Sunday, March 28, 2010

03:28:92 week in revue


Appropriate white space plays a part for this week in the news. My added heading, "How soon they forget" applys to all the clippings. Dances with Wolves dominated the Oscars. Another Oscar winner, Jack Palance, did his famous one armed push-up that same evening, not knowing what else to do. Glasnost and the fall of the Soviet Union brought changes to Russia. Mafia boss, John Gotti saw changes, too, as he was sentenced to life. He was "released" early due to death from terminal cancer.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

03:22:92 week in revue


Bold, linear balance is the key to this week’s visual history tour. Prismacolor pencils were used to draw into the space shuttle clipping. A mere 500 years separate the Columbus and Atlantis adventures. Other graphics were drawn to suggest the planets. A large outer ring pulls everything together. In honor of shuttle speed, an Indy Car graphic was placed near the bottom to anchor the page. Television buffs will recognize Nancy Walker, who died this week in 1992.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

03:15:92 week in revue


While Tom Foley looks the other way, Jack Russ resigned. But it would be another 19 months before Russ pleads guilty. Also arriving at splitsville, after a whopping six year marriage, were the Duke of York and his Duchess.

The central figure of mock shock splits two antagonists with a bit of humor. A pretty good linear display of clippings keeps the eye moving across the page. Another use of the pixilated artwork using the graph paper.

Monday, March 8, 2010

03:08:92 week in revue


A full page of clippings obscures the graphic flow in this page. Scrambling to find news items by the end of the week could be blamed.

The two devastating earthquakes recently, recall the massive quake this week of 1992 in Turkey. Actually, a rough week of weather throughout the states with tornadoes and flooding. A rough week for President Bush with an uphill finance battle. The House of Reprehensibles banking scandal broke when it was revealed that they allowed members to overdraw their House checking accounts, but were never penalized by the House Bank. Oops! Out of the 22 representatives sited, 3 were Republicans. Menachem Begin, Israel’s 6th Prime Minister, succumbed this week.