Paul Conrad’s Cartoons Remembered
September 5th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by GDBy Meena Kar
Los Angeles, Sep 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Legendary cartoonist Paul Conrad passed away on September 4 in his California home. His son David Conrad revealed that he died of natural causes and had his family around him at the time of death. Considered one of the most prolific cartoonist, Paul Conrad used his pencil to poke fun at US Presidents and other politicians during his 50 year career.
Paul Conrad made cartoons of US Presidents from Harry S Truman to George W Bush in Los Angeles Times which saw the newspapers popularity rise over the years. He worked with the newspaper for 30 years. One of his most famous and favorite target was the infamous American president Richard Nixon. During the time of Richard Nixon’s resignation, Paul Conrad delivered one of his masterpieces in which a helicopter was shown flying above the White House and the caption read ‘One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’. His son David Conrad once said that his father was proud to be among Richard Nixon’s most hated people.
In an interview in 2006, Paul Conrad had famously spoke about Richard Nixon and said that he felt two things about him. He said that he wondered how did an idiot like him become the president and also thought of how soon the Americans can get rid of him. He then made the comparison with the then president George W Bush and said that almost the same thing applies to him. In one of his cartoons, he portrayed George W Bush as Sisyphus with a boulder tagged ‘Iraq’ that he was trying to push up a hill. Paul Conrad had once revealed that one of his earliest cartoons was on the wall of his elementary school’s bathroom.
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