Here is the illustration our former art director made to accompany an article I wrote back in November about lack of funding for the 2030 Bike Plan.

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Here is the illustration that WW ran today with an article about lack of funding for the 2030 Bike Plan.

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Whoops. (Though kudos to their Ben Franklin for practicing proper helmet safety. Ours is an unbuckled badass.)

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

9 replies on “Hmm. This Seems Downright Lazy.”

  1. You can be assured that both your paper and the Willamette Week are being reported to the United States Secret Service as we speak for reproducing and altering United States currency. Expect them to be knocking down your doors soon.

  2. Isn’t it just a logical idea, for someone trying to design a graphic about bike funding? I’m too lazy to Google, but you guys CAN’T have been the first to use the idea, either…

  5. The same serial numbers just means they used the same base image. I doubt that PM scanned the original $100 bill, since a google image search pops up a number of images of the same original bill pre-dating November, plus there is also that little issue with the US gov requiring most high-end scanners’ software to not allow people to be able to scan US currency. Try it next time you’re at Kinko’s. It’s always good for a laugh.

  7. I once saw WW lift the entire Mullets Galore website for the “Head Out” section. When I wrote to the design person she went on and on about how observant I was and OF COURSE they’d gotten permission. When I wrote to the MG guy, he’d never even heard of WW.

  9. So we are to assume a one hundred dollar bill is all it will take for the 2030 bike plan?
    They couldn’t find an image of a thousand or more appropriately million dollar bill?

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