The current issue (#16) of AMAZING FIGURE MODELER MAGAZINE features not one, not two, but THREE Coop-related articles!

First, an interview with Barsom, sculptor of all three of the Coop model kits. Next, Debra Bokelberg interviews Coop, and finally, a "How-To" segment giving step-by-step directions on how to build and paint Coop's new Trick or Treat model kit, written by Steven Parke.

Subscriptions and info on AFM are available online at www.amazingmodeler.com, but you can't read the stuff online—go your newsstand or hobby store and pick it up in person!

 

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Coop and Ruth will brave the wilds of Minnesota where they hope to meet and give a big pat on the back to fellow Satanist Jesse Ventura.

 

Howzat?

 

Well, Coop's having a show in Minneapolis!

 

Grumpy's City Club will host "BUT IS IT ART?" on THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st AND 22nd, from 8pm to 10pm. The show will then move on to Big Brains Comics (also in Minneapolis) where it will hang for an undetermined period of time.

 

Show up, meet Coop, and buy lots of cool Coop merchandise (including many Artist's Proofs of the hard to find older posters)! If you have questions please email flint@tt.net.

 

In our ongoing efforts to amuse, edify, and keep bringing you back to Coopstuff, we have a new feature for you:
Coop's Sketchbook. This section contains actual scans from Coop's private sketchbooks, giving you an insight into what goes on in his head.

 

 

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Couldn't make it to the Merry Karnowsky Gallery on August 28th? Well here are some photos of what you missed!

 

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Our Aussie pals have been putting in extra hours to bring you these New COOP WALLETS! The classic tri-fold wallet design has been snazzed up a bit - these babies are an electric blue metalflake naugahyde (no naugas were harmed), emblazoned (a nice word for screen printed) with a lovely selection of fine Coop images, ready to be chained to you for safekeeping. Click Here to visit the Route 66 page, where these lovely wallets await you!

 

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BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DEMANDED IT!

You've seen them sell for almost $100 on eBay, but we finally secured a shipment of the ALIEN LOVE DOLLS, and are bringing them to you at just $25. Click Here to order!

 

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We know what you've been thinking! It's about time COOP made up some REAL TATTOO FLASH we can buy instead of using these crumpled magazine pages or gummy stickers to work off of!

Well, kids, your wish is our command, and now you can be the first on your block to own a set of Authentic, 100% licensed COOP Tattoo Flash, drawn and packaged exclusively for you, the tattoo artist.

THE MARK OF THE BEAST is a set of at least 50 Images, presented as Line Art AND Full Color Art. The set comes in a handsomely silkscreened cover, and includes a BONUS POSTER. Many of the images are brand spankin' new, plus a couple of Old Faithfuls thrown in there too.

Production is limited to 5000 sets, which is not a lot, so we recommend you contact Larry or Matt at Posterpop (phone 562-997-8755 or email hotrod@posterpop.com) to order now. And ask about price discounts if you are ordering more than one set. And tell 'em Ruth sent you!

We expect delivery of the sets in July of 99, August of 99 at the latest.

SEDUCTIVE NEW POSTER!

 

Yes, friends, Coop has been hard at work and we have yet another New Poster to adorn yer trailer walls.

This one is based on a fine art print by a guy named ROPS, and Coop will be writing up some thoughts on that subject to be posted here soon.

Meanwhile, this poster is a one-color (black) silkscreen poster on creamy white paper. The run is only 500, so they won't last long. What could be better than seeing these two beauties? How about finding out the poster only costs 20 bucks! (Print prices are based on ink and labor. One color is a lot less ink and only one pass on the press. Fine art and savings too!)

So click on the image to go to the poster page and order! Posters will be ready to ship the first week of June, but advance orders are okay.

 

The Last Chance Saloon will host Coop's first foray into the British Isles, GOOD'n'PLENTY. The show runs from April 1st through June 30th, 1999. If you're going to be in the neighborhood, be sure to drop in!

If you want to order the poster, click on it to go to the poster page.

 

LAST CHANCE SALOON

88 Lower Marsh
Waterloo
London
SE1 7AB

phone/fax: (+44)(0)171-771 7466

For further information, contact Sue or Steve at the Last Chance Saloon (click to email)

 

COMPULSION ON-LINE COVERS COOP!

The cutting edge UK publication reports on Coop's Last Chance Saloon Exhibition. Find out what they have to say and check out their very fine magazine by clicking here:
Compulsion On-Line.

 

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OUR BRIEF TRIP ON LONDON

Sue and Steve Prince, owners of the Last Chance Saloon Gallery (hosting the first English exhibition of my work) graciously agreed to bring Ruth and me to Merry Olde England for three nights of parties and fun, from the 3rd to the 7th of April.

We arrived on Saturday and took the Tube to the hotel. The trains in England are so CLEAN! Nothing at all like the NYC subway. Since we weren't too jetlagged, Sue took us over to the Last Chance Saloon to view the shop and gallery, which was of course, wonderful. If you're anywhere near London, check it out: 88 Lower Marsh, Waterloo. All right, enough plugging the show.

Gallery owners and gracious hosts Steve and Sue Prince share a Guinness with Coop and Ruth at the big party at The Scala in King's Cross.

Sunday night was a giant party at the Scala, the great old movie house in King's Cross which has been closed down since an illegal showing of "A Clockwork Orange" which Kubrick had banned in England following some violence that a few idiots blamed on the film. The space was wonderful, and although hundreds of people showed up for the party, it was to be our introduction to what our hosts called "the English Reserve" - namely, the Brits are largely too shy to come up and talk to anyone! Being boorish ugly Americans, Ruth and I were a little stunned and thought no one liked us, but the next day Sue assured us everyone in London is shy to an amazing degree, and that everyone really had as much fun as we did at the party. There was a great band, and at one point Ruth even played the drums.

Coop and Ruth, shopping at Camden Market.

Monday night was a private party at the gallery where we had a much easier time of talking to people, since there was no live band. It was great to have such a personal chance to meet my "fans" and generally just drink Guinness and talk a lot.

And our last night, Tuesday, Sue and Steve worked with Ian at the Ministry of Pop Culture to set up a screening of the Russ Meyer classic, "Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill!" and the two music videos I've directed, after which I said a few words and answered some questions. This was great fun, and the old English Reserve had worn off quite a bit - a lot of people actually spoke to both me and to Ruth!

Ruth and Coop at the Horse Hospital, the last night in London.

We hung out at the Horse Hospital until after midnight, then had to go back to the hotel for three hours of sleep before catching a car back to Heathrow and the long trip home to our lonely cats and extra-soft bed.

We only spent four days in London, but we did manage to get in some sightseeing: Historic (and crowded!) Camden on Sunday, then Monday Ruth climbed to the top of St. Paul's with Sue and Jo (Steve's girlfriend). Steve and I only made it as far as the Whispering Gallery, which afforded an amazing view of the cathedral. Tuesday we took a double-decker busride like the tourists we were while poor Matt had to work in the shop all day and set up the activities for each evening. He's a saint, and one day we'll be huffing and puffing to climb to the top of St. Matt's, I'm sure.

Coop in front of some decidedly English scenery - or is he on the Paramount backlot? (It's England, really it is.)

All in all, we had a great (if brief) time. We met some really fun and wonderful people and had some really awful breakfasts. And we have a new appreciation for Fawlty Towers. Ruth will be trying out her Liquid Latex the next time we have a fancy Hollywood party to attend.

But the Guinness was great, and I miss it already. Had one tonight with dinner and it was thin as water! Maybe we'll go to Dublin next time, and visit the brewery...

Coop

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