Tuesday, September 7, 2010

RIP: Paul Conrad


Farwell to one of the greats...

From the Los Angeles Times:

Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He was 86.

Conrad died early Saturday of natural causes, surrounded by his family at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, said his son David.
With an unyielding liberal stance rendered in savage black and white, Conrad both thrilled and infuriated readers for more than 50 years. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, a feat matched by only two other cartoonists in the post- World War II era.

The full obit is here.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of my recent favorites...
http://www.valleyadvocate.com/sortable/image/FAP-Varnon-cartoon.jpg

TBLMISBT

JohnnyRussia said...

Yup. He was the Gold Standard of his genre.