Vaughn Bode Toronto Comic Con 1974 Part 1

This man was a genius. He was WAY before his time. As an ex-graffiti writer from NYC, I grew up seeing him idolized by the top graffiti artist. It wasn't uncommon to see Cheech Wizard and the Bode females characters illustrated on the trains. To this day, I still look at his magazines for guidance. Peace to Mr. Bode (RIP), Stan 153, Noc 167, Dondi (RIP), Snooze TC5, and the others...

Thanx, this guy is tuff. jack kirby created tons of good characters had fuck all when it came to rights, vaughn never gave nothin! A tuff artist? true to himself, thanx for posting.

creator of styles for graffiti in the 70s.

Thank you so much for this video, its fantastic to see Bode at work, drawings, talking about his work.

"ROCKS! Rocks don't never plumb da high heights of thinking thought. They never thunked why they don't know nothin'... An ant can think circles aroun a rock any day of da week."

COCO CROW - Da Crow On Cow Gras

This is such a wonderful primary source.
Fantastic to hear his voice, see him draw - amazing.
Thank you thank you thank you for posting this valuable documentation!

Oh, thanks to Sigmund Humanski too!

This is such a wonderful primary source.
Fantastic to hear his voice, see him draw - amazing.
Thank you thank you thank you for posting this valuable documentation!

what an amazing artist!!! and Mark as well!
sad that he cheacked out early, but some lights have to burn brighter than others!! just wish when i was writing graffiti i put up bode by my piece when i done a lizard!

Dangit, I don't wanna break up the 22 comment count that being "Bodes number" through my eyes as he was born on the 22nd of July (2:22PM aswell but I could be confusing that with Cheech) but I wanted to mention that I STRONGLY agree with Vaughns idea of "You'll succeed very well as long as your work is your own stuff" as I myself make that one of the main rules when I draw and he's also correct about how many copiers there are, just look at how many people limit themselves by Animes rules!