Stowe, Monlux and Brill mid embrace PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWS TRIBUNE

Wednesday 22nd at 7:30 PM at Kings Books at a round table surrounded by FEZ wearing cartoonists of the elite and secret Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians (the C.L.A.W.) YOU can sit and DRAW WITH THE CLAW!  NO GAMES! NO TRICKS! Just fingers-to-paper full concentration drawing of cartoons… and when we’re done, we will do a college class style round table critique/show&tell.  Hang out and Draw. That’s it. Maybe scratch the Kings Books cat on the head too. Bring a sketch book or something you’re working on too if you want us to give you feedback on that as well.  We are professionals! Our opinion is worth something… maybe.  Anyway it’s fun. We are absurd cartoonists, it’s in our name.

CLAW-tron by James Stowe

Wednesday 22nd – 7:30 PM
Kings Books
218 St Helens Ave Tacoma, WA 98402

The CLAW had a sponsor for March’s Open Swim. Downtown On The Go also known as DOTG www.downtownonthego.com the transportation advocate for downtown Tacoma provided blank while bike helmets for drawing and decorating. These adorned helmets will  be a traveling exhibit for DOTG to orchestrate via the Tacoma Spaceworks project. They might end up on dignitary’s heads during Downtown to Defiance Event in September. Then in October they will be part of a larger silent auction. The DOTG will split the proceeds and half will go to the CLAW Student Scholarship Fund. If you would like to draw on a helmet too, you can contact DOTG and get a blank helmet for a mere $10. Permanent sharpies work best.

First Place – James Stowe

Stowe’s Tacoma – Back – by James Stowe

Stowe’s Tacoma – Back – by James Stowe

Second Place – Mark Brill

Point Defiance Zoo – Front – by Mark Brill

Point Defiance Zoo – Back – by Mark Brill

Third Place – Mark Monlux

Giant Eye – Front – by Mark Monlux

Giant Eye – Back – by Mark Monlux

Fourth Place – RR Anderson

Dune- Front – by RR Anderson

Dune – Back – by RR Anderson

Fifth Place Tie – Kevin Knodell

Grit City – Back – by Kevin Knodell

Fifth Place Tie – Stan!

Stan!’s Tacoma – Back – by Stan!

Tinkertopia Tacoma – Front – by RR Anderson

Tinkertopia Tacoma – Back – by RR Anderson

Dinosaurs – Front – by Stan!

Dinosaurs – Back – by Stan!

The Cartoonists’ League of Absurd Washingtonian’s Open Swim theme for Wednesday, February 25th 2015 was Hobo Dollars. The challenge was to invest in your art be improving the currency you brought to the event. There were several winners. So many I forgot to keep track of their order. So, in no particular order, here are the submissions from the event.