Weird-oh World The Art of Bill Campbell

When I was about ten years of age, or thereabouts, I discovered Hawk Model Kits, specifically the Weird-oh Hawk Model Kits.

 

They were some of the strangest and weirdest models ever produced and I loved them!  As did every other kid about my age.

Weird-oh Model Kits featured bizarre humanoid figures dressed in outlandish genre outfits, driving whacked out cars, race cars and the like.

They were bright, bizarre and best of all they were fun!

Little did I realize that they were the creation of artist Bill Campbell, who was a fine and commercial artist in his own right.

Author Mark Cantrell and Schiffer Publishing have compiled an oversize paperback book filled with drawings and paintings by Bill beginning with his military sketches all the way up to his Weird-oh art and successful Commercial art concept pieces and editorial cartoons.

A whole new generation of Weird-oh fans have cropped up making Bill Campbell's art much loved and appreciated.

Other photos and articles spotlight his model work, illustrations and product designs.  Bill Campbell truly was the original "Mad' man!