Rolling Vapors: VCJ?

An original rare Powell-Peralta VCJ poster

Everybody that skated back in the 80's remembers the classic Powell-Peralta graphics drawn by Vernon Courtlandt Johnson, such as the Ray 'Bones' Skull & Sword, Ripper, Hawk, McGill, Welinder, Caballero, Guerrero, Mountain, Vallely and so on. As the 80's were coming to a close and the industry began to change, the 'skate-consumers' were looking for new shapes, graphics, and image. VCJ's reign as Powell-Peralta graphic artist was ending and it was time to pave the way for the new up-and-coming artists such as Sean Cliver and John Keester. As time went on, there was rumored to be some kind of falling out between VCJ and Geroge Powell, and so VCJ left and went on his way.

VCJ returns to Powell-Peralta

It's now 20 years later VCJ has returned to the Powell-Peralta camp upon the reformation of the company. I had the question in mind wondering what he was doing after he left and before he returned... I knew that he was doing some artwork for Pocket Pistols along with Jim Phillips and Matt French, but after doing a bit of research I found a few graphics I hadn't seen before, including a couple collabs and some stuff (the Hippo) for a Japanese collaboration (Neighborhood x Challenger). Here's some sweet VCJ graphics to whet your whistle upon the release of the new Powell-Peralta graphics - hopefully they'll be bangin'... Enjoy!