1974 Rick Griffin Tales From The Tube Handbill

Artist Rick Griffin's association with the Grateful Dead is well known and documented, as he created some of the bands most memorable album covers and posters. However, long before that connection was made, Griffin's early days were spent exploring his love of surfing. One of his first art projects was his surfing comic strip, "Murphy" for Surfer magazine in 1961, with Griffin's character featured on the front cover the following year. For the next 2 decades, the artist would often return to surfer related graphics within his large body of work. This Surf Movie handbill from the mid 1970s exhibit the artist's continued passion for the subject.

TALES FROM THE TUBE - Oct 2-8, 12-13, 18-19, 1974 - First Printing, 5 9/16" x 8 1/2" Film showings at Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Downey Community Theater and Hermosa Beach (all in California). Bob Cording and Jerry Humphries surf movie handbill illustrated in full color by Rick Griffin (appears in the Rick Griffin book on page 67). Thin Stock.

--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Rick Griffin Tales From The Tube
--GRADE: MINT 95
--DATE: 10/02/74
--DIMENSIONS: 8.5 in. x 5.5 in.
--PRINTING: OHB-A; Handbill