Von Franco (born May 29, 1952) is a self-taught American artist associated with the Lowbrow art movement and Kustom Kulture.
He became involved at an early age in the burgeoning hot rod and Kustom Kulture scene of Southern California.
His skill at drawing hot rod and monster art, popular in Kustom Kulture, caught the attention of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, for whom Von Franco later worked.
Von Franco became a builder of custom automobiles, gaining notoriety for building clones of Norm Grabowski's Kookie, Kookie II and Lightning Bug t-buckets,[1] as well as a clone/expansion of the Golden Rod.
35 of his airbrushed sweatshirts were promoted by Levi's "Kustom Monster" in a multinational clothing tour.