Welcome to Peter Aschwanden's web site. We're offering T-shirts and posters featuring Peter's artwork from How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: the Manual for the Compleat Idiot, The Velvet Monkey Wrench and more. We have Peter's classic poster and T-shirt designs that were originally sold through John Muir Publications, as well as some later designs from his Route 66 and Billy the Kid Series. Be sure to check out his map of Santa Fe, New Mexico bordered with cartoons of life in Santa Fe in his unique and humorous style.
On our Books Page you can find The VW Idiot Book, The Septic System Owner's Manual, and The Velvet Monkey Wrench, all of which are heavily illustrated by Peter. He also did the cover art for the wonderful 1941-1959 Harley-Davidson Big Twins Mechanics and Owners Guides. Although we don't offer these books for sale ourselves, you can read a little more about them on the Books Page and link to sales through each book.
Finally, we're starting a Gallery Page so everyone can enjoy more of Peter's art. Peter was a painter as well as an illustrator and eventually we will add paintings from his Grapefruit Head and Billy the Kid Series. One of these– The Birth of Billy the Kid–is offered as a poster. Please remember that all of the artwork on this site is copyrighted. We do like to encourage the non-commercial, creative enjoyment of Peter's art, but please ask us for permission before reproducing his art in any way.