‘For Waldon, it’s been a mixed bag. He doesn’t seem to feel as abused and exploited by Warhol as Viva does. He’s found a way to make the most of his Warhol days. He seems settled and content these days, living in the Marina on a houseboat. Known for his roles in “Blue Movie,” “Lonesome Cowboy” and “Nude Restaurant,” Waldon joined the Factory in the early ‘60s and really hasn’t left. He makes a living reprising Warhol’s most famous and popular images, selling silk-screen portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Liz, Jackie O., Elvis and the Electric Chair. And he’s been doing it since 1979.

Poe feels somewhat responsible for the first Waldon/Warhol knockoff. Poe found himself in Waldon’s West Hollywood basement apartment, and “during that night, Louis was talking about Warhol and pulled out the screens.” (These would be the original screens Warhol inked to produce his silk-screen images.) “It was the Electric Chair silk screen. I said, ‘Louis, what are you doing with this?’ He said, ‘I dunno, I’ve carried it around for years, I don’t know what to do with it.’ [I said,] Well, I’ll pay you right now to make me an Electric Chair. And he did. And I sold four more for him, and he’s been making them since.”