The Black Lagoon Room makes Tiki, Monsters, Cartoons and Bad Puns for the modern connoisseur.
Pete Klockau is a cartoonist and designer working just below the surface of Milwaukee, WI. A life-long collector and obsessive nerd for old monster movies and all things Tiki, he started turning his drawings into purchasable Tiki Mugs, enamel pins, T-shirts, glassware and more under The Black Lagoon Room brand starting in 2017.
Pete has produced artwork for a wide variety of musicians (Justin Townes Earle, Charlie Parr, Dex Romweber Duo, Rosie Flores, Lydia Loveless) Record Labels (Bloodshot, Drag City, Daytrotter, Graveface, Terror Vision), Breweries (Hacienda) and Magazines (Exotica Moderne, Bachelor Pad, Roctober, Lumpen, Atomic Monster Magazine) over the years.
In the Tiki world, he’s designed pieces for renowned Tiki bars Hala Kahiki and Chef Shangri-La in the Chicago area, Tiki Underground in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Foundation Tiki Bar in Milwaukee, classic lounges Bryant’s, The Packing House and At Random in Milwaukee, and Fong Fest & Exotica Fest in Chicago and more.
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COLLABORATIONS:
A smattering of the companies, bands, bars and other folks I've produced art for over the years...
BARS & RESTAURANTS:
Hala Kahiki (Chicago)
The Duck Inn (Chicago)
Chef Shangri-La (Chicago)
At Random (Milwaukee)
Bryant's Cocktail Lounge (Milwaukee)
The Packing House Restaurant (Milwaukee)
Foundation Tiki Bar (Milwaukee)
Ula Ula Tiki Bar (Milwaukee)
Bittercube (Milwaukee)
Trader Nick's South Shore Inn (Milwaukee)
Tiki Underground (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
Speak of the Devil (Lorain, OH)
MAGAZINES:
Roctober Magazine (Chicago)
Alarm Magazine (Chicago)
Bachelor Pad Magazine (Champaign)
Exotica Moderne (Indianapolis)
Monster A-Go-Go (AZ)
RECORD LABELS:
Graveface Records (Savannah, GA)
Terror-Vision (Savannah, GA)
Devil's Kiss (Milwaukee)
Bloodshot Records (Chicago)
Drag City Records (Chicago)
Daytrotter (Davenport, IA)
BANDS:
Dex Romweber Duo (Chapel Hill, NC)
Andre Williams (Chicago, IL)
Banditos (Birmingham, AL)
Rosie Flores (Austin, TX)
Wayne Hancock (Austin, TX)
Scott H. Biram (San Marcos, TX)
Lydia Loveless (Columbus, OH)
The Black Swans (Columbus, OH)
Fetch (Chicago)
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (Chicago)
Eddie Spaghetti (Seattle)
Dick Satan Trio (Milwaukee, WI)
The Tikinauts (Milwaukee, WI)
Mundy (Ireland)
Ben Weaver (Portland, OR)
Charlie Parr (Duluth, MN)
William Elliott Whitmore (Montrose, IA)
MORE BUSINESSES:
Hacienda Beer Co (Door County, WI)
Southpaw Barbershop (Milwaukee)
Slowtrain Records (Salt Lake City)
Phonoselect Records (Sacramento)
...and many home bar logos, and more things I'm probably not remembering...