Editing Ed Roth (section)

{{Short description|American artist, cartoonist and custom car painter}}
{{Infobox artist
| name          = Ed Roth
| image         = Big Daddy Ed Roth.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption       = Roth in 1987
| birth_date    = {{birth-date|March 4, 1932}}
| birth_place   = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2001|4|4|1932|3|4}}
| death_place   = [[Manti, Utah]], U.S.
| known_for     = Hot rod art, customizing and pinstriping
| training      = Self-educated
| movement      = [[Kustom Kulture]]
| notable_works = [[Rat Fink]], among others
| patrons       =
| awards        = 
}}
'''Ed "Big Daddy" Roth''' (March 4, 1932&nbsp;&ndash; April 4, 2001) was an American [[artist]], [[cartoonist]], [[illustrator]], [[pinstriper]] and [[custom car|custom car designer]] and builder who created the [[hot rod]] icon [[Rat Fink]] and other characters. Roth was a key figure in [[Southern California]]'s [[Kustom Kulture]] and hot rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.
However, some of the designs that Ed Roth claimed to be his own art were in fact not his, but created by Don Monteverde. [[Rat Fink]] is an example of one such design.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Selby |first1=Bill |title=Monté: King of Atom-Age Monster Decals}}</ref>