LA Weekly - Esther Wong - Godmother of Punk?

I have another illustration in this week’s LA Weekly. It’s a article entitled “The Flawed Legacy of Esther Wong”. Esther Wong was given the moniker “The Godmother of Punk” by somebody back in the day and now that title is under scrutiny, and over emphasizes her role in the scene. She was the no nonsense proprietor of Madame’s Wong’s, an LA music venue where many punk/alt bands played in the ’70s and ’80s. One night, she made The Ramones stop playing their set midway through to go clean up the graffiti they had written in the bathroom.