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Characters, or karaks, [1] are an integral part of modern graffiti culture. [1] Characters are "creatures or personas” that feature in graffiti works. [ 2 ] They may be taken from popular culture (especially cartoons and comic books ) or created by the writer as a signature character. [ 3 ]
Kilroy functions in the play as "a folk character ... who here is a sort of Everyman." [38] The graffiti appears on the cover of the first edition published by New Directions. Isaac Asimov's short story "The Message" (1955) depicts a time-travelling George Kilroy from the 30th century as the writer of the graffiti. [34]
Glowaski began painting graffiti in 1973 and became known for producing complex themed whole cars that incorporated characters. [1] He came up with the tag 'Caine' by corrupting the surname of the movie character Charles Foster Kane. [2]
William Mauldin "Bo" Hopkins (February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for playing supporting roles in several major studio films from 1969 to 1979, especially for his breakout role in the ensemble cast of American Graffiti.
American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams and Wolfman Jack.
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor and filmmaker, based in British Columbia, Canada.. His breakout role was as Terry "The Toad" Fields in George Lucas' film American Graffiti (1973), which he reprised for its sequel More American Graffiti (1979).
He is well-known for his letter designs and is referred to as a legend in the Brooklyn graffiti scene. [1] [2] He was part of the Brooklyn based graffiti crew Beyond Your Imagination (BYI), which was active from the mid-1980s to the late 1980s and included membership by TRIM, ATCO, TRECH, CHINO, TRACK aka TE KAY, SCOTCH 79 aka KEO, SAST and ...
Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez is a Mexican-American Chicano graffiti artist and painter from Los Angeles who is known for his work in Cholo-style calligraphy. [1] He is credited with bringing the Chicano and Cholo graffiti style into the established art scene.