! HE COUNTS AS INSPIRATION SUCH LEGENDS AS ED "NEWT" NEWTON, MOUSE!, WALLY WOOD, ERIC STANTON, JOHNNY CRAIG, BASIL WOLVERTON, TOM KELLY, BASIL GOGOS, TOM SUTTON, ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH, AND OTHERS.
KALI VERRA'S ARTISTIC RANGE INCLUDES TRADITIONAL PINSTRIPING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, GLAMOUR AND FX MAKEUP, AIRBRUSH, ANIMATION, SCULPTING, AND MORE. SHE WAS TAUGHT THE PINSTRIPING TRADE BY ROTH AND USED A MACK BRUSH GIVEN TO HER BY HIM UNTIL IT WAS "ON IT'S LAST THREE HAIRS". KALI DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM SUCH VARIED SOURCES AS KENNETH "VON DUTCH" HOWARD AND ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH TO WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS TO THE UNWHOLESOME TRINITY OF BAVA/ARGENTO/FULCI... SHE ALSO HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR THE HOKEY SIDE OF THE OCCULT. SHE IS CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH GETTING HER HANDS ON MORE GUITARS!!
