Derek Yaniger is a mid-century modern artist drawing inspiration from the wild retro worlds of tiki, beatnik, jazz, rockabilly, burlesque and cocktail culture. This cat’s got a long history of scratchin’ out art for lots of king-sized bigwigs like Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network. But nowadays he strictly digs the gigs that let him beat his own bongos.
He gets a large charge creating art for a whole heap of way-out events such as the Hukilau, Tiki Oasis, Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, Tales of the Cocktail and even Spain’s Wild Weekend! He’s also laid out art for several righteous rags like Barracuda, Atomic, and Tiki Magazine. And like, most recently he’s been interviewed and featured in some nutty overseas mags…Playboy Brazil, Cover Magazine in Venezuela and the French art mag Now if that doesn’t send you into orbit, you’re runnin’ on the wrong kinda fuel! But what really flips his switches like… too much, is makin’ with the Van Gogh routine. Derek’s had his paint splatters well-hung in galleries all over the world. MondoPop in Italy, Outré in Australia, Vertigo in Mexico and La Fiambrera in Spain to name-drop just a few. Derek has also been commissioned to create art for such high-falootin’ fat cats as Shag, Elvira, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Pixar director Lee Unkrich! Crazy, man! Like… Derek would rather juggle chainsaws than be a nine to five pencil-pusher so you know these days he’s digging’ a one-way ticket to Flipsville! See ya soon, baboon!
