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Submit News [+]Tribute to Ponz in Gil Thorp comic strip
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-09-04 12:09:21Jeff Ponczak was a fan of the Gil Thorp comic strip and he was recently added into the strip as a new character.
Here is the link:
Click here to see Gil Thorp comic strip
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Emma Johnson MSN Money colmn launches
Posted by: Emma Johnson on 2008-07-18 15:35:49Emma Johnson's multimedia personal finance column recently launched on MSN Money. The series focuses on people in their 20s and 30s, and includes video, audio, graphic and text elements. Read More >>
proudly introducing... jean lachat photography
Posted by: Jean Lachat on 2008-07-17 22:48:52I happily launched my own home-based photo studio this summer, specializing in documentary portraiture and pretty much anything that is not immoral or illegal! (or at least not that much!) Read More >>
Reporting Contest for College Students and Professionals!
Posted by: Adriana Colindres on 2008-07-17 22:13:52Journalism organization Capitolbeat has separate reporting contests for college students and for professionals, as well as a conference open to all. Contest deadline is Aug. 1 for professionals and Sept. 10 for college students. Read More >>
Chris Heidenrich -- 2nd edition of my local history book
Posted by: Chris Heidenrich on 2008-07-12 12:54:57An updated edition of my book, FREDERICK: LOCAL AND NATIONAL CROSSROADS, about the history of Frederick, Maryland, is available at www.arcadiapublishing.com. Check it out! Read More >>
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Larry DoyleDaily Illini: 1976-82. Campus Scout, 1977-78; Columnist, 1980-82; Spectrum editor, 1981-82.University of Illinios: University of Illinois: Bachelor of Science in psychology, 1980. Master of Science in journalism, 1982. Inducted: 2007 |
As a writer and supervising producer of The Simpsons for four years, Larry Doyle won two Emmys and an Annie award for his contributions. Now, he's focusing on his new book, I Love You, Beth Cooper, which was released this May. The setting of the book is Buffalo Grove High School in Illinois, where he graduated 1976.
Before becoming famous for his razor-sharp wit and offbeat humor, Doyle began his career with a seven-year stint at United Press International, where he was a medical and science reporter. Then in 1989, for a short while, he became the editorial director of First Comics, then the third-largest comic book company in the country.
He then went to write for the newly revived Pogo comic strip, which appeared in more than 300 newspapers. Then in 1992, Doyle was executive editor of SPY magazine and then became an editor-writer for New York magazine for four years.
During that time, he wrote several episodes of Beavis and Butt-head as well as two episodes of Rugrats. He also wrote and produced Monkeys, an animated pilot for the FOX network. Doyle was writer and executive producer of the film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and produced eight new Looney Tunes shorts for Warner Brothers. He also wrote the movie Duplex, starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore.
Doyle has written for numerous magazines, including Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Harpers and Time. Currently, he is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker's Shout and Murmurs section and writes The Doyle Report every month for Esquire.
Before becoming famous for his razor-sharp wit and offbeat humor, Doyle began his career with a seven-year stint at United Press International, where he was a medical and science reporter. Then in 1989, for a short while, he became the editorial director of First Comics, then the third-largest comic book company in the country.
He then went to write for the newly revived Pogo comic strip, which appeared in more than 300 newspapers. Then in 1992, Doyle was executive editor of SPY magazine and then became an editor-writer for New York magazine for four years.
During that time, he wrote several episodes of Beavis and Butt-head as well as two episodes of Rugrats. He also wrote and produced Monkeys, an animated pilot for the FOX network. Doyle was writer and executive producer of the film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and produced eight new Looney Tunes shorts for Warner Brothers. He also wrote the movie Duplex, starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore.
Doyle has written for numerous magazines, including Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Harpers and Time. Currently, he is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker's Shout and Murmurs section and writes The Doyle Report every month for Esquire.