Punk Portraits
Drawing by Mark Vallen

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Sue Tissue
Mark Vallen. Pencil on paper. 1979.
Published as a Slash Magazine Cover, 1979.
Now available as a 10 x 14 inch Giclée print - $200.00

Sue Tissue was the lead singer for the band Suburban Lawns. My pencil drawing was released as a cover for Slash magazine in 1979 (the first of two artworks created as covers for the magazine). The Drawing also ended up in the book, Hardcore California, a history of Punk and New Wave by Peter Belsito and Bob Davis.

The Suburban Lawns were an edgy punk/pop outfit fronted by Tissue, whose quirky vocal style put the band on the forefront of the avant garde. Their underground hit single, Gidget goes to Hell typified their unique Southern Californian sound.

My Sue Tissue drawing is available as a Giclée print; a perfect reproduction of the pencil drawing created as a cover illustration for the legendary Slash magazine - but without the color text. Printed in a limited edition of only 150 prints, each one is hand signed by me. The image is printed on high quality Arches white paper, with a white border left around the artwork.

Vallen's 1979 Slash Magazine cover
Sue Tissue
Giclée print - 10" x 14" $200.00