According to Wikipedia... "Coop" is a "hot rod artist" working in Los Angeles whose real name is Chris Cooper...
Coop's most famous image is the face of a grinning devil with a smoking cigar clamped in his teeth... he also
depicts female characters in the role of "Devil-Woman"...

[Late 18th century/early 19th century door knockers from Charleston, South Carolina and Lynchburg, Virginia]