8th November no responses · Bike-building, Obsessions

Don’t know how I missed this one but, check out El Diablo Magazine, a “kustom kulture” Flash web magazine and blog from Barcelona. Site design, graphics and photos are outstanding, well worth an extended look. Issue #6 has just been published… Be sure to check out the Walt Siegl article for some seriously fine rides.

2nd November no responses · Obsessions

This seems like a very appropriate image to post here… Image comes to us from Chopper Daves Loud Fast Rules.

29th July no responses · Obsessions

Here’s another classic cartoon from the pen of Hal Robinson. Given the rank commercialism of Easyriders today, it’s hard to imagine a time when such a sentiment held relevance. This harkens back to the early days of Easyriders when it was a publication with a mission beyond commercial success, in the days before political correctness [...]

29th July no responses · Obsessions

They wreck each other’s wheels and steal each other’s girls! From 1969 comes Wild Wheels, written and directed by Ken Osborne and starring Robert Dix and Casey Kasem (yes, that Casey Kasem). Osborne also directed Cain’s Cutthroats (1971), The Ballad of Billie Blue (1972), Women Unchained (1974) and returned to directing in 2008 with Hollywood Confidential. [...]

22nd July no responses · Obsessions

From 1971, written and directed by Burt Topper and starring (if that’s the right word) Robert Fuller, Sherry Bain, Tony Russel and William Bonner. Topper produced other such drive-in classics as Fireball 500 (1966), Thunder Alley (1967), Devil’s Angels (1967), Wild in the Streets (1968), The Devil’s 8 (1969) and C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979). By all accounts, [...]

16th July no responses · Obsessions

For all those who have been asking, here she is in all her glory… Hal Robinson’s Miraculous Mutha, arguably one of his more endearing characters. This small sketch of her was published in the Easyriders memorial article to Hal in their June 1984 issue.

4th July no responses · Obsessions

“Big men with throbbing machines and the girls who take them on…” Tag line for another biker classic from 1971, produced and written by Jonathan Demme, directed and written by Joe Viola and starring Scott Glen, Gary Busey, Gilda Texter and Gary Littlejohn among others. Jonathan Demme has an extensive credit list as writer, producer [...]

28th June no responses · Obsessions

Here’s another Hal Robinson cartoon, once again from the memorial article about Hal in the June 1984 issue of Easyriders. I’ve gotta admit, there’s been a couple of times I’ve felt like doing just that…

26th June no responses · Obsessions

Here’s another wonderfully raunchy Hal Robinson cartoon. “Piece Now” is typical of some of his more complex works, it’s crammed with details and jokes hidden everywhere. It takes an investment of time to truly appreciate his work and it’s well worth it. His well-known Red Rider character is included and no doubt Miraculous Mutha is [...]

24th June no responses · Obsessions

Often granted mythic status, Hells Angels on Wheels from 1967, is considered the classic biker movie from the late 1960s. Directed by Richard Rush, who among his other credits directed Getting Straight (1970) and Freebie and the Bean (1974), the screenplay was written by R. Wright Campbell whose other writer credits include among others Man [...]

24th June no responses · Obsessions

“The Cycle Jungle of Hot Steel and Raw Flesh“… Devil Rider from 1970, (also known as Master’s Revenge) directed by Brad F. Grinter, written by Brad F. Grinter and Carol McGowan. Grinter directed other memorable wonders such as Death Curse of Tartu (1966), Scream Baby Scream (1969), The Love Pirate (1970), Sometimes Aunt Martha Does [...]

17th June no responses · Obsessions

Poster from the 1970 classic, Angels Die Hard, written and directed by Richard Compton who later in his career directed episodes of Hill Street Blues, The Equalizer, Miami Vice, L.A. Law, Babylon Five and Sliders among many others. Curiously enough, when the movie was released in Europe, its english title was Rough Boys! “Chopper Outlaws!… [...]

17th June no responses · Obsessions

This is one cool tat… artwork by Nik Pew.

15th June no responses · Obsessions

Here’s another classic, Rebel Rousers from 1970, starring Bruce Dern, Cameron Mitchell, Harry Dean Stanton, Diane Ladd and Jack Nicholson. Film was produced and directed by Martin B. Cohen.

14th June no responses · Obsessions

Another classic, Hells Chosen Few from 1968, produced and directed by David L. Hewitt, written by John K. McCarthy and David Prentiss and “Filmed in the streets where it actually happened”…

14th June no responses · Obsessions

Another classic biker movie poster, Angels From Hell from 1968, a Fanfare Film directed by Bruce Kessler and produced by Kurt Neumann. Film promised to “tell it like it is”…

10th June no responses · Obsessions

Here’s another classic editorial illustration by the late Hal Robinson, this from the December 1979 issue of Easyriders illustrating a fictional piece called Finder’s Keepers by Richard Bennett. I’ve started going through my collection of old rags digging out these gems, so will be publishing more here over the next few weeks. Enjoy…

9th June no responses · Bike-building, Obsessions

If you’re looking for some vintage Ed Roth, check this out… six scanned issues of Roth’s Choppers Magazine. The hi-res scans were done by Sumo from VintageChop.com and posted by Bill Bryant from Biltwell on his Flikr page. Self-published by Roth between 1967 and 1970, these mags are now as rare as an honest politician. [...]

4th June no responses · Bike-building, Obsessions

If you don’t know Deadend Magazine, you owe it to yourself to check it out… some of the best rods, customs, bikes and without-a-doubt the best photography I’ve ever seen. You can see a mouth-watering preview at their site. Enjoy… Oh yeah… and here’s that sweet Ironhead in the thumbnail. Bike is a ’73 Ironhead, [...]

4th June no responses · Obsessions

Another obsession is biker movies…. bad biker movies, low-budget monstrosities. What more can be said? I just wish we could find more of these at the local library… Killers on Wheels was a 1976 Shaw Brothers production from Hong Kong directed by Kuel Chih Hung and written by Sze To On.

4th June no responses · Obsessions

One of my obsessions is editorial cartooning. In the same vein I admit to a fascination for graphic novels and animated films, but more on those later. Here’s a classic cartoon by the late Hal Robinson from decades past. Hal created the unforgettable characters Miraculous Mutha and Red Rider published in such magazines as Easyrider, [...]