JOHN “HOSS” TAYLOR
Artist’s Statement
“The pieces you are viewing in its simplicity is a collection random comics/cartoons. They have a double meaning kind of humor to me, which is probably something I’ve inherited by re-reading nonstop panels of Far Side comics. Gary Larson’s strip is a huge inspiration to me, as is the style of Robert Crumb’s art, Charles Addams, Gahan Wilson, and some The New Yorker cartoons. My style has been compared to Larson, Addams, and Crumb a couple of times, which is very flattering. I feel that my style is formed in popular culture and an enriching history of cartooning, comics, and fine art. I have at least received two rejections from The New Yorker at this point, and I will certainly get more before the year is over.”
John “Hoss” Taylor Jr. is an artist from Hebron, Maryland. He graduated from Salisbury University with a bachelor’s degree in art. Hoss’s work has been published in various literary magazines such as Echoes and Visions, Saturday Morning Comics, Chicago Literati, Chaleur Magazine, Inlandia: A Literary Journey, Helen : a literary magazine, The Daily Drunk, Taco Bell Quarterly, Big Whoopie Deal, Wrongdoing Magazine, Fleas on the Dog, Oddball Magazine, The Holy Flea, A Drunken Midsommar, 86 Logic, The Winnow Magazine, Little Old Lady Comedy, and The Joe Bob Briggs Fanzine. Hoss can be found at home with his wife Caitlin, their beagle Belle, and their daughter Sophia.