Melanie Anne Eggleston receiving the CLAW Student Scholarship for 2013

Each year The Cartoonist League of Absurd Washingtonians collects funds both from private donations and through its services to the community to bestow on one lucky art student. The dozen students that applied were reviewed by the CLAW membership via their applications that included previous history of awards, letters of recommendation, essays, and most importantly – samples of their cartooning skills. The competition for the scholarship was fierce with one vote deciding the outcome. The CLAW is please to announce that Melanie Anne Eggleston receives the vast sum of the 2013 CLAW Student Scholarship, $1,059.10, to spend on further education herself in the sequential arts.

The CLAW has surpassed its previous fundraising efforts and has collected the magnificent sum of $1,059.10 to bestow on this year’s winning applicant. That is, if we get an applicant. With the deadline of March 15^th only a week away The CLAW has yet to get a single application. We ask that you share this link with students you know who are trying to master the glorious technique of sequential art. The scholarship is awarded based on artistic merit, wit, and whims of the judges.

Applicants must:

1. Provide evidence they are enrolled in college.
2. They are capable of filling out a form and following its instructions.
3. Have a letter of recommendation
4. Show samples of their cartoon brilliance.

Applications can be downloaded from the CLAW Student Scholarship Page.

This is Adam 11, here to bring you the CLAW update!

February starts off with a bang at the ECCC in Seattle. CLAW is partaking for the first time, taking the Robotic Overlord and Flying Monkeys to the masses. Also watch for the Comic Critic, Turtledust Media, and Creator’s Edge Press while you’re there.

The Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians has as part of its objectives the awarding of a scholarship to a student interested in learning the mystical art of sequential illustration. This scholarship will be at least a lowly $100, but might reach loftier sums of $200 or maybe even higher. Funds for the scholarship are gathered in the year prior, and all funds gathered are bestowed on the talented applicant the CLAW chooses. Update: The funds raised for the 2012 Scholarship reached $876.16. And it is potentially available to the student who best fills out this application. You must also be currently enrolled in an institution or have confirmation of enrollment. Application Deadline:  MAY 15 2012. Application can be found here http://www.cartoonistsleague.org/scholarship/

Claw Member Projects:

The Creation Station, the alternative art supply store in Lynnwood Washington has closed its doors for good, but despair not! Much of the inventory has past on to Tinkertopia.com a different kind of art supply store the City of Destiny has never seen before… joint venture with cartoonist RR Anderson Coming Soon!

Michael Daley, member #18, launched his own webcomic Adventures of Ox on www.adventuresofox.com. Join Ox the gnome on his travel adventures!

In other exciting news… membership has risen *queue zombie music* to 20 members. Interested parties can find an application and member bios at http://www.cartoonistsleague.org/ . Do you have what it takes!?