Barney Bubbles

Barney Bubbles, born as Collin Fulcher on 30th July 1942 in Tranmere Road, Whitton, Middlesex and died on 14th November 1983. He was an English graphic artist. In 1958 he attended Twickenham College of Technology to study National Diploma in Design. When he left college in 1963 he worked as an assistant in a design company known as Michael Tucker + Assosiates in London.there he learned everything he needed to know about typography. in 1967 he was known as Barney Bubbles. The name came from when he was operating a light show which created bubble effect when oil and and water were mixed while projecting them.
In 1969 he converted a building in Portobello into a a graphic art studio and named it Teenburger Designs. The studio was found in the ground floor. His first record sleeve design for Quintessence's LP In Blissful Company. his studio also created record sleeve designs for bands such as Brinsley Schwartz and Red Dirt.
After the disappearance of Molton and Warwick, Teenburgers Designs closed down.

When he formed an assosiation with Hawkwind, he created many poster designs, adverts, stage decorations and performance plans. He worked on his designs anonymously or under a pseudonym. 
He directew quite few music videos which were for Ghost Town by The Specials, Is that Love by Squeeze's. Temped by Elvis Costello.
in 1978 he commited a suicide  on 14th November 1983 because of financial worries and his sleees were rejected by Elvis Costello and record companies. Bubbles was also chased by Inland Revenue for unpaid taxes which he too years ago. He gassed himself by a bag filled with trapped fumes.