Characters from Paul Friedrich’s Onion Head Monster comic have decorated the walls of various restaurants and coffee shops in downtown Raleigh for quite some time now. I remember first seeing some of Friedrich’s art at the Vertigo Diner back in the late 1990’s. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe that I had even gone to an Onion Head Monster art gallery opening the summer after I graduated from college. More recently I remember seeing some of his art upstairs at The Morning Times Café a few months ago.
Last week, when walking past Holly Aiken’s store, Stitch, I saw that she had a purse with Dr. Strangegutt, contemplating evil or pie, dangling in her front window. Apparently she had collaborated with several local artists and created a limited edition line, cleverly named CAHOOTS.
Seeing the bag there in the window put a smile on my face. Not only does it bring me back to when I first saw this particular illustration, it reminds me to ask myself: "what am I in the mood for?"
I love this purse. I have seen it before and I want it.
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