By day a mild mannered pencil-monkey...

September 2, 2009 4:04 PM

Zap! Pow! Comicbook artist Chris Weston fights crime!
posted by Artw (20 comments total)

Quick draw artist.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:12 PM on September 2

That is some seriously shitty bad bank-robber luck.
posted by cerebus19 at 4:22 PM on September 2

And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that doodling kid.
posted by Zed at 4:22 PM on September 2 [7 favorites]

This sounds like an issue of Scribbly.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:32 PM on September 2

Shoot a cop
Buy a nose on eBay
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 4:39 PM on September 2 [1 favorite]

Heh! That's awesome. Rock on, Chris!
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:42 PM on September 2

Drawings or it didn't happen.
posted by mrnutty at 4:42 PM on September 2 [6 favorites]

This is full of well-drawn win.
posted by yiftach at 4:54 PM on September 2

Feelgood FPP of the day! YAY!
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:01 PM on September 2 [1 favorite]

Sidhedevil beat me to it - this is just a fantastic story that cannot help but bring a smile (or at least a smirk) to my jaded face. Cheers, Artw.
posted by Brother Dysk at 6:06 PM on September 2

Great story, thanks Art.
posted by Mister_A at 6:08 PM on September 2

I kind of regret not making the title something about calling the filth or something, but I couldn't make it work.
posted by Artw at 6:32 PM on September 2

When he refers to his "status as a grass" (I suspect that the extra "as" was a mistake) is that Cockney slang or something? I don't get it.
posted by planetkyoto at 7:07 PM on September 2

is that Cockney slang or something?

British slang: the verb "to grass" means "to denounce someone" (entry at M-W). I've not heard it as a noun carrying the same sense before, though.
posted by YamwotIam at 8:15 PM on September 2

Thanks for that.
posted by planetkyoto at 8:49 PM on September 2

Aw, nice. I think everyone has those moments where they imagine heroically putting their special skills to the test. Cool to see it work out for this guy.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 9:33 PM on September 2

grass == informant

Also, Supergrass
posted by goshling at 9:34 PM on September 2

grass = snitch
posted by Philby at 10:52 PM on September 2

Just remembered this story from the news a while back...
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:05 AM on September 3

Grass = snitch = 'dog' in Australia (I've been watching way to many Australian crime dramas recently)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:08 AM on September 3