The Ramones, John Holmstrom

Artwork for Rocket to Russia

Item #4654

[New York]: nd [1977]. 7 1⁄4 x 10 in. ink and pencil on white paper. “John
Holmstrom PO Box 675 Rocket to Russia” on verso in the hand of Holmstrom.
Staining to edges and top, mostly away from drawing. Else fine.

An original illustration by Punk magazine founder John Holmstrom used in the
lyric sleeve of Ramones album Rocket to Russia.

John Holmstrom and the Ramones surfing-themed collaborations would reach
a peak the next year with the publication of “Mutant Monster Beach Party” in
Punk Vol. 1 No. 15, a chaotic comic-style piece with legendary anti-surfer Joey
Ramone as “The Surfer Boy.”.

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