Barfly: September 16
The Party’s Over: I’ve been hearing rumors this week that Beaches, Manhattan Beach Boulevard at The Strand, was nearing its end so this past Monday I decided to head over and see what all the hoopla was about and boy am I glad I did: It turns out escrow had gone through that afternoon, the […]
Always giving more
The generosity of Steve and Marlene Young is recognized by PV Chamber and Rotary By their own admission, life has been good to Marlene and Steve Young, this month to be honored as Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club Citizens of the Year. Ever thankful for the gifts they have received during […]
Conrad the mentor
Bob Staake
Bob Staake met Paul Conrad at the State Journalism Write-off at El Camino College in 1975. Staake was a sophomore editorial cartoonist for the West Torrance High paper. Because there wasn’t an editorial cartoon division, during the writing competition he drew a cartoon.
Perhaps influenced by the fact that Conrad was the keynote speaker, the judges awarded Staake’s cartoon first place.
Conrad presented Staake with a copy of The King and Us, his then latest, and what many still consider his best collection of cartoons.
Inside the book he wrote, “To Bob Staake, who already knows one picture is worth a thousand editorials. All the Best, Paul Conrad, 2/15/1975.”
A man for all seasons
“I have more faith in this country than any of those God damned right wingers.” – Paul Conrad [The following is excerpted from an interview that appeared in the October 4, 1973 Easy Reader. The interview took place following a Palos Verdes fundraiser.] At the time the My Lai massacre was being played across the […]
Peninsula Paul
Little League coach Paul Conrad was pulling up outfield fence posts to move to the new Silver Spur Little League field when Ron Stankey met the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Conrad was the league president and had designed the league’s logo – two intertwined S’s with spurs. Stankey was the chief umpire and coach of […]
Conrad’s Running with me Jesus
Where centuries of artists saw only suffering and death in the Crucified Christ, Paul Conrad saw joy and redemption Like his political cartoons, the Crucified Christ Paul Conrad sculpted for Saint John Fisher in 1996 is a stark, visceral and controversial play on sight. Traditional depictions of the Crucifixion invite meditations on Christ suffering […]