The Obligatory Frank Chu Post

If you live in San Francisco and you don't know who Frank Chu is…you're doing something wrong. Even if there is a slight chance you don't know his name, you've probably seen him walking around the downtown area carrying his sign which states his protests of a number of subjects. Frank even has his own Wikipedia entry.

-Sigh-  Go ahead…I'll wait…..

I happened to be unintentionally following Frank one day when I looked up and noticed him, and it occurred to me that as a blogger in San Francisco it was practically an obligation to write something about him. I mean, Frank is all about media coverage, although I doubt he will get much from my blog. Also, I felt I could bang out a short post about it that wouldn't hang in limbo like many of my other posts. Besides, I'd rather get random site hits from a Google search of "Frank Chu" or "crazy sign guy" than resort to cheap tricks like link-bait posts about Lindsay Lohan sex tapes.

I am a little disappointed that Frank rents out the back of his sign to advertisers (for $100 a week). I feel it sort of dilutes his message, whatever it is, but I guess a guy has to eat and buy day-glow lettering somehow. I guess I shouldn't project my idea of "protesting" upon him.

I considered taking a picture of him with my iPhone for this post since I was so close, but I decided Frank would be my debut sketch art piece for the blog.

Yeah, I have a long way to go to get something in MOMA, but you can at least tell who it is…I think.