Mike Giant Podcast

Giant's interview with Mike Maxwell, a fine artist based in San Diego, California. Recorded in Giant's studio in Miramar on Monday, October 21, 2019. Topics discussed include: Growing up in El Cajon, isolation fostering creativity, discovering graffiti as an early teen, Tower Records, 1990s graffiti magazines, childhood drawing inspirations, reading George Orwell, Hunter S. Thompson and Jack Kerouak at 14, defying parents, atheism, altruistic anarchism, tribal life, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, tribal vs. city mode, criminal accountability, mob rules, sports as tribal/political substitute, Jiujitsu, release of aggressive energy, drinking and smoking at 12, LSD at 15, drawing, the realities of working as an artist, levels of comfort, tattoo apprenticeship in 2000, changes in the tattoo business, tough guy vibe, custom vs. flash tattoos, Ed Hardy, Sailor Jerry, Guru Tattoo, developing a sketch, the ability to draw anything, efficiency, improvement, personality in portraits, changing styles, working