Posts Tagged NC
North Carolina’s newly introduced Nipple Ban legislation has made some national headlines lately. This followed on heels of another successful, heavily-attended local NC gun show, where any mention of banning certain types of assault weapons or even improving security at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henderson County makes another national list for great places to be a retiree. It still isn’t so great if you are not now, nor will ever be one. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not so self-evident, evidently
Have a happy Fourth. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2013 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Root of all Evil
A recent expose about the problem of illiegal ginseng poaching (due to the high value of the root of the plant in Asian markets) coincided with the pop culture apex of a particular AMC drama that is reaching the end[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NC Ink
Famed reality TV show regular (Miami Ink, NY Ink) and tattoo shop owner/tattoo artist/irritableex-Mossadsoldier Ami James is opening another shop and this time it is right here in little old Asheville, NC. This bit of interesting news was not really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An itinerant snowy owl was found in the area, a long way from it’s normal habitat and travel route. Calling it a gender-neutral “Tundra” while rehabbing it locally, a DNA test found she was actually a he. This cartoon takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the bon temps have rolled: __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Nearly a year ago, this cartoon was created in part as a generic response to recent spates of complaints about particular things in the paper that various axe-grinders had problems with. There have recently been a few more here and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Doing this “local topics” comic each week never allows me to tackle any national news item, but sometimes a local story goes viral and gets national attention (actually, that’s becoming a kind of a thing here in Asheville with The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sorry the quality of writing on this comic has devolved to “Bazooka Joe” levels, but at least I spent time making the scenery pretty. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. ©[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just because fracking (which is the popular term for hydraulic fracturing [which is the popular term for injecting a poisonous cocktail of high-pressure streams of trade-secret ingredients into the ground] in the quest for harvesting a lucrative crop of natural[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some crummy legislation requires some Crumby-style cartoons. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Another new law, another excuse to make a comic about it. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
After the Apple Festival, education problems are evident: __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix