Homer Flynn

Biography

Homer Flynn III is an American multimedia artist, musician, graphic designer and businessman who is known for his role as founding member, co-owner and current "Captain Doc" of The Cryptic Corporation, the management and public relations firm which has represented the band, The Residents since 1976. As a member of The Cryptic Corporation, Flynn has been credited as a co-producer on over 30 albums by The Residents and other spin-off acts, from Fingerprince (1977) to Shadowland (2015). A friend and collaborator of The Residents from their earliest days in Shreveport, Louisiana, Flynn is also the group's primary graphic designer and art director, having been responsible for most of their album and promotional art, which is usually credited to his graphic design company "Porno-Graphics". Since the early 1980s, Flynn has regularly acted as a spokesperson for The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation, becoming more prominent in this role following the retirement of co-founder and long time President Hardy Fox in 2017. Flynn has lived and worked in San Francisco, California since 1969. He is married to artist Leigh Barbier, who he lives with in the Haight-Ashbury District. He has two daughters, artist Jana Flynn (from his previous marriage to Diane Flynn) and actress Isabelle Barbier, and two grandchildren.