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CHRIS GASH: ON THE ROAD FOR 10 YEARS

May 8, 2012

Chris Gash celebrates his 10th year (and counting) of illustrating Joe Sharkey’s “On the Road” column for the New York Times. Chris and Joe do this job over the weekend without an art director; their editor only sees the final spot art on Monday morning when it’s due. 

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“It’s been a great run,” says Chris. “In all these years we’ve never had so much as a hiccup in our process. As I post this recap of some of my favorite spots, I want to say thank you again to Joe Sharkey for such a great weekly assignment, and to Steve Heller, who recommended me for it way back when…”

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“When we started this column, it was a black and white page. Color only came when there needed to be a version for the web, and since then the printed page has gone from black and white to color and back again.”

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Chris loves those airplane emergency diagrams and he tries to get all MAD Magazine with them whenever possible:

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What a long, great trip it’s been: “So, one last time, thanks to Joe, Phyllis, Brent, and everyone at the Times. Here’s to many more.”

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Tags: Chris Gash, Editorial, Magazine

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