John Holmstrom is the founder and editor of Punk Magazine, which helped give the name, identity and personality to the music we love and spawned zine culture as we know it. His distinctive art is instantly recognizable to anyone who loves music, appearing on the Ramones ‘Rocket to Russia’ and ‘Road to Ruin’ albums (among many other places). What’s not as well known is the challenges of making a living off of art and how the pursuit of a steady paycheck can be incredibly challenging, even for a ‘famous’ artist. We talk about John’s love of music, his college years at SVA and learning from iconic artists like Harvey Kurtzman, his transition from art to full-time editor at High Times magazine, and making ends meet in a changing downtown Manhattan neighborhood that no longer looks like home. It’s a fascinating, insightful and sometimes extremely funny conversation that gets behind the art that helped define punk rock. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: John Holmstrom website https://www.johnholmstrom.com/index.html/ The sub stack https://jholmstrom.substack.com/ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmstrom Stalag Luft III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaUU-0-4a3g Topps A Team Cards https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nswAAOSwXA9eTBvB/s-l640.jpg Will Eisner / Harvey Kurtzman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL6cGcPFVzc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Ag8KsStOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXwDwKK7tRg Class of 73 https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCLIT77229/john-holmstrom-kurtzman-harvey/souvenir-harvey-kurtzmans-class-of-73-74-school-of-visual-arts-wrapper-title CHARAs https://pioneerworks.org/store/charas-the-improbable-dome-builders Dome over Manhattan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_over_Manhattan Steven Heller https://www.hellerbooks.com/docs/times.html Jovial Bob RL Stine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ojv_L1ifI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQuZYMqUZJk&t=16s Susan Blond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xj_JmCwbxU Tom Forcad - High Times https://cbdnoticias.com/high-times-greats-the-life-and-high-times-of-tom-forcade/ https://hightimes.com/culture/500-issues-of-high-times-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-notorious-magazine/ Operation Green Merchant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06LWujSIEY Keith Haring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1fwS1pp2X4 The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_S9LwnXt1M