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News & ArtsWednesday, February 3, 2010
Politics Meet Your New State Seal
Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:44 AM
Yesterday, a man filed an initiative with the state calling to replace the existing state seal, a bust of George Washington, with a new design. "Change the Seal of the State of Washington to a tapeworm dressed in a three piece suit attached to the taxpayer's rectum as the central figure," the measure would decree if passed, "and encircling the vignette the words 'Committee to sucking the life blood out of each and every taxpayer.'"
I said whoever could produce the best rendition of this inspired concept would have his or her handiwork posted on Slog. So behold:
"I urge you to make note of the use of comic sans," says the anonymous artist with a penchant for tapeworms and butt cheeks. Bravo!
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I bought a book through the mail this week. Its cover had a dragon chewing up papers titled "women's rights", "gay rights", and "personal liberty" while two men in the corner of the graphic had this conversation:
"Hey, d'ya wanna go to the mall?"
"No way! We need to starve that beast!" [pointing to the dragon]
"Hey, d'ya wanna go to the mall?"
"No way! We need to starve that beast!" [pointing to the dragon]
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@ 7) You're right; so is the artist. The direct quote with the word "committee" appears in the body of the measure (on page five), not the summary along with the RCW at the top.
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Like it, tho somehow it could've been embellished a little bit more, at least to accentuate the tapeworm part.
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@4 Section 2 in the Policies and Purpose would appear to be advocating pretty hard for an income tax to replace the sales tax.
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oh comic sans, publicly hating you has become the standard way for people to signal to the world that they too are legitimate graphic designers and not just some hack who lays stuff out in Word.
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=07052…
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=07052…
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Shoot, followup. Really nice job on the seal, anonymous. I was actually having a really hard time envisioning it from the verbal description.
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Love it!!
One small suggestion -- maybe if there were two or three small lines by its 'head' to suggest a burrowing motion, it would make it more wormy?
One small suggestion -- maybe if there were two or three small lines by its 'head' to suggest a burrowing motion, it would make it more wormy?
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