Education
There, he attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he eventually became an instructor.
There, he attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he eventually became an instructor.
Moscoso was the first of the rock poster artists of the 1960s era with formal academic training and experience. After studying art at Cooper Union in New York City and at Yale University, he moved to San Francisco in 1959. He was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage in many of his posters.
Professional success came in the form of the psychedelic rock and roll poster art created for San Francisco"s dance halls and clubs.
Moscoso"s posters for the Family Dog dance-concerts at the Avalon Ballroom and his Neon Rose posters for the Matrix resulted in international attention during the 1967 Summer of Love. Within a year, Moscoso began doing work for underground comix.
As one of the Zap Comix artists, his work once again received international attention. Moscoso"s comix and poster work has continued up to the present and includes album covers for musicians such as Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Herbie Hancock, Jed Davis and David Grisman.
Moscoso still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Comic Journal interview, 2002
Marin Independent Journal interview, September 2006
video interviews from dead.net with Family Dog poster artists, 2010.