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Future Man

Jim Evans is best known to surfers for his Cadillac Wheels illustrations and work with Rick Griffin. Yet his designs, produced in his Malibu studio, have cast their influence from the Beastie Boys to Public Enemy, The Big Lebowski to Fear and Loathing. In profile, writer Joe Donnelly contextualizes the cultural significance of the Evans’ work.

Words by Joe Donnelly

Volume 22, Issue 4