The Clash's 'London Calling' Designer, Ray Lowry, Passes Away

Because not everything can be as fun as weddings and hurricanes and suing Bill Kurtis around here, we turn to some sad news from over the weekend while this writer was away. It’s been reported that designer and cartoonist Ray Lowry passed away recently. You might not know the name immediately, but if you’re at all into music, you likely remember his work. He’s remembered as being a big influence with his work at the magazine NME, but even more so for creating the album cover to the Clash‘s album London Calling, using a photograph thought to be unusable and creating a hand-drawn type treatment on top.