Post #287900 by teaKEY on Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:37 AM

1# Derek (cover)
2# Miles (cover) carver Foi Moe
3# Horne (cover) carver Diablo (now the crazy part to me is that Diablo would be just as good for the cover and it was like two great tiki artist at once. Four issues a year, two artist at once, (was there going to be enough white hot artist for the years to come?) and hopefully there is more than four issues a year although, that does make it special)

4# Crazy Al(cover) carver Gecko and both are carvers
5# Shag (cover) carver Bosko (but it was art of shag but really Bosko on the cover. I like to think of this issue as the Bosko issue.

6# Tiki Tony.

Now to me, these are the top tiki guys if I was going to write a list of the top in my head. Although I wouldn't have known the carves from issue #2.

All I ask and this was way before the post just now, is that their are some great artist that should be address before a couple of the others. When I first was looking into tiki in 2004 three names came up. Can you name theM? It was Shag, Von Franco, and Pizz.(they did a show together)
Today we know Shag but the other two are not names that pop up . I think of them as dabblers. A little tiki, and alitle hot rod culture, alittle something esle. I just don't think a guy like the Pizz, although made one of my favorite mugs, should be in the Magazine anytime soon before some of the others mentioned . Any else agree?? Now I can certainly think of a couple names that would be great.