Friday, November 19, 2010

Connection, or coincidence?

I used to listen to White Zombie quite a bit in my college days.  Don't listen to them, or Rob Zombie's solo stuff, much anymore.

But I was wondering this morning (it was one of those shower thoughts that stuck with me)--was Erol Otis one of the influences on his art work?

I present for you to compare:

Otis

Zombie
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Posted by Dennis Laffey at 12:52 PM
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5 comments:

  1. LoneIslanderNovember 19, 2010 at 1:40 PM

    I call connection

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  2. migellitoNovember 19, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    Ahh, my favorite back-of-an-album-cover ever. Two NPCs in my long-running 2e game had those ladies for character pictures.

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  3. 2eDMNovember 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM

    I've always thought that much of Zombies work was more influenced by the artwork found on Psychobilly albums(like The Meteors).

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  4. AnonymousNovember 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    I wouldn't jump the gun on there being a definite connection. Erol Otus may have a unique look among game art, but among art, period, not so much. The Zombie picture looks to be drawing on a lot of things, things that Otus himself was influenced by.

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  5. TreyNovember 19, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    I dunno. I see more of a 60s rock poster, and Big Daddy Roth influence than Otus. I would suspect, though, that Zombie played some D&D in his day.

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