Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician.
[11] In 1979,[12] Panter's Rozz Tox Manifesto was published in the Ralph Records catalog, calling for artists to work within the capitalist system.
The set of Pee-wee's Playhouse was the antithesis of pablum art: it was dense as a jungle and jam-packed with surprises, often loud and abrasive ones.
[14] In 2008, PictureBox published Gary Panter, a two-volume 700-page comprehensive overview of his work, including never-before-published sketches.
His works balance the worlds of painting, commercial art, illustration, cartoons, alternative comix, and music.
[18] With Winsor McCay, Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman, Elzie Segar, Frank King, Chester Gould, Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware, Panter was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum in New York City, from September 16, 2006, to January 28, 2007.
[19][20] An exhibition of originals of Gary Panter's drawings and paintings was shown at the Phoenix Art Museum from April 21 through August 19, 2007.