The Tourism Development Authority is helping again. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2020 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
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Ashes to Asheville
Sometimes a hunger for more and more profits will have you putting out the fire with gasoline. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2020 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
A recent editorial opinion is the latest in questioning why consumers are charged taxes to mitigate the damage of the goods and services they purchase, while only one of these taxes (the most lucrative) seems to exist only to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Asheville marketing blitz needs to market to other demographics too. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2019 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Some holes are appearing that seem like they may be the beginning of a deeper descent into darkness. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2019 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Seems like just last year on this very date, they were celebrating 90. Now they have 99 problems but a building ain’t one. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2018 –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The only leaving the tourism industry wants to see is tree leaving, not tourists leaving. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2018 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Backyard to the old drawing board
Finding solutions to complex problems is even harder than figuring out the complex problems. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2018 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Sometimes being number one is not so great. Sources: http://wlos.com/news/local/radioactivity-found-in-groundwater-near-ashevilles-lake-julian-plant https://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/2018/03/05/groundwater-monitoring-marshall-lake-norman-duke-energy-coal-plants%E2%80%8B-reveals-widespread-radioactivity/ The highest levels of radioactivity were found at Duke Energy’s Asheville Power Plant, with levels of radium in groundwater 38 times what EPA considers safe for drinking water. “These[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Booked
on December 1, 2017
at 5:12 pm
Everything old is new again. (also available in black and white format:) __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2017 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
The rooms aren’t the only thing getting taxed. __________________________ Cartoon printed in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper: “The Mountain Xpress” and (sometimes) on their web site. © 2017 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
The Asheville Chamber of Commerce recently produced a “Christmas Cat” video to promote the city, in hopes that they could catch some of that elusive virulence that cat memes seem to engender on the internet. Some criticism of the video[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This did not run in print due to space issues (there was too much of it devoted to things other than comic strips) in that issue. It’s not called BEER CITY USA for nothing, or by anyone.