Some in the city like the graffiti, some do not, but all give the cold shoulder to the city’s style of cleaning up the street art with large gray rectangles that look worse than what they fix. Also boobs. __________________________[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
According to a recent Grist article, Asheville ain’t as weird as it used to be. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2015 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Pauline Former (of the famous Frommer’s travel guides) made an appearance on GMA to tout the revitalized River Arts District as being one reason they recommend Asheville as one of their places to go see. The one takeaway from this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of the hyperbole for a new Chipotle is the epitome of flimflammery. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2015 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
Dealing with crime and vandalism is both frightening and annoying enough for a business, but dealing with it over… and over… and over again can make you think you are in some kind of Infinite Loop. __________________________ Cartoon originally published[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What will a city ban on wild and exotic animal acts at the U.S. Cellular Center mean for the circus? What will kids today miss by not being exposed to entertainment that thrilled their great-great grandparents? What shapes of animal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just because certain bureaucratic state regulations put a damper on a potentially fun warm weather event does not mean local residents can’t enjoy the slipping and sliding around the city right now in the dread of winter! __________________________ Cartoon originally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What with the state legislature allowing higher sales taxes on state customers energy bills now and the pending fines that the power company must pay (and no doubt, pass on) even an unusually cold February could mean a usual Duke[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Originally published in The Mountain Xpress on 03/11/2015. ©2015 Brent Brown, all rights reserved
Looks like the city got around to banning e-cigs. Originally published in the Asheville free alt weekly, “The Mountain Xpress” on 03-18-2015 ©2015 – Brent Brown, all rights reserved
Originally published in the Asheville free alt weekly, “The Mountain Xpress” on 03-25-2015 ©2015 – Brent Brown, all rights reserved
Breweries seem to be populating Asheville as fast as bunnies, but now there is controversy about homeowners renting out their places in the rental-vacancy-starved area to short-term renters via sites like AirBnB. Which one is like to go first? Originally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The flap about a billboard that was defaced was a highly-commented-on one last week. I probably could have used the actual “Pepsi” name, and not changed it to “Popsi”, but with the paper so timid about litigation from using brand[…]↓ 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…