By my extremely scientific calculations of flipping through old Thrashers until Spitfire used it in an ad, this was the first appearance of the flame head logo.
Thrasher - May 1992 Volume 12 Number 5
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Old School Sammy
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Would LOVE to know who designed the Flamehead logo (Jim Phillips?), it's such an effing iconic classic.
Anyone noticed that in the photo where Cardiel holds a pigeon he really looks like a living person flamehead? You can find it on the cromeball incident, sorry for some reason i can't link it here. Anyway i think that's just amazing! same expression, same position, the grin and the eyes... maybe he's the inspiration behind it, or he draw it, i don't know...
Old School, I remember seeing an issue of Juxtapoz a few months back with a Kevin Ancell article (I think) and the flamehead logo was featured in there with the title "If I had a dime every..."
5 comments:
Would LOVE to know who designed the Flamehead logo (Jim Phillips?), it's such an effing iconic classic.
Anyone noticed that in the photo where Cardiel holds a pigeon he really looks like a living person flamehead?
You can find it on the cromeball incident, sorry for some reason i can't link it here.
Anyway i think that's just amazing!
same expression, same position, the grin and the eyes...
maybe he's the inspiration behind it, or he draw it, i don't know...
Old School, I remember seeing an issue of Juxtapoz a few months back with a Kevin Ancell article (I think) and the flamehead logo was featured in there with the title "If I had a dime every..."
I have no idea who designed the logo, but my money would be on Kevin Ancell.
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