The Rip the Ripper artshow that went down last January has now spawned a book and commemorative limited edition deck. Featuring fifty eight artists’ reinterpretation of Powell Peralta’s famous Ripper, the book will be available in either a 8″ X 8″ soft cover for $40.00, or a 10″ X 10″ hard cover for $75.00. You can get them here on December 19th. The deck is another story – there are only going to be 240 of these so you might want to start pulling in favors now. Via Transworld.

A little while back we told you about the Rip the Ripper art show that Powell Peralta was doing. Now they’ve posted a dope video from the show featuring Steve Caballero, George Powell and more. Peep the video here.

Only a few graphic icons in skateboarding are as omnipresent (until this day) and legendary as “The Ripper”, created by Vernon Courtland Johnson in 1978 for Powell Peralta. You’ve seen it on boards, shirts, jackets, stickers, in videos, as graffiti, selfmade grip tape art and even tattoos over the years. Now, 30 years later Powell-Peralta hosted the Rip the Ripper Art Show, inviting numerous artists to reinterpretate the Ripper – probably the most successful graphic in skateboarding history.

On January 23rd, 2009, Powell-Peralta hosted the Rip the Ripper Art Show. Fifty eight artists had pieces on display. The reason for the show was to celebrate The Ripper graphic. So many skaters and artists have been influenced by VCJ’s image over the years, we wanted to do something that would pay respect to VCJ and get skaters stoked. We invited a group of artists and asked them to interpret The Ripper in their own style. Curator: Désirée Astorga

see all pieces of the show on powell-peralta.com