Flying Monkey Art by James Stowe, Color by Anique Zimmer

The CLAW is proud to announce it’s new Flying Monkey T-shirt!

This daring red shirt with looming black ink will exhibit on your chest the amazing artwork of James Tiberius Stowe. This Flying Monkey design was first shown to the public during Tacoma’s 2012 Wayzgoose celebration, where four rare steamroller prints were made. The CLAW is answering the public’s demand for this design by put on t-shirts!

But wait! There’s more! You can order your shirt in ANY size today! That’s right! You can order a Child’s Medium, a Woman’s Small, A Man’s 4X & Tall. But you must order before Noon Friday! That’s when the order gets phoned into the printer so that we will have these shirts in time to sell at the Emerald City Comic Con (Artists Alley Table F-10). As our thank you for your pre-order shipping will be FREE! (within the USA and Canada). Shirts are $20 for sizes Children, Women, and Men’s sizes Small through 2XL. Shirts larger than that, or with or in combination with talls will be between $3 and $5 more. Please contact Mark Monlux for price specifics.

To order your shirt simple send a PayPal payment to markmonlux@comcast.net for the amount of $20. Be sure to include your t-shirt size request, your shipping address, and a phone number. If you would like to pay directly by credit card directly, or if you have an off-size order, you can call Mark Monlux at (253) 471-0820 and he will take your order.

Deadline for Pre-orders is Noon, Friday, February 8^th 2013. Special sizes options for Children, Women, Tall, and combination Tall sizes will not be available after the deadline. Please share this post with your friends.

Profits from CLAW shirts go to the CLAW Student Scholarship Fund.

art by Mark Brill

Monday, January 21st 2013
Come at 7pm the ceremony begins at 7:30.
$5 at the door – Or get tickets ahead of time as King’s Books.
Pythian Temple – Enter through C Court door. There will be no access through the doors on Broadway.

Once again it’s time for the CLAW’s annual changing of the guard. See the new Four Eyes pop in as the old Eyes pop out. See who will be announced as this year’s Friend of CLAW. Be amused by pomp and silliness followed by homemade brews, food and cake. Members of CLAW and Friends of CLAW get in free. Tickets available at King’s Book or at the door for a mere $5 – which will go to the CLAW Student Scholarship Fund. – Also, the only entrance will be through the lonely door on C Court – NOT the Broadway door.

White Elephant by Mark Monlux

Wednesday, December 12th 7:30pm at Kings Books in Tacoma. 218 Saint Helens Avenue  Tacoma, WA 98402

This is a CLAW Open Swim meeting that is open to the public at large – all ages – and everyone is invited to attend and participate. I’m happy to say that this will be our fourth year of astonishing each other with truly absurd Christmas gifts. Now is your change to re-gift that present your aunt gave you last year. Or maybe you bought something at a garage sale the wife vetoed. Or maybe you found something that has the perfect “IT” factor for this event

The rules for the White Elephant Gift Exchange:

1. The gift must be “absurd”.
2. If you buy the gift, you must not spend more than $20.
3. You’re gift must be wrapped, or at the very least fully concealed in a festive bag.
4. Those who bring get to participate.
5. Numbers will be drawn from a fez to determine order.
6. You can select a gift from a table or steal a gift from a person who already chose a gift.
7. A gift can only be stolen three times, at which time it becomes locked-in.
8. A gift doesn’t have to be unwrapped until all gifts are selected. (While there is debate about this rule it was part of our original rules in 2008 and I’m going to stick with tradition.)
9. Once all gifts are locked-in, those that have not been unwrapped should be unwrapped.
10. The Trading, purchasing, bartering or auctioning of gifts after the exchange is allowed.

In the event that there are extra gifts, they will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. We take credit cards.