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today: Austin news artist and book illustrator Don Tate promotes release of his first authored book (2)

In two months, a children’s book by my good friend Don Tate will hit bookstores. It’s called: It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw. Don — a longtime artist for the Austin, Texas, American-Statesman — has illustrated something like 40 books over the past decade or so. This is the first book he’s actually written. Today, Don released [...]

Feb. 9: Three interesting page-one visuals

Here are three interesting items I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — STANDARD-EXAMINER Ogden, Utah Circulation: 62,603 You’re looking at a picture of a python. Playing with the owner’s ten grandkids. His name was Monty (I know, I know). Monty died last week at age 30. He spent 27 years in a classroom at Plain City Elementary [...]

Feb. 8: World’s largest punctuation? (3)

Did you see the front of today’s Cincinnati Enquirer? I can’t say for certain. But I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be a single open-quote mark. Click for a larger view: The topic is the somewhat odd State of the State address by Ohio governor John Kasich Tuesday. The top of the story by staffer Paul E. Kostyu: Non-bluetongue [...]

Feb. 5: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl preview pages (3)

Just about everybody had something out front today for America’s biggest unofficial holiday, Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s a look at the most notable pages I’ve seen… ____________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — BOSTON GLOBE Boston, Mass. Circulation: 205,939 My favorite picture of the day is this one, on the front of today’s Boston Globe. You’re seeing the Patriots lining [...]

Feb. 4: Four clever and fun page-one illustrations (1)

Here are four fun art elements I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — PRESS & DAKOTAN Yankton, S.D. Circulation: 8,332 He use to work as a decorative element for the top of your car antenna. After those jobs went away, he worked for Walmart, on its “falling prices” signs. But what’s Mr. Smiley Face been doing since [...]

Feb. 3: Cool idea alert: Printable Valentine’s Day cards

Chris Morris of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tells us about his latest project: I figured my kids didn’t want to hand out Spongebob and Buzz Lightyear store-bought cards. So I drew up 30 quirky little cards and we’re making them available online as PDFs. Kids can download and print and cut out to their heart’s content. Chris drew six cards [...]

Feb. 2: USA Today offers do-it-yourself paper figures of Tom Brady and Eli Manning

USA Today this week offered up do-it-yourself paper action figures of Super Bowl quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning. The figures are posted on USA Today‘s web site. Readers click to download PDF files of each player. There are instructions and even a video that shows how to assemble each player. The faces are drawn by USA Today‘s Sam Ward. [...]

Feb. 2: Inside the special Super Bowl section wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star (2)

Earlier today, we took a look at great Super Bowl advance pages from Luke Knox of the Boston Globe. Now it’s time to check out a bit of the 24-page special section wrapping today’s Indianapolis Star. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us: Design director Phil Mahoney gets the kudos for the cover design and most of the [...]

Feb. 2: For your consideration… (3)

How does one illustrate the merger between United and Continental air lines? By showing them join the “Mile-High Club,” of course. I’m not sure I would have had the guts to pitch that concept. Kudos to Bloomberg Businessweek. I think.

Jan. 27: This couple is grateful someone didn’t doublecheck his email address

While its seems, sometimes, that the whole world needs a copy editor, Rachel and Ruben Salazar are glad some folks don’t doublecheck their email addresses before they hit “send.” If they had doublechecked, then Rachel and Ruben would have never met and fallen in love. Enjoy: That was posted today at Mediaite. In addition to the heartwarming story, here’s another [...]

Jan. 27: Why God made stock art (1)

The student newspaper at Ronald Reagan High School in Doral, Fla. — in the western suburbs of Miami — ran a story last February about sexually transmitted diseases. A little more provocative than what you’d typically see in a school newspaper. But that’s good. Teens need more information about topics like that. What’s not so good, however: The Reagan Advocate [...]

Jan. 26: For your consideration… (2)

I like it. I’m just not quite sure I get the cover of Thursday’s Libération of Paris, France. Click for a larger look: The headline for the main story — superimposted on that blimp-looking airplane in the foreground — says: The U.S. president launches campaign Obama 2 I can’t get a decent translation out of Google for the bit across [...]

Jan. 26: Behind the flower power today on the front of the Bay Area group papers (3)

What a great blast of 1960′s-style flower power that was on the front of today’s San Jose Mercury News. Average daily circulation for the Mercury News is about 225,175. The story — by the Merc‘s Paul Rogers –is about a proposed state law that would require 15 percent of all new cars sold in California to run on electricity or [...]

Jan. 26: Cool illustration alert: Today’s Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer

That’s one striking illustration on the front of today’s Observer of Fayetteville, N.C. The designer was James Robinson. The topic: How technology has changed the way voters keep up with politics and the way political campaigns reach out to voters. Or, I should say, how technology can change. The Observer‘s Paul Woolverton writes about N.C. Rep. Jason Saine, who created [...]

Jan. 25: Forget what I said earlier. Here’s a nice State of the Union word cloud.

Earlier today — in reference to the cool State of the Union graphic the Washington Post created — I wrote how the Post made its time comparison chart… …Rather than using a word cloud — those things have become quite tiresome… While I was writing and posting that piece, the folks at the Detroit Free Press were emailing me an [...]

Jan. 24: Indy Star kicks off Super Bowl countdown with a fun page-one cartoon

The Super Bowl won’t be played until Sunday, Feb. 5. Which might seem like an eternity for Giants fans, Patriots fans or anyone living in the host city of Indianapolis. I doubt Indy is getting much tourism traffic for the game just yet — given that we didn’t even know who would be playing until two days ago. Just the [...]

Jan. 21: A look at a few early NFC championship game pages

Julio Lara, the artist-turned-sportswriter of the Daily Journal of San Mateo, Calif., writes: Just wanted to pass along our 49ers NFC Title Game pages. It’s a pretty exciting time for us (read: me) at the Daily Journal. The last time the Niners were in the playoffs, I was a freshman in college … and  couple of months from dropping out, [...]

Jan. 21: A look at how South Carolina papers played the GOP primary on page one today

Today’s the big day in my home state of South Carolina. The big Republican primary. Four candidates are left. And, from the looks of the latest poll numbers, just about anything could happen. This illustration pretty much sums up the whole thing, don’t you think? Oh, that’s just amazing. And it works on so many different levels. If you’re a [...]

Jan. 19: Behind that cool abstract-looking art across the top of today’s Huntsville Times

I was intrigued today with the page-one nameplate art used by the Huntsville (Ala.) Times today. Here is today’s front page from the Newseum… And here is just the nameplate promo. Click for a larger look: Design director Paul Wallen tells us: I designed the nameplate at the top of A1, it teases to the Go! cover story. Steve Johnson [...]

Jan. 18: Washington Business Journal’s Timothy Wong moving to Washington Post

Timothy Wong, design editor of the Washington Business Journal in Arlington, Va., is moving to the Washington Post, where he’ll join the digital design team working on mobile products, reports Eddie Scarry of MediaBistro‘s FishbowlDC blog. Scarry quotes Tim as saying: The position seemed like a unique opportunity that would give me more exposure to the digital side of the [...]

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