![]() ![]() ![]() Roth was active in the field of counterculture art and hot-rodding his entire adult life. Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs. Numerous artists were associated with Roth, including painter Robert Williams, Rat Fink Comix artist R.K. In the 1960s, plastic models of many of Roth's cars, as well as models of Rat Fink and other whimsical creatures created by Roth, were marketed by the Revell model company. Roth is less well known for his innovative work in turning hot rodding from crude backyard engineering, where performance was the bottom line, into a refined art form where aesthetics were equally important, breaking new ground with fiberglass bodywork. Although Detroit native Stanley Mouse (Miller) is credited with creating the so-called "Monster Hot Rod" art form, Roth is certainly the individual who popularized it. ![]() Roth is best known for his grotesque caricatures - typified by Rat Fink - depicting imaginative, out-sized monstrosities driving representations of the hot rods that he and his contemporaries built. He grew up in Bell, California, attending Bell High School, where his classes unsurprisingly included auto shop and art. As a custom car builder, Roth was a key figure in Southern California's "Kustom Kulture"/Hot-rod movement of the 1960s. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth ( Ma– April 4, 2001) was an artist and cartoonist who created the hot-rod icon Rat Fink and other extreme characters. ![]()
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