Artist behind Beavis graffiti around Detroit arrested, faces up to 24 years in prison

One of Detroit’s most notorious graffiti artists has been arrested. Hazel Park resident Bryan Herrin, who goes by the moniker BVIS, has spent the last few years obsessively drawing the face of Beavis – a character from ‘90s MTV cartoon “Beavis and Butt-head” – on surfaces all over the Detroit metro region. Detroit Police Capt. Marcus Thirkill told Fox 2, “It was multiple situations where (we) had to have people from the city go out and clean this area up. There’s a cost associated with having to go out and clean up each time this character is painted on structures.” This spring, Herrin granted an interview with Detroit Metro Times, where he bragged about drawing up to 20 faces per night. He said he was left unsupervised much of the time and spent it watching television, with “Beavis and Butt-head” being his favorite show. Herrin said he identified with the characters’ inability to attract positive attention from women. Attempts to reach Herrin for comment were unsuccessful. “I mean, really, like, the whole series was just them trying to score, and that never happening,” he told Metro Times. “And it’s like, I can relate to that real-life frustration.” Last week, a...