Born in 1934 and actually named Guy Peellaert, this artist was a highly influential Belgian Pop Art painter, illustrator and comic artist who worked primarily in Paris. He became celebrated for his distinct "photorealism meets comic strip" style which merged airbrush techniques, photography, film, stills and collage. He trained in fine arts, worked as a theater set designer and in the mid 1960's he achieved massive success with cult, avant-garde adult comic strips like "Les Adventure de Jodelle" (1966) and "Pravda" (1968). in 1973 he gained international fame with 'Rock Dreams', produced with Rik Cohn. This led to designing iconic album covers like The Rolling Stones 'It's Only Rock and Roll' (1974) and David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' (1974). He designed movie posters for Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver', Wim Wenders' 'Paris, Texas' (1984) and Robert Altman's 'Short Cuts' (1993). He died in 2008.