Sheriffs Be Like...

New 4 Panel Comic Strip

Y'all know I love Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, so sometimes I draw comic strips from it so I can make it useful.  Except for the last panel, these are pretty much direct quotes.

Hey fam, John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight dropped a new episode on YouTube on Sunday. The episode was all about the power of sheriffs, so while I was watching it, I opened my Big Black Sketchbook and started drawing this caricature of Todd Entrekin, the Sheriff of Etowah County, Alabama. Starting at about the 8 minute mark, John talks about how Sheriff Entrekin bought a $740,000 beach house with taxpayer money set aside for county jail inmates' meals. Unfortunately, this was technically legal. With over a thousand sheriffs up for election this year, John Oliver discusses how much power – and how little accountability – they have. After a few hours of client work, I came back and inked the drawing in Photoshop. Then, my OCSD (obsessive comic strip disorder) kicked in, and I couldn't sleep without drawing this: Sheriffs Be Like... by Samax Amen My birthday is coming up, so I'd like to invite you to join my Fan Club AMENsiders! I started offering paid memberships to give fans a way to support my art practice, to allow me to make more decisions based on my artist's instincts rather than on my cold reptilian business brain. (like *ahem* spending hours drawing a comic strip based on a YouTube video) My AMENsiders VIP Fan Club members get exclusive behind-the-scenes previews of stuff I'm working on, discounts on custom art, and more. Everyone who joins at the $25/month level or higher will receive a package of artsy goodness every month, like prints, comics, stickers, etc. Join AMENsiders $25/Month Every purchase helps fight injustice! This year, I am donating 10% of my revenue each month to the Innocence Project*, a nonprofit that works to exonerate innocent people through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent injustice. My goal for March is to raise at least $500 for the Innocence Project before my birthday, March 22nd! I know it might sound corny, but my hope is that together, we can help give wrongly-convicted people their lives back. As always, fam, I wanna thank you again for reading!  Have a great weekend! -Samax ("some AX") Amen Thanks for your support! spread the word!