When you ride a Harley, you're never alone. You're part of a worldwide community of like-minded bikers. Harley wanted to give riders that warm, fuzzy feeling when they came for a test ride.

Via

ARTCRANK, the bike-themed poster show, is back for its fifth year in Denver. They're now accepting artist submissions for their 2013 show. Please note that they have a strict locals-only policy, and will only consider artists who live and work in the Denver and Boulder areas. Apply here.

The Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (UMS), along with Ink Lounge, now has an open call for poster artists to participate in the 3rd Annual EyeRock Art in Music Poster show taking place during the 13th annual UMS. EyeRock is designed to highlight and focus on the talented visual artists in the Colorado Front Range area that help push and sculpt the music industry. Apply here.

Moxie Sozo has filed suit against former client Newton Running for failure to pay outstanding invoices, breach of contract and to prevent Newton from further using Moxie Sozo’s advertising and creative materials. This is the first time in the agency’s 14-year history it has filed suit against a former client.

Newton Running is a Boulder, CO running shoe brand that hired Moxie Sozo in 2012 as the company’s Creative Agency of Record. Newton Running has been utilizing creative works designed and executed by Moxie Sozo in ecommerce, brick and mortar, and social media settings both domestically and internationally without compensation.

Moxie Sozo has tried for months to collect payment for services out of court, filed a notice of breach in early April of 2013, and has made multiple requests for past due payments.

“In fourteen years of business, we have had phenomenal relationships with our clients,” says Leif Steiner, Principal and Creative Director at Moxie Sozo. “This is a regretful episode that we expect will be swiftly rectified through the courts."

This does bring up the question of what to do when clients default on payment. It sadly seems to happen a lot in our industry. When it does and you're a small agency or individual, you typically have to roll over and chalk it up as a "learning experience." For all of us who have been screwed before, we're glad to see an agency that's rightfully taking the power back.