Los Angeles Firm Inc. Magazine March/April 2016 | Page 108

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Who are some of the individuals that
influenced you as an artist?
There are so many from wildly varied
art forms. I like Ronald Searle, Gerald Scarfe, H.R. Giger, Ralph Steadman,
Vaughn Bode and Tex Avery oh, and Daffy
Duck, he’s my spirit animal. The list
is enormous.

MARCH / APRIL 2016

What are some of the projects you have
lined up for the near future? (after
April 2016)
Dumb Bunny & Jackass and Earth vs.
Everything are my two main new shows.
But I’m writing a book I will also illustrate called; Edmund Frankenstein.
I have so many ideas stacked up I need
to turn them into books. If I wait for
Hollywood, I’ll be dead. I gotta get
these things out.
How can someone hire you for a project
such as an animation movie?
Ask me!

The Editor’s Cutt
Exclusive

Bill Kopp

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Where are you originally from?
Seattle, Washington. Home of rain, Jimi
Hendrix, Bruce Lee and, the Melvins. I
grew up on a very foresty island. It
was like middle-earth. Very inspiring
surroundings.
Who recognized you and gave you the
break you needed to become recognized?
Savage Steve Holland.
We are very glad to have you as a featured artist. It’s not everyday we run
across such a talent as yourself.
Thank-you, you’re very kind.
What made you want to become an artist?
I was just born this way. Like a testpilot.

What kind of mark to you want
to leave on the art communities
worldwide when it’s all said and
done?
You mean besides a skidmark? That
is for someone else to decide. I’m
challenging myself, what the rest
of the world thinks is actually
none of my business.
Do you have other interest besides
art?
None. And that’s the truth, I’m
not trying to be flippant. All I
do everyday is draw and write …
for hours, because I desperately
want to be better at it. For me.
No one else.
I do enjoy my friends, and scuba
diving and pretty women, but two
of those are hard to do.

Where can our readers catch up with you
and view more of you amazing art?
I’m finally getting a website together.
But just about everything I’ve ever
made is all over youtube. You can find
me on Facebook too.
Describe the feeling you get when others recognize your art work as some of
the best in the world?
Who says that?? I’ve heard rumors,
but I’m not buyin’ it, HAHAHAA! Well,
that’s the cool thing about doing TV
and movies. The stuff gets beamed all
over the world before you know it.
Dubbed in all kinds of languages and
stuff. I’ve been scuba diving in the
Philippines and flicked on the TV in
the hotel and there I am in Spanish as
one of my characters. It’s bizarre.
I have more fans in the other 9/10’s
of the globe than I think I have in
America. It’s a wonderful feeling to
see your work infecting the world. But
the BEST? I don’t know about that at
all. I still feel like I’m learning all
the time. But it is a very cool feeling
to see graffiti of one of my characters
on a wall in Turkey, or one time I went
to Cabo San Lucas fishing and