Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to a pair of excellent visual journalists…
John Cole is editorial cartoonist for the Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pa. A 1980 graduate of Washington and Lee University, John spent 20 years cartooning for the Herald of Durham, N.C., before moving to Scranton in 2005. He also writes automotive stories for the Times-Tribune and other publications. He draws five to seven color cartoons weekly for his newspaper group and for Cagle Cartoons, which distributes his work nationally. Find John’s cartoons here, his Facebook fan page here and his Twitter feed here. John turns 54 today.
Josalee Thrift is a freelance photographer and photojournalist based in Southington, Conn. She spent five years shooting for the Republican-American of Waterbury, Conn., following her graduation from Boston University. Find her web site here, her blog here and her Facebook fan page here. Josalee turns 29 today.
Josalee and John share a birthday with actors Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom, Patrick Galen Dempsey, Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus, Nicole Elizabeth Eggert, Charles Richard Moll, Charles Langford Modini “Robert” Stack, Charles Elmer “Rip” Taylor Jr. and Charles Nelson Reilly; musician Sonia Kalish (better known as Sophie Tucker, “the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas”); dancer Gwenyth Evelyn “Gwen” Verdon; TV executive Brandon Tartikoff; professional snooker player Stephen Gordon Hendry; golfer Mark Francis O’Meara; Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart; authors John Barrett “Jay” McInerney Jr. and Horatio Alger Jr. and longtime Variety columnist Armand Andre “Army” Archer.
In addition, today is Public Radio Broadcasting Day, Rubber Duckie Day and Blame Someone Else Day. Seriously.
Best wishes, you two! Have a fabulous birthday today!
