Surf Graphics

Huesudo: Untitled.

Digital artwork.

CONTENTS 06 Introduction

132 Sergio Mora

10 Calavera Comics

140 Mr.Kone

18 Toño Camuñas

146 Jean Luc Navette

26 Samuel Casal

152 Neuzz

34 Chema Skandal!

156 Mitch O’Connell

40 Chicken Billy

162 Ismael Olivares

46 Dr. Alderete

170 Pale Horse

54 Dr. Lakra

178 Pooch

62 Kristen Easthope

184 Christian Reyes

66 El Escobas

188 Gustavo Rimada

70 El Moreno

194 Robot Soda

74 Margarita Fick

198 Artemio Rodríguez

80 Demián Flores

204 Jean-Sébastien Ruyen

86 Fudemae

208 Sergio Sánchez Santamaria

94 Charles Glaubitz

214 Saner

102 Jorge R. Gutierrez

222 Raudiel Sañudo

108 Carlos Hernández

228 Duy Thang Nguyen

114 Huesudo

232 Humberto Valdez

122 Masa

240 Lucas Varela

126 Marie Meier

246 Zoveck Estudio

Left: Imagen vs Letra, 2007. Mixed media.

Right: Generala (General’s Wife), 2008.

Mixed media.

CHEMA SKANDAL! “I’m inspired by everything from the last century, from cereal boxes to comics, from Cuban posters to Italian scooters, from Reggae to indie fanzines, by very cold Red Stripe larger and 45 rpm vinyl, and of course by the female form” says Chema. He loves his work – “it allows me to escape corporate drudgery” – and sees Mexico’s surrealism, iconography, colours and even stereotypes as important influences.

More direct ones are the great muralists he got into whilst at university in Mexico City, the animation of Disney, Lantz and He-Man, Steve Cerio and Charles Burns, and Posada. He has shown all over the world – Paris, London, Addis Abbaba and Chicago, where he now lives.

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Left: Untitled, 2007.

Ink on a vintage magazine page.

Right: Untitled, 2007.

Ink on a vintage magazine page.

DR. LAKRA An artist and tattooist, Dr. Lakra (a.k.a. Jeronimo Lopez Ramirez) works in Oaxaca, Mexico and shows all over the world. His work has been part of seminal exhibitions such as Stolen Bike (Andrew Kreps Gallery, N.Y.C.), Los Dos Amigos (MACO, Mexico City), Pin Up (Tate Modern, London), Goth (Yokohama Museum of Art) and Pierced Hearts and True Love (Drawing Center, N.Y.C.). Dr. Lakra’s artworks involve the embellishment of found objects and imagery with macabre and tattoo-sourced designs. He has a penchant for old medical illustrations, imagery from Mexican magazines of the 1950s and old dolls. The result is sinister, dissonant yet instantly recognisable and entertainingly sardonic. Art and graphics are in Dr. Lakra’s blood: he is the son of renowned Mexican graphic artist, Francisco Toledo.

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EL MORENO Cesar Moreno was born in Mexico City, where he lived until recently, in 1978. “As a kid I was no good at football – essential for success on the streets of my youth – so I found refuge in drawing every cartoon that appeared on Canal Cinquo.” Twenty years later this proved invaluable training for a career in graphic design, when he set up his design studio Golpeavisa; “it was some compensation for not making it as a goal scorer in the Mexican First Division.” Patricio Betteo and Humberto Ramos he counts amongst his biggest influences, but “cliché though it seems I find all of life inspiring.” Today he is based in the country – “it’s allowed me more time…think of it as a retirement from the city so I can work, but Mexico City is still where most of the ideas come from.”

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Above: Dos mil siete (Two Thousand and Seven), for La Mosca en la pared (Fly on the Wall) magazine, 2007.

Right: El Terror (The Terror), for viernesdeilustracion.com.

2010.

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Above Left: Puro estilo mexicano (Pure Mexican Style), 2010.

Digital artwork.

Left: Barrio 83 (Neighbourhood 83), 2010. Digital artwork.

Above: Diablita (Little She-Devil), 2010. Digital artwork.

Right: México Barrio Chingón (Chingon Neighbourhood, Mexico City), 2010. Digital artwork.

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Photography Credit Jordi Salinas & Magicomora

SERGIO MORA

“I’m like Obelisk the Gaul: as a kid I fell into a vat of magic potion…I now have the poison of an overactive imagination coursing through my veins. It’s not that I like creating, I have no choice; I can’t help being a painter.” Barcelona-based Sergio worked as an illustrator for magazines such as Integral, Domenical, Supermini and Megatop for many years, and as a designer for brands Once, Misako, FNAC and UNICEF. Mexico, which he describes as “like life”, is a major source of his imagery; his major influence he says is “life itself, with new inspiration every day.” Sergio has exhibited throughout Europe and the USA.

Above: Si la vida te da palo (If Life Gives You a Beating), 2009.

Acrylic on panel.

Left: Lucky Lovers, 2008.

Acrylic on panel.

Right: La peleona (The Quarreller), 2009.

Acrylic on panel.

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Mexican Graphics: Grafica Mexicana Hardcover + jacket 8.5" x 10.5" (215mm x 266mm) 256 pages ISBN: 978-1-907621-02-4

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