If you're even a little bit of a skate history buff or are an... um... an... "aging" skater (or both), mention of the name Marc Mckee might evoke fond memories of the early 90s when World Industries, 101 and Blind dominated the skateshop wall and when you and most of your friends could barely wait for those companies to tell you what board you wanted to focus next. Between the releases of the videos Rubbish Heap and Love Child, Marc created for those 3 World brands some of the most interesting, controversial, memorable and now collectible boards of all time. His career has now spanned just shy of two decades and he's created more than just the gems mentioned in the time frame that Video Days lied smack dab in the middle of; after 18 years he's still creating graphics for boards that the current wave of young skaters might be bidding on ebay for once they reach that "aging" bracket themselves. He's a living legend in the world of skateboard graphic designers, and here are his top ten boards that he's done along with his thoughts on each of them.

101 / Natas / Devil Worship / 1991
One of my favorite things about this board is how the graphics were screened on the board upside-down. I think it really helps make it look more evil. Also the “666” was intentionally positioned under the trucks, where it would be safe and never get scratched off. That would be cool to see one of these boards that’s been skated and thrashed to the point where everything is scratched off except that.
World Industries / Mike Vallely / Animal Farm / 1989
This was was my first skateboard graphic. One clue to that is how I signed my name way too big.
World Industries / Randy Colvin / Velvet / 1991
I love how this board had real fuzzy velvet flocking applied to it like the kind of black light posters it was parodying. The deck printers silk screened glue on each of the boards and then sprinkled the flocking stuff on by hand.
World Industries / Randy Colvin / Censorship / 1991
Back in the early days at World Industries we would decide to go ahead with graphics a lot of the time based just on the initial concept.  In this case it was a board protesting censorship. The decks came sealed in black bags with warning stickers on the outside saying, “Censorship is Weak As Fuck.” The ad in Thrasher for this board was fucking awesome -- just three boards in all black bags, with the 1st Amendment printed across the center of the photo.
Blind / Jason Lee / American Icons / 1990
On its first print run this graphic had a colorful Warhol-inspired stained glass pattern in the background with the American flag printed much smaller on the tail. Jason suggested dropping the background pattern and replacing it with the flag, which I think made the message of the board come across a lot better.
Blind / Mark Gonzales / Skull & Banana / 1990
Of the three boards in this series, I would say the Jason Lee Dodo Skull is probably the funniest (and therefore the best), but because this is the one and only graphic I ever did for the Gonz that makes it my personal favorite.
Blind / Jordan Richter / Jerkin’ Jordan / 1992
The most fucked up of the Fucked Up Blind Kids series.
Blind / Guy Mariano / Accidental Gun Death / 1992
Like the racist imagery in some of the other early graphics  I’ve done, this one presents some really shocking and graphic subject matter to get you to think about things and why they are the way are. One of my favorite parts of the graphic is the little white picket fence visible through the doorway at the edge of the lawn.
Blind / Jordan Richter / Safety Gear / 1993
I copied this graphic directly from a safe sex pamphlet that showed how to use a condom. I think it works well aesthetically and on top of that it’s the only board I know of that shows full penetration.
Blind / James Craig / Lake Show / 2007
With this graphic I was trying to return to the kind of stuff that came out during the mid 90s that I did for World and Blind (and also the graphics Cliver did for 101) that would show a whole scene and kind of tell a story. So here you have the dream scenario of James Craig sitting courtside next to Jack, watching Kobe and enjoying his favorite beverage.

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