I got kicked out of P.E. for refusing to use a bra

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That awkward, shameful distance between reality and facade provided fertile ground for Raymond's pen; this was where he located the cold, uncomfortable truths that coursed through his artwork. Disillusionment and the theft of innocence were common themes and dynamics within Raymond's work, along with a sense that the world of authority and 'justice' existing outside the comic frame was every bit as morally fractured, disturbed, murky and shameful as the dark black ink scenario contained within it. His drawings suggested that noir was everywhere, lurking within every shadow, within the hearts of all, only ever barely repressed. Pettibon's illustrations would prove a perfect fit with Black Flag's music in terms of intensity, violently assaulting the senses and the sensibility, provoking and unsettling people. Plastered on walls and lamp posts and telegraph poles around the south bay and as far into Los Angeles as the group and their friends would venture, these illustrations - crudely overlaid with information about the next gig - helped build Black Flag's notoriety easily as much as expanding their fan base. The vandalism of their publicity campaigns, meanwhile, placed them in direct opposition with the authorities.