RIP artist and illustrator Ron Cobb (counterculture cartoons, famous movie designs, and more) [View all]
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Ron Cobb died Monday (Sept. 21, 2020) — his birthday — of Lewy body dementia in Sydney, his wife of 48 years, Robin Love, reported.
Cobb brought to life several cantina creatures for Star Wars (1977) and came up with weaponry and sets for Conan the Barbarian (1982), the exterior and interior of the Nostromo ship in Alien (1978) and the earth colony complex in Aliens (1986) and the DeLorean time machine in Back to the Future (1985).
He became a celebrated editorial cartoonist for underground newspapers after submitting cartoons to the Los Angeles Free Press, which in the 1960s was operating out of the basement of the Fifth Estate coffee house on the Sunset Strip.
His counterculture work was syndicated in more than 80 newspapers across America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Above is perhaps Ron’s most famous cartoon for The Free Press.
Below is a creation of his recognized around the world.
And a few things from his filmography you may recognize…
Full gallery at http://roncobb.net/index.html
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