Scenes from Asheville in different eras of rise and decline. A third, modern, era was requested/suggested by the editors, so I added the (then current) year of 2010. The vertical version is shown below. Click to make larger: __________________________ Cartoon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the iconic, 118 year old obelisk set to begin a restoration process this month (and renewed examination of the native son/former Civil War governor for which it is named), here are some suggestions for new uses of the reinvigorated[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The people at the paper didn’t get this cartoon using a popular meme to illustrate how Asheville’s present is increasingly annoyed by Asheville’s longing looks at Asheville’s past, and didn’t think most readers would either, so… __________________________ Cartoon originally published[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This local cartoon could also apply to the larger, regional, national situations. Some references: https://mountainx.com/news/historian-karen-cox-confronts-confederate-monuments/ https://mountainx.com/news/asheville-archives-the-lost-cause-narrative/ https://qz.com/1054198/charlottesville-virginia-robert-e-lee-didnt-think-americans-needed-confederate-flags-and-statues/?utm_source=readnext https://qz.com/1054062/statues-of-confederate-soldiers-across-the-south-were-cheaply-mass-produced-in-the-north/ __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2018 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix