Scorched Art - The Incendiary Aesthetic of Flame Rite Zippos

Fine Art, Graphic Design, Underground Comics … and Zippos®? The lines between art and commerce blur, get crossed and fully rewired in this art opus documenting the history of FlameRite, the first commercial artists to recognize the potential of Zippo lighters’ one-and-a-half by two inch metal canvas. In addition to being an American icon recognized the world over and highly sought after by collectors, Zippos have an appeal that cut across all markets. Throw that in the blender with over 30 genre-destroying artists ranging in style from Robt. Williams to Daniel Clowes to Shag, and you have Scorched Art: The Incendiary Aesthetic of FlameRite Zippos.

More than just a collection of lighters, Scorched Art is the chronicle of a unique art movement that has as one of its hallmarks an affinity to products, graphic design and marketing—an arena heretofore scorned by the art establishment.

The editor and book designer is the notorious indie Amphetamine Reptile rock producer Haze XXL (AKA Tom Hazelmyer). The book itself features every FlameRite Zippo produced, including all rare and out-of-print models. In addition, the book includes exclusive, never-before-seen art from 20 artists in the FlameRite lineup, including Peter Agee, Glenn Barr, Tim Biskup, Charles Burns, Saiman Chow, Dan Clowes, Coop, R. Crumb, Evan Dorkin, Shepard Fairey, Los Bros Hernandez, Derek Hess, Kaz, Dan Kelly, Frank Kozik, W. Kelly Lucas, Chris Mars, Tony Millionaire, Niagara, Gary Panter, Pizz, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Savage Pencil, Shag, R.K. Sloane, Spumco, Von Dutch, Shannon Wheeler, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams and Basil Wolverton.

Edited by Tom Hazelmyer

A Feral House book.

7 1/2 x 7 1/2
104 pages
Hardcover

$18.95