Since the last cartoon involving about $190,000 in taxpayer funds on a dubious piece of public art in Hendersonville, NC was rejected by the Asheville paper I sent it too, this week’s cartoon is about Asheville’s government spending $350,000 on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had a primary a few weeks ago and barely anyone showed up. We also had a new Trader Joe’s open up and people were fighting over parking spaces to get in. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Going by the news, certain parts of the city seem to be awash in a rash of thefts. Even Halloween displays are not safe. At least a happy ending can be provided in the comics, if not in real life.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Brent, we’re electing not to run this cartoon. Give me a call, and I’ll explain our point of view. Margaret Williams Managing Editor” “Hi Margaret: If you have already decided not to run the cartoon, I don’t guess there’s any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even holidays in a socially-responsible place like Buncombe County can be met with a list of demands… er… wants. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2013 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Duke Energy’s coal ash spill from one of it’s plants in Eden, NC into the nearby Dan River was a cause for concern that something similar to happen to Duke’s Asheville plant which is just across the interstate from our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Asheville (and particularly West Asheville) is having problems with graffiti vandals once again (or, still, if any of the previous bouts of it never actually abated) and this cartoon postulates what could possibly be the motive for such seemingly meaningless[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Car sharing is a thing. I felt like going with a filmed Warner Bros. or Disney grainy style cartoon look. Don’t know if comes across that way, but that’s what I was going for. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With major new breweries in Transylvania, Henderson and Buncombe counties in the area, the sipsters are about to eclipse the hipsters. (Unless they are one and the same.) __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pretending a cheap pun on the company’s name is actually some kind of commentary on the use of incentives by county commissions to attract businesses and the futility of expecting an equivalent amount of revenue in return, or something like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some local stories, you just can’t make up. (Some of this was made up, though.) __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
A local thing happened and I did a cartoon about it.* *On my iPad, because I was at the beach, on vacation at the time. Therefore, excuse the font choice and drawing. Here is a horizontal version: __________________________[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Food trucks are old news, retail trucks are the new thing and up next…. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2014 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix
With artists being kicked out of their studios in the news at the same time that multiple incidents show that buildings and pedestrians are not safe from car car drivers (giving the city an earlier distinction of being the most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…