Stowe, Monlux and Brill mid embrace PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWS TRIBUNE

For local cartoonists, a league of their own

by ROSEMARY PONNEKANTI; [Tacoma] News Tribune STAFF WRITER

It’s hard to be serious when you’re holding a conversation with a guy who’s wearing an eyeball-topped fez and maniacally drawing a goofy bear on his computer. That would be James Stowe, Tacoma cartoonist and one of the founding members of CLAW, the Cartoonists’ League of Absurd Washingtonians. Nearly two years old, CLAW is the epitome of tongue-in-cheek geekdom – but through open sessions and private gigs, the dozen or so members also work hard to support local businesses, the Tacoma art community, and the fine art of having fun with pen and ink.

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/01/1285188/a-league-of-their-own.html

ARISE: Amelia Davis, young cartoonist of the future!

Every year The CLAW selects one lucky “at risk youth” (at risk of being seriously awesome) and awards them the YOUNG CARTOONIST OF THE FUTURE Scholarship consisting of a over-sized novelty check for photographic purposes and a large sum of money. This year The CLAW was able to AWARD $370 dollars to Ms. Amelia Davis, an art student at Cogswell Polytechnical College in Sunnyvale, California.

While Amelia tries to eat her novelty check, why don’t you browse her inventory of amazing illustration art here at http://lupis-fox.deviantart.com/ Yes!!!! Excelsior!

Learn more about the CLAW scholarship and see past winners here.