Rick Griffin

Richard Alden Griffin "Rick"

June 18, 1944 - August 18, 1991

Richard "Rick" Griffin was one of the leading American designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. He was mostly identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of the best album posters for the band. One of his most famous works is the poster cover for the Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa album. Another famous work is also the flying eyeball. His work also contributed big in the surfing subculture both film posters and his own comic strip called "Murphy" for Surfer magazine in 1961. In 1967, after Griffin moved to San Francisco, teamed up with fellow designers creating a company who created and marketed psychedelic posters called Berkeley Bonaparte. source