Travis Millard “Nite Dude” Signed Archival Print, 2012, 8/100

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A nocturnal surfing scene by American artist Travis Millard, featuring a solitary silhouetted surfer riding a pale blue wave beneath … Read more A nocturnal surfing scene by American artist Travis Millard, featuring a solitary silhouetted surfer riding a pale blue wave beneath an oversized golden moon. A black, star-filled sky frames the composition, combining Millard’s expressive comic linework with a dreamlike coastal atmosphere.

This archival print is signed and dated 2012 in pencil at the lower right and numbered 8/100 at the lower left.

Millard featured the same image in September 2014, on a Volcom T-shirt. This print predates that announcement by two years and presents the image without the “True to This” lettering included in the modified version for the T-shirt.

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Artist: Travis Millard
Title: Nite Dude
Date: 2012
Medium: Archival print on paper
Edition: 8/100
Signature: Signed and dated in pencil, lower right
Dimensions: print 20" x 16"/ with frame 21.75 " x 17.75"

About the Artist

Travis Millard (b. 1975) is an American artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and independent publisher whose career connects contemporary drawing with underground comics, music, and skateboard culture. His practice encompasses drawings, prints, artist books, murals, animation, and art direction, distinguished by expressive linework, surreal characters, and a blend of absurd humor and psychological observation.

A 1998 graduate of the University of Kansas illustration program, Millard studied printmaking with artist Michael Krueger, an influential mentor. He began circulating handmade zines in the early 1990s and developed Fudge Factory Comics as an independent platform for his drawings and publications. His artwork for The Get Up Kids’ 1999 album Something to Write Home About introduced his imagery to an international music audience.

Millard participated in Cult Fiction: Art and Comics, the 2007–08 Hayward Gallery touring exhibition presented at institutions including The New Art Gallery Walsall, Nottingham Castle, and Leeds City Art Gallery. The exhibition brought together contemporary artists and influential comics creators, including Robert Crumb, Raymond Pettibon, Kerry James Marshall, and Yoshitomo Nara. His work also appeared in Strips, Scripts, and Scapes: Contemporary Comix in Southern California at Riverside Art Museum in 2009.

His exhibition history includes Richard Heller Gallery in Santa Monica, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Thinkspace, Subliminal Projects, and Heron Arts in San Francisco. Solo presentations include Kiss My Aura at Slow Culture in Los Angeles and Dogs to Know at Volcom Garden in Austin. He has collaborated extensively with Mel Kadel and Michael Sieben, including the drawing exhibition Big Whoop at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, and exhibited with Shepard Fairey at Max Fish in New York.

His publications include the 240-page collection Hey Fudge, published by Narrow Books in 2007; Hitten Switches, created with Michael Sieben and published by Volcom; and Space Eraser, published by innen. His illustrations have appeared in books from Chronicle Books and Bend Press, as well as MAD, Wired, The Hollywood Reporter, Playboy, Juxtapoz, Thrasher, and Monster Children.

Millard has created record artwork for Dinosaur Jr., The Get Up Kids, The Uncluded, and other musicians, along with illustrations for the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice. His commercial collaborators include Vans, Volcom, Burton, The Hundreds, Lakai, and The Quiet Life. He also produced and art-directed the video game Freedom Finger.

Print in excellent condition, frame shows normal wear. See less