Although Raymond Pettibon is an artist, he admits that he writes more than he draws. Most of Pettibon's pieces are drawings combined with text, and he executes these pieces through paint and ink.
Themes such as history, politics, culture, and literature often appear in Pettibon's pieces with a touch of humor. Things that interest him as well, such as trains and baseball, become recurrent subject matter in a number of his works. Pettibon's emotions about certain issues also becomes reflective in his pieces, like how some of his illustrations are drawn with angry, hard lines when he depicts corrupt people.
The majority of Pettibon's works are black and white. Strong, dark lines are used in his pieces that are very reminiscent of a page from a comic book due to the fact that these pieces also include a lengthy portion of text. Text is integral to many of Pettibon's works because they help get across what he's trying to convey in a way that a drawing could not do alone. The TV character Gumby also appears frequently in Pettibon's art for he sees Gumby as a kind of alter ego of himself. He has a great respect for Gumby and other classic cartoon characters, which is evident in the way he draws.
Even though Pettibon's art is very cartoon like, he doesn't view his art as cartoons. He believes his art has a meaning and a kind of purpose that a cartoon does not possess.
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"Raymond Pettibon." Art21. PBS, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014.
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