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Encyclopedia > Victor Moscoso

Victor Moscoso is an American illustrator and comic artist, especially noted for his work in the late 1960s as a designer of psychedelic concert posters and a contributor to underground comix (he is among the artists who regularly appear in Zap Comix). This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ... Zap Comix is the best-known of the underground comics that emerged as part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. ...


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Comic creator: Victor Moscoso (154 words)
Victor Moscoso is one of the main artists of the early American underground comix scene.
Moscoso was present from the first issue of Zap in 1968, also using his graphic style with vibrating colors, illegible lettering and vintage graphics in his comics.
Victor Moscoso worked mainly with Rick Griffin on his comix for Zap, alternating in drawing the panels.
Posters: AE - Sopwith Camel (186 words)
Moscoso's style is most notable for its visual intensity, which is obtained by manipulating form and color to create optical effects.
Moscoso's use of intense color contrasts and vibrating edges and borders was influenced by painter Josef Albers, his teacher at Yale.
Given Moscoso's artistic sophistication, it is not surprising that he was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage.
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