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Studio Fallout & Alternative Tentacles present…
🦇 The 4th Annual Bat Show 2026: Nocturnal Emissions & Holiday Havoc!
December 17 | 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Winston Smith's Studio Fallout and legendary punk record label Alternative Tentacles are teaming up once again for the fourth annual Bat Show!
Featuring a retrospective of Winston's original Alternative Tentacles bat emblem, created in the early 1980s, alongside a wild assortment of new interpretations by artists from near and far, Nocturnal Emissions celebrates more than four decades of punk art, DIY culture, and creative mischief.
From painting and collage to sculpture and everything in between, participating artists have been invited to take Winston's iconic bat and make it their own.
Join us at 111 Minna Gallery for an evening of art, old friends, new faces, and a little holiday havoc!
BONUS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1–6 PM: Grab a coffee with Winston and Chick at Red Door Coffee and help us bring down the show!
Presented by Studio Fallout + Alternative Tentacles
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Let us know what you’re looking for and we’ll get started.
Getting started is easy. Fill out a short form with a few simple questions about your band, your music, and what you have in mind. It gives Winston a little direction—and then you can turn him loose.
Looking for something quicker or working with a tighter budget? You can also choose from existing Winston Smith artwork available for licensing at Studio Fallout.
Pick an image you love, and we’ll help you get it onto your next release.
Who conceptualized and designed the emblem for Dead Kennedys?
Winston did.
“Anyone claiming to have designed my DK logo is, to say the least, in Error." ~Winston Smith
Winston's logo design from 1976 showcases his unique style characterized by angular and geometric elements. There are several examples of his creative designs before he even conceptualized the DK logo (well before Dead Kennedys were even a band).
Winston's logo design from 1976 for blues singer Jo Baker showcases his unique style characterized by angular and geometric elements.
“After working with Biafra on the inside poster art for Dead Kennedys first album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,” says Winston, “I received a phone call from him one evening asking me to design an emblem or insignia (I don’t think that we used the word “Logo” back then) for his band. This was discussed over the phone, so no one showed me any images or described any preconceived designs. At that point my involvement with the band was purely artistic. I'd never seen the Dead Ks perform till sometime later. I just put the phone down and set off to create multiple versions of what later became the classic DK logo which people have seen (and reproduced) all over the world.”
“Perhaps the most vibrant collage maestro since Max Ernst and single-handedly responsible for an entire generation’s graphic style, Winston continues to stomp the upturned face of The Man, endlessly. ~ Frank Kozik
“Following that time-tested tradition of montage, collage and random image appropriation, Winston Smith takes this medium one step further than his precursors, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp.” ~ Robert Williams
"Winston Smith's collage art is a cutting socio-political commentary on the late 20th Century. Irreverent in style, each unique piece is bursting with color and kinetic ideas." ~ H.R. Giger
Winston Smith with the iconic ‘Idol’ (photo by Kevin Scanlon)
“What always struck me about Winston’s work is his ability to make a profound comment purely by reshuffling found images in a way that is both humorous and pointed. Winston’s recent work is more beautiful than ever making his visual puns that are harsh indictments of the American Dream as an ideal even more jarring.” – Shepard Fairey
Photo by Michael Tullberg (Getty Images)
Vice reminiscing with legendary punk artist Winston Smith.

