dance this mess around

Sad news in the media world today. My former employer Creative Loafing has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company is $40 million in debt. Ouch.
Another former employer, HX, is also in the weeds, with news that it might be closing its struggling Boston paper. (I'm actually not too shocked by that one, given my experience at HX.)

Seems like things are tough all over for print journalism. I was a skeptic for a long time that the medium of words on paper was actually in danger, but it appears now that the prophets of doom may have been right all along. Perhaps we really are witnessing the end of an era.

That said, here's my newest illustration for the Loaf's crime report, involving a street preacher with some fancy footwork who was distracting drivers on Boulevard. Enjoy it while it lasts.

liquor is quicker

Here are my two newest illustrations from the Creative Loafing crime report. I ended up two weeks in a row drawing items that involved ladies who'd had a bit too much to drink. Above, a girl who drank to the point of passing out, puking and soiling herself (probably not in that order), then laughing about it. Good times!

Below, a New Orleans woman who refused her DUI arrest because she was wearing "pink panties." Um, yeah. I guess the drinking issue has been on my mind lately. End of the summer pool party season and all.