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Lost, found, lost

May 22, 2010 by Hank Stuever Leave a Comment

Here’s something I wrote for the paper about the end of (perhaps meaning of) Lost. More important, here’s the Owen Freeman illo that went with it. Only, when it came time to run the essay, the powers that be decided to run it on A1 on Friday, where we would just never ever run an illustration. (Then again, who would have ever thought deepish essays about TV would ever be on the front page of the Washington Post, either?) So, Owen’s art went with a “Lost”-releated story by Jen Chaney on Saturday’s Style front instead. The best laid plans, etc. — I’m glad it saw print.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Jen Chaney, Lost, Lost finale, Matthew Fox, Owen Freeman, television, Washington Post

Looks really matter

May 16, 2010 by Hank Stuever 2 Comments

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I got into newspapers in high school because I liked the way they look. In college, I chose writing and editing over design, but two decades later I keep wondering if I made the right choice.

We’ve been attempting a bit of visual branding with some of my longer reviews/essays about television in the Style section. This means deeper thoughts (haha) and most of all, Better Art. I’ve been loving these illos that we hired graphic artist Owen Freeman to do for Treme, Betty White, and my piece on mockumentaries. They give off a bit of an Alex Ross graphic novel realism …

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Betty White, Modern Family, newspaper design, Owen Freeman, Style section, Treme, Washington Post

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