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INDOOR FROST PARK PUBLIC CHALK CHALLENGE at KINGS BOOKS!

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CLAW OPEN SWIM FEB 2016

WHAT: Greetings True Believers! Long rainy nights have you longing for sunshine and sidewalk chalk? Fret not! Members of the Cartoonist League of Absurd Washingtonians are mustering for the first ever indoor competitive sidewalk chalk challenge!  FREE CHALK will be provided via the Frost Park Community Chalk Box Mobile Stockpile.

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Slabs of conceptual concrete will be distributed to each contestant via generous donation of black chalk drawing boards (Which you get to keep! While supplies last) via Tinkertopia–Tacoma’s most beloved Alt. Art Supply & Creative Reuse Center!  Each chalk entry shall be voted upon and prizes won!  Theme for the Chalk challenge shall be: “FOR THE LOVE OF MYTHOS: FANTASTIC MOMENTS IN ALT. HISTORY”

WHEN: 7:30 pm, February 24th 2016 A.D.

WHERE: Kings Books–Tacoma’s Most Beloved Reuse Book Center!
218 St Helens Ave, Tacoma, Washington 98402

WHO: You, and your Friendly Neighborhood Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians.

WHY: Because it is there.

RSVP on FB event page!

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February 1, 2016 · Filed under cartoonists, King's Books, meetings, member challenge, Open Swim, tacoma

Completion Competition Results

At the last Open Swim attendees were given bits of clip art and then a theme pulled from a hat. The results were…interesting.

First Place – Thorax O’Toole
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Second Place – Mark Brill

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Third Place – RR Anderson

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Steve Garvin

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Steve Barnard
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Mark Monlux
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Corey MacourekCLAW-2016-1-04

Stan!
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Rob Larson
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January 28, 2016 · Filed under cartoonists, events, meetings, Open Swim, tacoma

While Elephant Gift Exchange 2015

White Elephant by Mark Monlux

White Elephant by Mark Monlux

The Cartoonists’ League of Absurd Washingtonians is holding its annual While Elephant Gift Exchange

Wednesday, December 2nd 7:30pm at King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
 
This even is open to the public – all ages – and everyone is invited to attend and participate. If you bring children they might end up with a very odd gift more suitable for adults. I’m happy to say that this will be our fifth year of astonishing each other with truly absurd Christmas gifts. Now is your chance to re-gift that present your aunt gave you last year. Or maybe you bought something at a garage sale and your common sense kicked in when you go home, so it’s been living in the garage. Or maybe you found something that has the perfect “IT” factor for this event.
Rules of 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 twice times, at which time it becomes locked-in.
8. The person who went first gets a chance at the end of the round to steal a gift.
9. The trading, purchasing, bartering or auctioning of gifts after the exchange is allowed.
10. No books on Nazis.
In the event that there are extra gifts, they will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. We take credit cards.
Free Street Parking – You’ll need to bring a gift if you want to be part of the exchange – viewing the fun is FREE.
 

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December 1, 2015 · Filed under cartoonists, events, King's Books, meetings, Open Swim, tacoma

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