holy crap, my lil’ slate illustration became a meme (for a day or so. by the time some of you read this, you will have missed it). thanks to the genius work of @innyvinny to take the bird and hilarious-it-up (see the entire collection). i just thought i’d post a quick rundown of a few of my favorites:
black goth: @Ravan_A / old spice: @revizion / grace jones: @iamthenublack
wait, huh? i’m confused. here’s an explanation (more or less and the original illustration). in summation, you are all racist! thanks to everyone who joined in, i ♥ the internet.
twitter: #browntwitterbird
update: just to set the record straight, the original #browntwitterbird is sporting an iphone4.
update2: npr. for realliously? still waiting for the daily show or colbert report. anytime now, gentlemen.
yesterday i did a quick slate illustration for an article titled how black people use twitter, which could have been called hashtags started by black teens, or some less flameworthy title. i woke up to this wonderful email: 
