Hi Folks--The holidays are over and a new year has begun. We plan to continue our series of interviews with Peter's friends and family that we've been posting to our Facebook page.We're almost ready to post our most recent interview with Eve Muir where she reminisces on early days with John and the Idiot Book, John Muir Publications and Peter. Check back in a week or two and the interview should be up.

• We’ve permanently lowered prices on Peter's Route 66 Series and his Map of Old Santa Fe, in hopes that you will get to know more of Peter's work outside of his VW books (including this broadsheet to the right that he drew just for fun).
  
  
• We’ve also decided to continue our sale of the Cutaway City t-shirt for just $15 measly dollars instead of the usual $20 and of the Birth of Billy the Kid poster for $25 instead of $40 for a few more months. So whether you’re a fan of The Velvet Monkeywrench, Billy the Kid (Peter has a whole series of paintings, postcards and sculptures about him), bustling citiescapes, or just fine clothing products in general, pull yourself out of your winter doldrums with some of Peter's art!
  

You'll have to wait a few weeks actually to get your art in hand, however, as we'll be out on the West Coast until February 2nd. We can take orders and issue Paypal invoices from there but have to wait until we return home to Santa Fe before we can ship. Sometimes we also have to wait to return before we can accurately figure international shipping orders. So please bear with us while we're gone.

Peter Aschwanden was best known for illustrating John Muir’s How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot, but he was somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades and we’re pleased to have our own little section of the internet to share his work with you. So if you’ve come looking for more information on Peter’s all and sundry endeavors, then congratulations! You’re in the right place. If you’re just trying to figure out where to buy that hippie VW book or whatever, then you’re still in the right place. (Psst: for purchasing information on books, T-shirts and posters, or just to see more of Peter’s art, check the links at the right.)

Come visit us on our facebook page, where you can find essays, photos, and a thoroughly agreeable group of like-minded people. Read the interviews there with with Peter’s family and friends and other people from John Muir Publications (complete with pictures, historical and otherwise), the perusing of which might be an excellent use of your time. Part four of the series—with Barbara Luboff, who, together with her husband, Ken, helped run John Muir Publications from its inception in the 70s—went up in December. It is certain not to disappoint!

Need even more diversions to cram into your noggin? Why not take a look at Big Blue VW and type "Peter Aschwanden" into the search box for access to lots more info about Peter’s life and work?

To purchase any of the fine merchandise we offer, or simply to say hi, direct your attention to the icons on this screen. And to purchase additional authorized variations on our T-shirts, type Peter's name into the search engines of Airhead Parts and The Bus Depot. (More info on VW Bus T-shirt variations on our T-shirt Page.)

As always, we can’t wait to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by!

We'll be out of town until February 2nd.
While we're gone we can take orders and issue Paypal invoices, but we won't be shipping anything until after we return.