THE MAN BEHIND THE RIDER
PAUL KIRCHNER IS THE TALENTED AMERICAN ARTIST AND IL LUSTRATOR RESPONSIB LE FOR CONTRIBUTING THE MONTHLY DOPE RIDER COMIC TO HIGH TIMES. KIRCHNER DEVELOPED HIS TALENT LONG AGO, CONTRIBUTING TO EVERYTHING FROM DC COMICS TO HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE. IN THE ’80S, HE PROVIDED HIS SKILLS TO CREATE COMICS FEATURING CHARACTERS FROM HE-MAN, THUNDERCATS AND G.I. JOE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE IL LUSTRATED VARIOUS PROJECTS FOR WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND BOSTON GLOBE.
THE FIRST TIME DOPE RIDER APPEARED IN OUR MAGAZINE WAS IN 1975, AND NOW, KIRCHNER HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK, , TO CELEBRATE THE LONGSTANDING LEGACY OF HIS DETAILED, TRIPPY COMIC SERIES. KIRCHNER OPENED UP TO GIVE READERS A LOOK AT THE MAN BEHIND THE COMIC.
