January 31 at 3P.M., in what can only be described as a twitter chat psychedelic frenzy at WEGO Health, #HAAwards announced their Health Activists award/s winners.  I was nominated for two different awards and was a finalist for another (see: Chato Stewart Makes The Cut! – Health Activist Award Finalists: Hilarious Health Activist). This was my first full participation in a twitter chat, there must’ve been over 200 people tweeting and re-tweeting the same messages of “congratulations” to all the award winners.

Nonetheless, you’re here for the answer to the real question… Did Chato Stewart who was a Hilarious Health Activist Award Finalist win the award?

On January 14th, I was so privileged to be invited to display my cartoons at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for the Sunshine from Darkness Symposium. It was a FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC for friends, family, health care professionals and those personally diagnosed with any form of mental illness.

I was there last year and had a blast. A local printer printed up my cartoons and I gave them away to my peers. This year the printer could not help out.  I had to print them myself. My end cost was $250.00 — OUCH, but I knew that they would get into to the hands of people who could appreciate them.

Boy did they! My table was so swamped with peers grabbing my cartoons and samples of BP HOPE and Esperanza Magazines that I could not take many pictures.

Chato Stewart Table/Booth 

Medication Bottles: [Painting Tic-Tacs half blue to look like pills and medication capsules.]

Caption: Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals!

Should you be worried that your Pharmaceuticals are counterfeit? Are your SSRI’s…”SSR-NOTS”?!  The FDA has seen an increase of medication fakes hitting our shores lately.  While most are not psychotropics or common meds for Bipolar, Depression or Anxiety, it does make one wonder and worry (a cause for real concern.)

A worthy topic for discussion: Do you know, for sure, the pills you swallow are not sugar pills? Or worse…a watered-down, weaker version of much-needed medication?!

Chato Stewart: Oh, whould ya look at that, I grabbed  the wrong survival kit… This one is just my meds.

Caption: Mike, Shira, SoPhal & Cathy Would soon have no regrets or memory!

Jon: Hey Judith, do you think this counts as being Med compliant?

Judith: Sure Jon, Why Not… Hey they look compliant!

Title: They Voted & Chato drew them Contest 1

I need you to vote for my fan art I drew for FC2 website.  I put so much time into drawing and coloring this drawing that NOW I REALLY WANT TO WIN!  I need your vote to do it. You can vote every day.

I wanted to make this fun for my readers who vote. ONCE you vote (you must hit the BLUE vote button on the above link) comment below or on my facebook page so I can add your name to the contest.

For every 50 votes, I will draw two of the voters into an upcoming cartoon.