66 John Holmstrom - Artist / Magazine Editor ( Punk Magazine )

John Holmstrom is the founder and editor of Punk Magazine, which helped give the name, identity and personality to the music we love and spawned zine culture as we know it. His distinctive art is instantly recognizable to anyone who loves music, appearing on the Ramones ‘Rocket to Russia’ and ‘Road to Ruin’ albums (among many other places). What’s not as well known is the challenges of making a living off of art and how the pursuit of a steady paycheck can be incredibly challenging, even for a ‘famous’ artist. We talk about John’s love of music, his college years at SVA and learning from iconic artists like Harvey Kurtzman, his transition from art to full-time editor at High Times magazine, and making ends meet in a changing downtown Manhattan neighborhood that no longer looks like home. It’s a fascinating, insightful and sometimes extremely funny conversation that gets behind the art that helped define punk rock.

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Links:

John Holmstrom website
https://www.johnholmstrom.com/index.html/

The sub stack
https://jholmstrom.substack.com/

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmstrom

Stalag Luft III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaUU-0-4a3g

Topps A Team Cards
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nswAAOSwXA9eTBvB/s-l640.jpg

Will Eisner / Harvey Kurtzman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL6cGcPFVzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Ag8KsStOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXwDwKK7tRg

Class of 73
https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCLIT77229/john-holmstrom-kurtzman-harvey/souvenir-harvey-kurtzmans-class-of-73-74-school-of-visual-arts-wrapper-title

CHARAs
https://pioneerworks.org/store/charas-the-improbable-dome-builders

Dome over Manhattan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_over_Manhattan

Steven Heller
https://www.hellerbooks.com/docs/times.html

Jovial Bob RL Stine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ojv_L1ifI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQuZYMqUZJk&t=16s

Susan Blond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xj_JmCwbxU

Tom Forcad - High Times
https://cbdnoticias.com/high-times-greats-the-life-and-high-times-of-tom-forcade/
https://hightimes.com/culture/500-issues-of-high-times-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-notorious-magazine/

Operation Green Merchant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06LWujSIEY

Keith Haring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1fwS1pp2X4

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_S9LwnXt1M