King Weiner
¡Larga vida al Rey! Al Rey de las salchichas, se entiende! En este dibujo original de Derek Yaniger el parrillero se relame, el perro se hace ilusiones… y todo resuelto con tan sólo dos colores. Esta ilustración podría haber servido tanto para un anuncio del catalogo de venta por correo de SEARS de 1958, como para obsequiar a un fanático de las barbacoas hoy. Derek Yaniger… ¡retro que no pasa de moda!
DEREK YANIGER (Arkansas, USA, 1960)
Yaniger spent much of his professional career with companies like Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network, working on successful series such as Dexter, Powerpuff Girls and Transformers, until one day he decided, in the artist’s own words, “to dance to the beat of my own bongos”.
Since then he has exhibited at art galleries in several different countries, become the lead designer for the world’s best retro festivals and conventions (Tiki Oasis, Viva Las Vegas, Wild Weekend, etc.), and published his work in prestigious popular publications such as Barracuda, Atomic, Car Kulture Deluxe and Tiki Magazine.
Yaniger’s visual universe is populated by Beatniks, Polynesian Tiki statues, hula dancers, saucy strippers, 1950s office girls, car races, cocktails, monsters, jazz bands and more.
