Coop's New Book 'Poster Boy' Collects 40 Years of Rock-and-Roll Art

Coop’s new book Poster Boy gathers four decades of rock-and-roll graphics into an appropriately oversized volume. The 11-by-14-inch hardcover runs 312 pages and reproduces more than 250 silkscreen prints, many at full-page scale.

It is the artist’s first art-book release in 15 years and a broad career retrospective: gig posters, handbills, record covers, process images, sketches, and commentary share space with the grinning devils, devil women, hot rods, and monsters that became Coop’s unmistakable vocabulary.

Four Decades in Ink

Coop entered poster art in the early 1990s and built a body of work that connected punk, alternative rock, skate culture, and kustom kulture. The book includes designs associated with acts such as Green Day, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, White Zombie, and The Reverend Horton Heat.

Rather than relying on older reproductions, Coop has rescanned the work and photographed prints from his personal archive at high resolution. That attention matters for imagery made through bold outlines, saturated spot color, and screenprinted surfaces where small registration shifts and ink textures are part of the appeal.

A Book Built Like a Poster

The large format gives individual prints room to hold the page, turning the book into something closer to a portable poster archive than a conventional monograph. Alongside the standard hardcover, the crowdfunding campaign offers a signed edition and add-ons including a limited silkscreen, stickers, a black-and-white art-zine collection, test prints, and original sketches.

Printing is expected to begin after the campaign, with fulfillment currently projected for March 2027. View the full preview and edition details on the Poster Boy campaign page.

All images courtesy of Coop and Zoop. Source: Zoop.