Career
Emond"s work is said to be reminiscent of rock n" roll tattoos and classic sign art, and characterised by darkly sardonic humour. Emond found success early in his career illustrating Gordon Rennie"s White Trash comic, which led to other high-profile cartoon work including designing album covers for Glenn Danzig. He drew the (extremely violent and bloody) strip "Accident Manitoba" for the short-lived United Kingdom comic Toxic! in 1991.
Later he created memorable characters such as the irreverent streetkid Switchblade and girl gang the Rolling Red Knuckles.
Many of his illustrations were also produced extensively as screenprints on clothing for the popular New Zealand streetwear label Illicit. The company signed a two-year deal with California-based clothier Cinder Block, through assistance from intellectual property agency Sharpeco, to create fashions based on a variety of Emond characters.
lieutenant"s all catalogued and storylined," with the article going on to state that the range included more than 150 characters. Illicit also planned a collaboration with Oregon-based publisher Dark Horse to create a coffee table book on Emond"s work.
Emond committed suicide by hanging in 2004.
Several of his images were used without authorisation in Pink"s music video for "U + Ur Hand." "Put a Nightbreed in Your Tank" (with Daniel Chichester, in Epic #2, Atomeka, Marvel, March 1992) "Axel Pressbutton: The Movie" (with Pedro Henry, in First Rate (at Lloyd's) volume 2 #3, Epic, June 1992) Lobo (with Alan Grant, District of Columbia ): = Covers.
