Talons of the C.L.A.W. were invited into the secret underground lair of seminal wheat-paste duo BEAUTIFUL ANGLE for an initial letter press team social and discovery project meeting–the project being namely LOCAL CURRENCY.  Morgan Alexander, owner of the AMOCAT CAFE has already signed up to be the first Tacoma business to accept this new money (read his Local Currency blog post here).

But first, A quick initiation ritual…

Special thanks to team Beautiful Angle for use of their handsome garden!

Please welcome DEBIVANS, NEW MEMBER NO. 13

And now for a never before seen, behind the scenes, underground tour of the Beautiful Angle letterpress studio…

Talons of CLAW awestruck by the intricate vintage machines..

Lance and Tom of Beautiful Angle invented “ART” in Tacoma, they have no problem showing us how it’s done.

Stowe has a go. “Keep your fez tassel out of those gears!” Bellows Lance.

Soon the tiny cave is filled with the latest ‘adult themed’ Beautiful Angle poster.

Extended viewing BONUS photo albums!

1. Mark Monlux candid photography
2. Adam M. Botsford’s flash powder camera (via Mark Monlux)
3. Adam M. Botsford original super-candid photography

I was hired by an Alaska-based brewing company from my home town of Juneau a few years back. The idea was to combine the accessibility of a funny-pages comic strip with the sex appeal of drinking beer.

The highly experimental, outdoor adventure comic strips below were developed and ultimately abandoned for a more traditional marketing campaign. Click the strips below to read!

So much for that idea…

They were $ fun $ to draw nevertheless.

A little Brill-Toon for the Holidays

Just a little toon so everyone will remember what the holidays are REALLY all about.  PRESENTS!  ^0^