Jim Franklin (artist)
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| Notable work | Armadillo World Headquarters poster art |
Jim Franklin (born December 28, 1943 in
Career
Franklin studied at the
worked together for the first time.Franklin began drawing armadillos in 1968 and they became a symbol of the hippie counterculture movement in Texas.[4] He used this armadillo motif when creating the album art for Shiva's Headband's first record, Take Me to the Mountains and poster art for the Armadillo World Headquarters. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen's live recording, Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas, features Franklin's armadillo art, as do the Freddie King albums, Texas Cannonball and Woman Across the River.
Franklin's surrealistic armadillos and other art often appeared on the cover of Austin's underground newspaper, The Rag. According to Robert Lemmo, Franklin "catapulted to countercultural fame when his obsessively detailed and surrealistic armadillos began to fill the pages of an underground weekly called The Rag. The armadillo became a folk hero the likes of which hadn't been seen in Texas since Davy Crockett days."[5]
Franklin also wrote
Many of Franklin's paintings and posters are signed with the initials JFKLN. He continues to paint and is often seen on opening nights at the
A celebration of Jim Franklin's 80th birthday, including entertainment by
See also
- Music of Austin
References
- ^ a b Nathan Bernier (December 28, 2023). "Jim Franklin, artist behind Austin's iconic armadillo posters, celebrates his 80th birthday". KUT Radio. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Jim Franklin (jfkln)". South Austin Museum of Popular Culture. Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Simon, Cheryl L. "VULCAN GAS COMPANY". The Handbook of Texas Online. The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Moser, Margaret (October 6, 2006). "A Lot of Cojones and a Little Faith: The art of Micael Priest". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Gillespie, Angus K. and Jay Mechling, American Wildlife in Symbol and Story, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987.
- ^ Smith, Larry L. "ARMADILLO". The Handbook of Texas Online. The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Hertzberg, Hendrick, "Armadillo Man", The New Yorker, December 11, 1971.
- ^ Alex Pappademas, "SXSW Film Fest Superlatives: Rock Docs, Yuppie Nightmares, and a Ghost in Your iPhone", Grantland, March 23, 2015.
- ^ Udensi, Derek (December 29, 2023). "Jim Franklin's 80th birthday party w/ Floyd Domino's All Stars, Shawn Sahm & Friends, Mr. Franklin & Neon Lemon". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
External links
- Jim Franklin Art Studios
- South Austin Popular Culture Center
- Photos of Franklin at the Ritz, 1975
- Jim Franklin on Rag Radio, interviewed by Thorne Dreyer, April 20, 2010
- Franklin bio at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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