CLAW Rips into Mainstream Media with TNT Article

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

For local cartoonists, a league of their own

by ROSEMARY PONNEKANTI; [Tacoma] News Tribune STAFF WRITER

It’s hard to be serious when you’re holding a conversation with a guy who’s wearing an eyeball-topped fez and maniacally drawing a goofy bear on his computer. That would be James Stowe, Tacoma cartoonist and one of the founding members of CLAW, the Cartoonists’ League of Absurd Washingtonians. Nearly two years old, CLAW is the epitome of tongue-in-cheek geekdom – but through open sessions and private gigs, the dozen or so members also work hard to support local businesses, the Tacoma art community, and the fine art of having fun with pen and ink.

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