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Haunted Paradise


Glenn Barr is a jack of all trades. As a kid, he drew, painted and played guitar in a band. Working with felt-tip or ballpoint pen, Barr rendered true-to-life depictions of his favorite rock stars on t-shirts, jean jackets, and on the cover of spiral bound notebooks. A t-shirt with one of his drawings was thrown on stage during a KISS concert, and frontman Paul Stanley invited him backstage because he was so impressed.

“My biggest influence? I guess I would have to say…television,” Barr said at the Motor City Comic Con in 1994. Here are some of his drawings, which are bizarre and amazing at the same time…














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