Revolution in the Head Blog

Victor Moscoso

Victor Moscoso is an American Spanish artist who produced

Underground Comix, hallucinating 60s rock posters and
advertisement pieces.

Victor was influenced by Bauhaus Artist and teacher Josef Albers,

who taught at Yale in the 50s. Through this influence, success was
stricken when he made the psychedelic rock and roll posters for
dance clubs in San Fransisco. In 1968 Victor worked for
underground comix. During that time he created titles as Snatch
Comics, El Perfecto Comics, Jiz Comics and, probably the most well-
known, Zap Comix.

Victor MoscosoThe Chambers Brothers 1967

This piece of art by Victor Moscoso has some interesting typography.
Its lettering is moulded into the woman’s sunglasses giving it a stylish
and trippy look which is fitting seeing how it was made in the 60s
during the drug culture.

The lettering has a fluid and swirling pattern making it almost

unreadable like you need to be high of your head in order to read it.
But even that’s redundant because if you did that the letters would fly
off the picture and fly into your face or the eoman coming out of the
poster and trying to kiss you. The blue catches your eye and contrasts
from the purple and orange hues.

Victor MoscosoThe Wildflower 1967

This painting was featured in a music gig at The Matrix, a 60s music
venue, during the San Francisco psychedelic scene. The painting
looks like a dream sequence somebody had after having LSD at a
festival.

The words wildflower, matrix and San Francisco appear within the
flowers. This was done for advertisement purposes but yet invokes a
strange reality warping sensation. In the middle of the painting is a
woman painted in purple. It seems she’s hidden within the shadows
or is appearing from it, like she’s forming out of thin air.