Talon #3, Mark Monlux, is doing a project for the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program. As part of that project he has created two storyboards to aid in the creation of public service announcements on the topic of copyright. You can see the storyboards by following this link:

Storyboards Link.

On Wednesday, July 23rd 2014, The CLAW Open Swim featured “You Complete Me”. Participants were given a partial drawing to complete in an hour. The rules were simple. You could do as many drawings as you wanted, but each would be voted on separately. All participants were given four voting marbles. Black marbles were given to the images that were the most creative and/or interesting. White marbles counted as negative votes for being too mysogynistic. There was a three way tie for third place, and one image was declare more mysogynistic than the others. Credit is given as clearly as could be read from the signatures.

The template

First Place – Mark Monlux

by Mark Monlux

Second Place – Mark Brill

by Mark Brill

Third Place [tied] – RR Anderson

Third Place [tied] – Hank

By Hank

Third Place [tied] – David

Most Mysogynistic – by RR Anderson

Josiah Martin

Kason C. Coulter

RR Anderson

Kevin Knodell

Mark Monlux

Kason C. Coulter

by Kason C. Coulter

Draden

Josiah Martin

RR Anderson

Mark Brill

by Mark Brill

This month’s CLAW Open Swim funfest will take place on June 25th at King’s Books and will feature a round of the popular “Win Loose or CLAW” game.  Join us for the fast paced excitement!

James Stowe (member #2) has finally released the Quick Start rules to “Sidekick Quests” the RPG. They are available for download at the sidekick quests website: sidekickquests.com. Also, he will be signing posters at the Lakewood Playhouse as part of their end of the year celebration and the opening weekend of Spamalot on June 14th at 5pm.  Stowe has done a series of posters for this year’s entire season at the Lakewood Playhouse, and they are amazing!

Meanwhile at Tinkertopia (host of CLAW’s Secret Lair), they are offering a wide range of summer art camps for full grown Tinker Patrol Deputies and also Jr. Tinker Patrol Cadets! Checkout facebook.com/Tinkertopia/events for full schedule. 

Also the 2014 CLAW Wayzgoose steam roller “Zombies Must Die” print are available for purchase at Tinkertopia too–all funds go directly to next year’s CLAW Art Student Scholarship!  Posters measure 3′ x 3′ and are $200 ea.

In final news, CLAW member #8, L. S. Erhardt had this announcement to add: “They put one of my Xylene Dream comics on the refrigerator at work.”

And so they should, Larry!  So they should.