{"id":7198,"date":"2011-03-09T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7198"},"modified":"2011-09-13T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T16:54:46","slug":"stoked-vcj-is-back-on-deck-at-powell-peralta-skateboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7198","title":{"rendered":"Stoked: VCJ is Back on Deck at Powell-Peralta Skateboards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(George Powell & VCJ)<\/h5>\n

Vernon Courtland Johnson is back on staff at Powell-Peralta<\/a> and working on new graphics.<\/p>\n

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Growing up I totally wanted to be him. I even sent him a drawing of what I thought the new McGill<\/strong> graphic could look like. He was so nice that he not only sent me a response (with his trademark ‘VCJ’ stamp) but also included a copy of the yet-to-be-released Caballero<\/strong> design\u2014the one with bats\/bones background. I’ve still got it and will share here soon.<\/p>\n

VCJ<\/strong> combined the incredible line quality of M.C. Escher<\/strong> with his own uniquely-warped sensibilities to create some of the most classic skateboard graphics<\/a> of all time. None more parodied (mostly in tribute than jest) than the Ripper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here’s some of my favorites from the Rip The Ripper<\/em> show back in 2009:<\/p>\n

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Steve Sherlock<\/strong> “The Roper<\/em>“<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shepard Fairey<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Jimbo Phillips<\/a> (yes, son of the<\/em> Jim Phillips<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Kevin Marburg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Justin “Angryblue<\/a>” Kamerer<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"BigfootONE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Billy Bakker<\/a><\/p>\n

See the full list of participating artists at SkateOne<\/a> \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

RELATED<\/strong>:
\nVCJ GIF: The Patient Ripper<\/a>
\nLA: Philippe\u2019s French Dip and Lance Mountain<\/a>
\nSkate: Black Light Powell Classic Decks<\/a>
\nSkatebeard: Awesomely Bearded Deck by Mr Bingo<\/a>
\nGnarcade: 8-Bit Attack on Mt. Hood<\/a>
\nSkateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul<\/a>
\nWTF: Skater Blown Up, Blow-Up Doll Unscathed<\/a>
\nAdv: Skating A Full Pool<\/a>
\nArt: Shadow Skaters by TR853-1<\/a>
\nStop Motion: Sorry I\u2019m Late and Chalkpipe Skate Vid<\/a>
\nArt Doc: Stacy Peralta Interviews Mike Shine for \u201cRaw Meat On The Doorstep\u201d<\/a>
\nLA Street Art: Mike Giant on Melrose & Shepard Fairey \/ Obey Giant on Sunset<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(George Powell & VCJ) Vernon Courtland Johnson is back on staff at Powell-Peralta and working on new graphics. Growing up I totally wanted to be him. I even sent him a drawing of what I thought the new McGill graphic could look like. He was so nice that he not only sent me a response […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2951,366,2949,2952,2950,2948,2401,2946,2403,1966,228,2953,2947,2405,2945],"class_list":["post-7198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-angryblue","tag-bigfootone","tag-jimbo-phillips","tag-justin-kamerer","tag-kevin-marburg","tag-mr-roper","tag-powell-peralta","tag-rip-the-ripper","tag-ripper","tag-shepard-fairey","tag-skateboard","tag-skateone","tag-steve-sherlock","tag-vcj","tag-vernon-courtland-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8423,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions\/8423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}