The city of Raleigh has invented Rainy, an anthropomorphic raindrop in yellow galoshes, to be its mascot in the fight for water conservation. But the drought isn't the Triangle's only problem that could use a cartoonish embodiment. And that's where you come in.
Invent a mascot for a civic problem that you recognize in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill or elsewhere. Here are a few examples to get you going:
-- Terry the Central Raleigh Teardown
-- Gus the Wake County Reassignment Bus
-- Norv the Blueprint, emblem of the Carolina North planning process.
-- Crumbles, the DOT Rubble
Post your best submissions here and have our team of crack illustrators make them real.
Look for winners in an edition of The N&O coming soon.
Norv the Blueprint
A couple of photos coming to the photo gallery... soon! (maybe already here now) -- Hope the N&O team of crack illustrators can make use of old Norv who still resides in his old metal blueprint can from way back when...(?!)
Editing in one of two photos posted from yesterday:
Old Norv the Blueprint, emblem of the Carolina North planning process - Yes, still inside one of those old metal blueprint cans from yesteryear.