“Epic Rides” is one of several vivid murals created by artist Joe Pagac in Tucson, Arionza, a city of great color, replete with such murals.
Only a wild imagination would think of putting a man, a woman, a tortoise, a javelina, and a jackalope -- a (said to be) combination of a jackrabbit and an antelope -- together in a bike ride. A javelina is a Southwest version of a peccary, and if that doesn’t help, think “pig-like animal only uglier.” Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.