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"Spot the Yo's" Cartoon - June 26, 2008
(Click to see LARGER version)
"Spot the Yo's" b&w Cartoon - June 26, 2008
Hopefully this cartoon WON'T get the negative reaction
I fear might happen as a simple knee-jerk kind of thing.
I park my cab at the taxi stand on Edward Street (directly
across from Memorial Hospital on Belmont Street, adjacent
to Butch & Annie's Plaza with Tedeschi's, Belmont Liquors,
Dunkin Donuts and others) pretty much every day, as I wait
for jobs to bid on that are in the area. While there, one
has nothing else to do except be aware of one's surroundings.
And in this parking lot of the plaza, located just up the
street, up the hill from the Worcester City Police Headquarters,
all kinds of stuff goes on.
I'm not in favor of Worcester becoming a police state, but I
am in favor of law enforcement getting serious about enforcing
the laws that were made into law to reflect our citizenry's
belief system. If we are seriously ANTI-drug and against all
the other bullshit that goes along with drug culture, then
perhaps law enforcement should take a close look at these
hotspots for criminal activity, collect intelligence, arrest
people, make a statement, make a stand, let the city know
that they're out there following up on the laws we've put
into place.
If you don't like the laws, if you don't like how drugs are
being addressed by our laws, then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Say something, start a movement, call your city councillor,
make a stink, get the ball rolling, mobilize your neighborhood,
DO SOMETHING.
I feel sorry for the businesses who are in this plaza, and
in other Worcester drug / hang out hotspots. But THEY have to
decide to take a stand for themselves. If they are in fear of
retaliation for them making an anti-drug / anti-loitering stand,
then they will continue to do nothing and basically enable drug
culture to go about its business. In a sense, the businesses are
inadvertant accomplices because they refuse to look outside their
doors and do something about something that shouldn't be going on.
This cartoon is an oversimplified attempt to point out the
lunacy of proximity, how all kinds of shit is going on just
up the street from the police. Simple as that.
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Past Cartoons
"Forget" Cartoon - June 12, 2008
"Forget" b&w Cartoon - June 12, 2008
"JUST" Cartoon - May 29, 2008
"JUST" b&w Cartoon - May 29, 2008
"Gas" Cartoon - May 15, 2008
"Gas" b&w Cartoon - May 15, 2008
"Don't Bother" Cartoon - May 1, 2008
"Don't Bother" b&w Cartoon - May 1, 2008
"Quality of Life" Cartoon - April 17, 2008
"Quality of Life" b&w Cartoon - April 17, 2008
"Legacy of Ralph Moberly" b&w Cartoon - April 3, 2008
"Legacy of Ralph Moberly" b&w Cartoon - April 3, 2008
"Follow Up" Cartoon - March 20, 2008
"Follow Up" b&w Cartoon - March 20, 2008
"Whored Out" Cartoon - March 6, 2008
"Whored Out" b&w Cartoon - March 6, 2008
"Forced Culturalization" Cartoon - February 21, 2008
"Forced Culturalization" b&w Cartoon - February 21, 2008
"Train Station" Cartoon - February 7, 2008
"Train Station" b&w Cartoon - February 7, 2008
"Cell Phone Obsession" Cartoon - January 24, 2008
"Cell Phone Obsession" b&w Cartoon - January 24, 2008
"Drug Scourge" Cartoon - January 10, 2008
"Drug Scourge" b&w Cartoon - January 10, 2008
"Diners on the Brain" Cartoon - December 27, 2007
"Diners on the Brain" b&w Cartoon - December 27, 2007
"Divide" Cartoon - December 13, 2007
"Divide" b&w Cartoon - December 13, 2007
"Post-Election Malaise" Cartoon - November 29, 2007
"Post-Election Malaise" b&w Cartoon - November 29, 2007
"Thanksgiving 2007" Cartoon - November 15, 2007
"Thanksgiving 2007" b&w Cartoon - November 15, 2007
"Worcester's Clock" Cartoon - November 1, 2007
"Worcester's Clock" b&w Cartoon - November 1, 2007
"Worcester's Scariest" Cartoon - October 18, 2007
"Worcester's Scariest" b&w Cartoon - October 18, 2007
"Wayfinding in Worcester" Cartoon - October 4, 2007
"Wayfinding in Worcester" b&w Cartoon - October 4, 2007
Wayfinding photos
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
"The Bot Is Hot" Cartoon - September 20, 2007
"The Bot Is Hot" b&w Cartoon - September 20, 2007
"All Right" Cartoon - September 6, 2007
"All Right" b&w Cartoon - September 6, 2007
"Victim Game" Cartoon - August 23, 2007
"Victim Game" b&w Cartoon - August 23, 2007
"Bleepin'" Cartoon - August 9, 2007
"Bleepin'" b&w Cartoon - August 9, 2007
"War Path" Cartoon - July 26, 2007
"War Path" b&w Cartoon - July 26, 2007
"Future Parking" Cartoon - July 12, 2007
"Future Parking" b&w Cartoon - July 12, 2007
"Union Confusion" Cartoon - June 28, 2007
"Union Confusion" b&w Cartoon - June 28, 2007
"Education" Cartoon - June 14, 2007
"Education" b&w Cartoon - June 14, 2007
"Pro Keno Guy" Cartoon - May 31, 2007
"Pro Keno Guy" b&w Cartoon - May 31, 2007
"Sky Bridge" Cartoon - May 17, 2007
"Sky Bridge" b&w Cartoon - May 17, 2007
"Marginal Life" Cartoon - May 3, 2007
"Marginal Life" b&w Cartoon - May 3, 2007
"Cab Cartoon 2" Cartoon - April 19, 2007
"Cab Cartoon 2" b&w Cartoon - April 19, 2007
"Being in Worcester" Cartoon - April 5, 2007
"Being in Worcester" b&w Cartoon - April 5, 2007
"Millbury Street" Cartoon - March 22, 2007
"Millbury Street" b&w Cartoon - March 22, 2007
"Cab" Cartoon - March 8, 2007
"Cab" b&w Cartoon - March 8, 2007
"Destination" Cartoon - February 22, 2007
"Destination" b&w Cartoon - February 22, 2007
"Downtown 2" Cartoon - January 25, 2007
"Downtown 2" b&w Cartoon - January 25, 2007
"Optimistic 07" Cartoon - January 11, 2007
"Optimistic 07" b&w Cartoon - January 11, 2007
"Shmarm" Cartoon - December 28, 2006
"Shmarm" b&w Cartoon - December 28, 2006
"Holiday 2006" Cartoon - December 14, 2006
"Holiday 2006" b&w Cartoon - December 14, 2006
"Mascot" Cartoon - November 30, 2006
"Mascot" b&w Cartoon - November 30, 2006
"Downtown" Cartoon - November 16, 2006
"Downtown" b&w Cartoon - November 16, 2006
"Diner District" Cartoon - November 2, 2006
"Diner District" b&w Cartoon - November 2, 2006
"Magic Ring Guy" Cartoon - October 12, 2006
"Magic Ring Guy" b&w Cartoon - October 12, 2006
"Worcester's Dive Bars" Cartoon - September 28, 2006
"Worcester's Dive Bars" b&w Cartoon - September 28, 2006
"Welcome Back, Students!" Cartoon - September 14, 2006
"Welcome Back, Students!" b&w Cartoon - September 14, 2006
"Parental" Cartoon - August 31, 2006
"Parental" b&w Cartoon - August 31, 2006
"Worcester Says No" Cartoon - August 17, 2006
"Worcester Says No" b&w Cartoon - August 17, 2006
"Outside Help" Cartoon - August 3, 2006
"Outside Help" b&w Cartoon - August 3, 2006
"Pizza Crooks" Cartoon - July 20, 2006
"Pizza Crooks" b&w Cartoon - July 20, 2006
"Worcester Says No" Cartoon - July 6, 2006
"Worcester Says No" b&w Cartoon - July 6, 2006
"Parking" Cartoon - June 22, 2006
"Parking" b&w Cartoon - June 22, 2006
"No Lose Summer Nationals" Cartoon - June 8, 2006
"No Lose Summer Nationals" b&w Cartoon - June 8, 2006
"Demon Alcohol" Cartoon - May 25, 2006
"Demon Alcohol" b&w Cartoon - May 25, 2006
"Other Arts Community" Cartoon - May 11, 2006
"Other Arts Community" b&w Cartoon - May 11, 2006
"Faux Rage" Cartoon - April 27, 2006
"Faux Rage" b&w Cartoon - April 27, 2006
"City Square Snafu!" Cartoon - April 13, 2006
"City Square Snafu!" b&w Cartoon - April 13, 2006
"Closing Up" Cartoon - March 30, 2006
"Closing Up" b&w Cartoon - March 30, 2006
"Outside-the-Box" Cartoon - March 16, 2006
"Outside-the-Box" b&w Cartoon - March 16, 2006
"Worcester Future" Cartoon - March 2, 2006
"Worcester Future" b&w Cartoon - March 2, 2006
"Red Herring" Cartoon - February 16, 2006
"Red Herring" b&w Cartoon - February 16, 2006
"Participatory Govt." Cartoon - February 2, 2006
"Participatory Govt." b&w Cartoon - February 2, 2006
"Pimp Yr Cart Out" Cartoon - January 19, 2006
"Pimp Yr Cart Out" b&w Cartoon - January 19, 2006
"9 New Ideas" Cartoon - January 5, 2006
"9 New Ideas" b&w Cartoon - January 5, 2006
"Trolley" Cartoon - December22, 2005
"Trolley" b&w Cartoon - December22, 2005
"Divergent Air" Cartoon - December 8, 2005
"Divergent Air" b&w Cartoon - December 8, 2005
"Art Primer" Cartoon - November 24, 2005
"Art Primer" b&w Cartoon - November 24, 2005
"Voting Doom" Cartoon - November 10, 2005
"Voting Doom" b&w Cartoon - November 10, 2005
"Liquor Licenses" Cartoon - October 27, 2005
"Liquor Licenses" b&w Cartoon - October 27, 2005
"Upscale This" Cartoon - October 13, 2005
"Upscale This" b&w Cartoon - October 13, 2005
"Pumpkin Airline" Cartoon - September 29, 2005
"Pumpkin Airline" b&w Cartoon - September 29, 2005
"Rotary Etiquette" Cartoon - September 15, 2005
"Rotary Etiquette" b&w Cartoon - September 15, 2005
(Wormtown Rocks photo by Mike Malone of WDOA)
"Welcome Back Students" Cartoon - September 1, 2005
"Welcome Back Students" b&w Cartoon - September 1, 2005
"Ralph's" color Cartoon - August 18, 2005
"Ralph's" b&w Cartoon - August 18, 2005
"City For Sale" b&w Cartoon - August 4, 2005
"Options" color Cartoon - July 22, 2005
"Options" b&w Cartoon - July 22, 2005
"Waste" color Cartoon - July 8, 2005
"Waste" b&w Cartoon - July 8, 2005
"Scooter" color Cartoon - June 23, 2005
"Scooter" b&w Cartoon - June 23, 2005
"Summer Blockbuster" color Cartoon - June 9, 2005
"Summer Blockbuster" b&w Cartoon - June 9, 2005
"General Interest" color Cartoon - May 26, 2005
"General Interest" b&w Cartoon - May 26, 2005
"City Square" color Cartoon - May 12, 2005
"City Square" b&w Cartoon - May 12, 2005
"Creative City - Star Wars" color Cartoon - April 28, 2005
"Creative City - Star Wars" b&w Cartoon - April 28, 2005
"Unitard" color Cartoon - April 14, 2005
"Unitard" b&w Cartoon - April 14, 2005
"Winter" color Cartoon - March 31, 2005
"Winter" b&w Cartoon - March 31, 2005
"Art" color Cartoon - March 17, 2005
"Art" b&w Cartoon - March 17, 2005
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"Queer Eye for the Homeless Guy" color Cartoon - March 3, 2005
"Queer Eye for the Homeless Guy" b&w Cartoon - March 3, 2005
"Fear & Loathing vs. Beer & Scootin'" color Cartoon - February 17, 2005
"Fear & Loathing vs. Beer & Scootin'" b&w Cartoon - February 17, 2005
"Local Baseball Cartoon!" color Cartoon - February 3, 2005
"Local Baseball Cartoon!" b&w Cartoon - February 3, 2005
"Capt. Worcester - Winter Driving Cartoon!" color Cartoon - January 20, 2005
"Capt. Worcester - Winter Driving Cartoon!" b&w Cartoon - January 20, 2005
"Promote" Cartoon - January 6, 2005
"Santa-Turtleboy Cartoon!" color Cartoon - December 23, 2004
"Santa-Turtleboy Cartoon!" b&w Cartoon - December 23, 2004
"Capt. Worcester Guy Cartoon!" color Cartoon - December 9, 2004
"Capt. Worcester Guy Cartoon!" b&w Cartoon - December 9, 2004
"School Kids" Cartoon - November 15, 2004
"Bunker Style" Cartoon - November 11, 2004
"Take A Walk On The Dry Side" Cartoon - October 28, 2004
"New & Improved" Cartoon - October 14, 2004
"Arts & Loathing" Cartoon - September 30, 2004
"Answer the Question" Cartoon - September 16, 2004
"Deal With It" Cartoon - September 2, 2004
"Welcome Back" cartoon - August 19, 2004
"How Much Do We Have To Legislate?" cartoon - August 5, 2004
"OutSourced" cartoon - July 22, 2004
"Where Did Everyone Go?" Cartoon - July 8, 2004
"Summer Schlockbuster" cartoon - June 24, 2004
"Disinterested" cartoon - June 10, 2004
"Conspiracies" cartoon - May 27, 2004
"Diner" cartoon - May 13, 2004
"Beer" cartoon - April 29, 2004
"Urban Evolution" cartoon - April 15, 2004
"Traffique" cartoon - April 1, 2004
"Spring" Cartoon - March 18, 2004
"Galactus" cartoon - March 4, 2004
"Mall-ify" cartoon - February 19, 2004
"Use What We've Got" cartoon - January 22, 2004
"No Scene" cartoon - January 8, 2004
"Santa" cartoon - December 25, 2003
"Pleasant Street" cartoon - December 11, 2003
"Charitable Giving" cartoon - November 26, 2003
"City Government" cartoon - November 14, 2003
"Baseball Obsession" cartoon - October 30, 2003
"Worcester All Wet" cartoon - October 16, 2003
Extras
"Ad Nauseum" - 2004
unpublished cartoon
"Code Orange" - 2004
unpublished cartoon
"Worcester All Wet" - October 16, 2003
preliminary sketch
"Let-Down" Cartoon - January 9, 2006
"Let-Down" b&w Cartoon - January 9, 2006
This particular cartoon was never printed in Worcester Magazine,
nor will it be, because it was deemed "too personal" by the editor.
I sorta knew it wouldn't make the cut, BUT I still wanted to share
it with Worcester Magazine readers who come to this site.
This cartoon depicts a TRUE story that happened to me on
Saturday, Jan. 7th during my AG@CC Action Geek Art Show
at CC Lowell Opening Day.
"Grocery Store" Cartoon - March 30, 2006
"Grocery Store" b&w Cartoon - March 30, 2006
This cartoon was rejected for being a tad too mean spirited,
BUT it does reflect an actual grocery store experience I had
in March 2006.
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