This month’s CLAW Open Swim funfest will take place on June 25th at King’s Books and will feature a round of the popular “Win Loose or CLAW” game.  Join us for the fast paced excitement!

James Stowe (member #2) has finally released the Quick Start rules to “Sidekick Quests” the RPG. They are available for download at the sidekick quests website: sidekickquests.com. Also, he will be signing posters at the Lakewood Playhouse as part of their end of the year celebration and the opening weekend of Spamalot on June 14th at 5pm.  Stowe has done a series of posters for this year’s entire season at the Lakewood Playhouse, and they are amazing!

Meanwhile at Tinkertopia (host of CLAW’s Secret Lair), they are offering a wide range of summer art camps for full grown Tinker Patrol Deputies and also Jr. Tinker Patrol Cadets! Checkout facebook.com/Tinkertopia/events for full schedule. 

Also the 2014 CLAW Wayzgoose steam roller “Zombies Must Die” print are available for purchase at Tinkertopia too–all funds go directly to next year’s CLAW Art Student Scholarship!  Posters measure 3′ x 3′ and are $200 ea.

In final news, CLAW member #8, L. S. Erhardt had this announcement to add: “They put one of my Xylene Dream comics on the refrigerator at work.”

And so they should, Larry!  So they should.

CLAW Your Favorite Secret Society of Cartoonists!

Wed, December 4, 7:00pm – 9:30pm

at Kings Books in Tacoma. 218 Saint Helens Avenue  Tacoma, WA 98402

This is a CLAW Open Swim meeting that is open to the public at large – all ages – and everyone is invited to attend and participate. I’m happy to say that this will be our fourth year of astonishing each other with truly absurd Christmas gifts. Now is your change to re-gift that present your aunt gave you last year. Or maybe you bought something at a garage sale the wife vetoed. Or maybe you found something that has the perfect “IT” factor for this event

The rules for the White Elephant Gift Exchange:

1. The gift must be “absurd”.
2. If you buy the gift, you must not spend more than $20.
3. You’re gift must be wrapped, or at the very least fully concealed in a festive bag.
4. Those who bring get to participate.
5. Numbers will be drawn from a fez to determine order.
6. You can select a gift from a table or steal a gift from a person who already chose a gift.
7. A gift can only be stolen three times, at which time it becomes locked-in.
8. A gift doesn’t have to be unwrapped until all gifts are selected. (While there is debate about this rule it was part of our original rules in 2008 and I’m going to stick with tradition.)
9. Once all gifts are locked-in, those that have not been unwrapped should be unwrapped.
10. The Trading, purchasing, bartering or auctioning of gifts after the exchange is allowed.
11. no NAZI books or dead animals

In the event that there are extra gifts, they will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. We take credit cards.