In 2011, James Kochalka made history by becoming Vermont’s first cartoonist laureate. Now, the Burlington comic-book author and performer will again be immortalized … on a beer can of his own design.
On Friday, July 27, Kochalka will be at Magic Hat Brewing for the release of a floral, peppery farmhouse ale called Local Rocker in his honor. The beer is the latest in the brewery’s series of Vermont-only brews.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Crumbs”
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This article appears in The Adirondack Issue 2018.
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Aaaaand… the shark has been jumped.
Remember when James Kochalka published a cartoon depicting a local woman’s severed head?