Can't wait

You're not likely to miss Rick Worth tooling around town in his Pugmobile. (Though he said it caught fire briefly -- purely mechanical -- a few miles up U.S. 1 a little bit ago).

"Pugs in Space" is the theme of his Conch Cruiser -- that's a replica of a pug up in the dogodrome, not a stuffed pooch -- and he's been working on the rolling piece for a few years.

He's a great guy (which I discovered when he was part of the good-karma posse against a couple of pit bulls and their even more frothing owner), a vestryman at the church up the street (he painted the faux stained-glass window on the front, as well as some great stuff inside) and one hell of an all-around artist (you ought to see his triumphal mural "Wilhelmina Crossing the Seven-Mile Bridge," on the wall outside Bobby's around the corner).

And today came the news that he'd been selected as the poster artist for this year's Fantasy Fest, "Pirates, Pundits and Political Party Animals." Haven't seen the design yet, but I'm willing to bet there's a pug somewhere.