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Guest Diary• September 20, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXVII

A graffiti seen on the restroom wall at Elaine’s gives a pretty good idea of what the mood of the late ’60s was in New York. There was also the […]...

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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXVI

Guest Diary• September 13, 2018.
A 1970 attempt at humorous social criticism from The American Legion Magazine.  The split between generations was widening. Dennis Abby (or Abbé) had been an illustrator and became fascinated with the decorative possibilities of […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXV

Guest Diary• September 6, 2018.
Annie Rieger introduced me to a new friend of hers, Jessica Robinson (pictured above). Jessica was a writer and a few years later appeared carrying a gun on the cover […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXIV

Guest Diary• August 31, 2018.
Summer of ’70. I had gotten a commission to illustrate all of the programs for the NBC Fall Television schedule.  My rep Pema Browne told me that they had wanted different illustrators to […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXIII

Guest Diary• August 23, 2018.
1970 — just beginning and quickly heating up! The Woodstock neighbors of Max Yasgur on whose farm the music festival was held sued him for damages caused to their nearby properties by […]... READ MORE
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Dylan’s Candy BarN: Helping animals find a “home-sweet-home”

Guest Diary• August 17, 2018.
The future was in the cards early on for Dylan Lauren, CEO and founder of confectionery emporium, Dylan’s Candy Bar.  At the tender age of eight, the modern-day Willy Wonka received two pet […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXII

Guest Diary• August 16, 2018.
In early 1969 it was claimed that The Black Panthers had planned coordinated bombings of police stations. 21 members were indicted, among them Afeni Shakur, the mother of the late […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXXI

Guest Diary• August 9, 2018.
So we woke up and found ourselves in 1970! Remarkably — we had survived the Sixties! Beginning with President John F. Kennedy inspiring and changing the outlook and prospects of most young Americans, […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXX

Guest Diary• August 3, 2018.
Paul Bartel invited me to go with him to see Frank Granat at his apartment on Third Avenue on the Upper East Side. Frank was originally from Northern California and in […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXIX

Guest Diary• July 26, 2018.
1969 and it was finally December! So much had happened; Nixon had blamed the media for the lack of unity in the country and Vice President Agnew had called the media “unelected elites” whose investigative journalism […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXVIII

Guest Diary• July 19, 2018.
1969 — Vice President Spiro Agnew was still saying that the press was biased reporting against the Vietnam War and encouraged the public to complain. Meanwhile, there was a second landing […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXVII

Guest Diary• July 12, 2018.
I should start by explaining something: I’ve been asked why some of my drawings look “unfinished” while others have a rendered, “finished” look. I use a drawing technique called “contour […]... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLXVI

Guest Diary• July 5, 2018.
April, 1969: So Gary Van Kirk, Bill Rilling and I arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On our arrival we went for breakfast at one of the large tourist hotels […]... READ MORE

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