But I had to have it, and thought I’d never see another one.
#RAT FINK HOT ROD MAGAZINE FULL#
I paid full retail for this tee, one of the few times ever.
Roth’s artist minions never drew a monster quite as grotesque as Rib King’s barbecued-pig food truck driver. It’s an Ed Roth-inspired ‘60s Car Monster. He sold the above tee out of his food truck along with the ‘cue and the coleslaw and the drinks. He used to stop by my office on the West Side around noon, and while I never popped for the ribs he made quite a tasty pulled-pork sandwich. He tooled his diamond-plated chariot of ‘cue to workplaces all over Santa Cruz and mid-county from about 2005 to 2010 or 11. I remember a stocky Asian-American guy around 30 with a gold earring and cargo shorts. “Rib King” was a barbecue chef, butcher, and food truck operator named Loren Ozaki. Here are a few Roth-like tees that I own: Roth’s studio had an impact on many artists who came after, and there’s much to say that I won’t at this time.But as the years have gone by, Roth’s “car monsters” have inspired many t-shirt artists in ways Roth couldn’t have imagined. It’s not local or important, but it’s All Roth. So I get a kick out of the above bicycle-riding “Rat Fink” homage from the Dirt Rag mountain bike magazine. Your mother would not approve of the Rat Fink. Rat Fink was a symbol of that rebellious hot-rod culture that the 13-year-olds dreamed of. He also came up with the Rat Fink, a giant, drooling, fanged rat covered with flies and a tunic bearing the letters RF.
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