# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-griffin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:52:47.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-griffin"
name: "Rick Griffin"
slug: "rick-griffin"
description: "Richard Alden Griffin was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. He was a key figure in the underground comix movement as a founding member of the Zap Comix collective. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best-known posters and album covers including Aoxomoxoa. His work within the surfing subculture included both film posters and his comic strip, Murphy."
tagline: "American artist (1944–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Rickgriffinfamilydog.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1944-06-18"
deathDate: "1991-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             10.93023255813953
  historical:           7.251156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2389675/"
    handle:    "nm2389675"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1858932"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ريك غريفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ريك جريفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Griffin"
    title: "Rick Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Griffin"
    title: "Rick Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Griffin"
    title: "Rick Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Griffin"
    title: "Rick Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Griffin"
    title: "Rick Griffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431550"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump