I set the DVR for this immediately:
“Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire,” airing on PBS’ “Independent Lens” series (check local listings for time) shows the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner with his combative liberal spirit intact.
Here’s a little more:
The film captures Conrad’s outrage at what he regards as the trespasses of the powerful and the sheer delight he takes in skewering them.
His career began when political cartooning flourished in newspapers. Now only about 3 percent of daily papers have cartoonists on staff, according to an expert quoted in the documentary from Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson.
The shrinking number dismays Conrad. And he’s no fan of those who have abandoned the traditional single-panel cartoon for a comic-strip approach.
“It’s dialogue, long conversations, from one panel to another. Some have a political point but when you get finished reading them you knew that in the beginning. So what am I doing reading ’em?” he said.
I can’t wait! Go set your DVRs now!
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Love that picture, its increadable how anyone can do that my hand.
I can't wait to watch it!
Thanks for this. They should tape that show that Dick Locher and his wife did at the 2006 Reubens as well.
When did this originally air? I looked up the local listings in Indianapolis and it wasn't scheduled to be on any time in the near future.
I'm not sure. I looked it up in Indianapolis too, and nada! What the hell?!
If I had a VCR I'd tape it for ya, but we went DVR and never looked back.
You could always buy it here: http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=2532267
Strange. Maybe I can find someone to tape it.
Good luck. You could always try to get your local library to pick it up. I do that all the time, with great success!