revenge of the clermont lounge

For this week's Blotter illustration, I wanted a vaguely film-noir feel to match the retro energy of the Clermont Lounge sign — one of my favorite things about Ponce de Leon Avenue. I ended up dropping almost all color from the final drawing and changed all the blacks to deep blues, which I think came out nicely.

Here's the crime report itself.

i guess the giulianis all sold out

A funny sight from my neighborhood Borders store. They had a stack of "John McCain: Countdown to Victory" wall calendars all marked down to $1.

Seriously, who would want McCain's craggy face staring at you for the next year?

that's thuper!

Hello, Super Duper Tuesday.
Tonight I'll be live-blogging (as opposed to, um, dead-blogging?) the primary results for The Advocate's Election 2008 site. I'm camping out at Amsterdam Atlanta's viewing party, which is hosted by the Atlanta Stonewall Democrats, Georgia Equality and OutWorks (among others). If you're in the neighborhood, swing by.

his third life is a dime

Holy cow, it’s February already. Here’s my new drawing for AirTran’s Go magazine. (The technology column doesn’t appear to be on their site this month, so I’m linking to the homepage instead.)

The article has to do with strategies for growing your money online, specifically using Second Life. The idea of a $20 bill having a quarter as a Second Life avatar made me smile. Judging from my own (very brief) dabbling in Second Life, I’m guessing it really should’ve been the other way around.