Last Wednesday, while distributing Digboston, I got to Davis Square only to find that the infamous dragon box “Rawr,” designed by artist Cat Tweedie of Artisan’s Asylum, was missing. I got in touch with the city of Somerville and they reported that they did not have the box. As I investigate where it has gone, it appears that someone has stolen it. Can you believe that someone would take such a thing? Yeah, so can I, but I’ve been nothing but optimistic about putting these boxes on the streets.
I would think based on basic human goodness, people would identify that all these newly designed boxes have a value to the people in the community and the the person that made it.
My apologies to the artist on behalf of the idiots that took this. Keep in mind, it will be found. We sort of got most of the city on our side. Any info regarding the disappearance of “Rawr” will be greatly appreciated. You can get in touch with me at craigt@digpublishing.com -with any info. Thanks.
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I only clicked the “Like” button because we don’t have a “I want everyone to know that this is some serious bullshit” widget.
People will take anything that’s not nailed down. Last summer, we were on tour and playing Brattleboro, VT — a pretty nice, college/hippie town. We had a sandwich board with our logo on both sides; you know the kind — a big, inverted plastic V with graphics on it that stands on the sidewalk. We put it out in front of the theater at which we were performing around 4 p.m. and by the time we came out of the theater around 10 p.m., it was gone. Ridiculous… and a couple of hundred bucks up in smoke.
Someone wanted the “artwork”…not the way to go about it. In some way it’s a compliment to the artist but a kick in the butt to the Dig! Hope you find it!
Cheap publicity stunt.
Very sad indeed. Hope Rowr yells loud enough to be heard and chews the arm off the thief!
Wow. We should go on a summer mission to locate the box. Holmes and Watson
Dear Scratch,
Above you posted “Brattleboro, VT — a pretty nice, college/hippie town.” As someone who was born and raised in Brattleboro I would like to inform you that it is not pretty, nice, or a college/hippy town. There is one college in Brattleboro and it’s a community college made up of mostly residents of Brattleboro furthering their education. Where it may seem like a hippy haven you must assuredly only spent time in downtown Bratt where all the hippies are forced to dwell in Harmony Parking lot.
What can you expect? It had “free” written right on the front.
that’s fucking excellent. It had “free” written on it, we sadly did not think of that one. We’ll find the heartless bastard. I’ve got a stun gun that I’ve been waiting to put to use.
@stefan, you should drop the sherlock shit and come out on the road to give me a hand. Could of used you today, dude. You can’t keep banging into work every week, I may not pay you, but it’s your civil duty to help out the press once in a while.
“We should go on a summer mission to locate the box. Holmes and Watson”
You mean, Katie Holmes and Emma Watson?
It’s at 400 frontage road in a big pile of other boxes.
@craig “civic duty” — exactly! maybe this weekend.
@Matiss exactly when did you see it there? And not sure why you would see it there since the box was in Somerville, not Boston. Any other info you have would be helpful, time, day you saw it there. And, please get in touch via email craigt@digpublishing.com I just checked 400 frontage and it wasn’t there.