would sponsor a Fink festival celebrating Roth’s most famous animal character. “I was way into Rat Fink when I was a kid,” says Boeckmann, 35. “It was like discovering an old friend.” ...

MANTI, Utah — In the first weekend of June, Manti sees an influx of pinstripers, artists, and hot rod fans from across the world, all gathering for the Rat Fink Reunion, which honors the memory ...

Now you can see the two together at the Rat Fink Reunion in Manti, June 2-4. The reunion honors the memory of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who created Rat Fink, an alternative to a more cutesy Mickey ...

LOS ANGELES -- -- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, 69, a sign painter turned car designer whose outrageous automotive creations and grungy cartoon alter ego, Rat Fink, made him an icon of Southern California ...

There is now uncertainty whether Dutch's dad actually created that Southern California icon, but there's no doubt that Rat Fink, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's rebellious counterculture rodent, is the ...

There’s something really humble about this whole scene, what with the mighty Rat Fink himself hawking trinkets out of a tent at an out-of-the-way Midwestern car show. I’ve seen junk-sellers at ...

“I was way into Rat Fink when I was a kid,” says Boeckmann, 35. “It was like discovering an old friend.” Never mind that this “friend” was a fat, hideous rat with bulbous ...