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Don Bosquet
Don Bousquet (born 1948) is a Rhode Island–based cartoonist. He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His cartoon ''Bousquet'' regularly appears in ''The Providence Journal'', ''Rhode Island Monthly'', and the ''South County Independent'' and his work has also appeared in numerous other publications, such as ''Yankee Magazine''. Most of Bousquet's best sellers were published by Covered Bridge Press. On March 29, 2014, Bousquet retired from one of his most visible platforms, his Sunday placement in ''The Providence Journal'', and would be "winding down" his drawing. Business Bousquet and his son started up a company named Don Bousquet and Son Aerial Photography. Their business has been taking photos in the sky since the 1980s. Their photos have been used for a number of occasions which include: the promotion of events, selling of real estate, and advertisements. Family Bousquet has two sons named Nathan and Michael. He and his wife Laura live in South County, RI. Partial bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States by population, seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents 2020 United States census, as of 2020, but it is the List of U.S. states by population density, second-most densely populated after New Jersey. It takes its name from Aquidneck Island, the eponymous island, though most of its land area is on the mainland. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west; Massachusetts to the north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York (state), New York. Providence, Rhode Island, Providence is its capital and most populous city. Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, User guide, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging. Terminology Cartoonists may also be denoted by terms such as comics artist, comic book artist, graphic novel artist or graphic novelist. Ambiguity may arise because "comic book artist" may also refer to the person who only illustrates the comic, and "graphic novelist" may also refer to the person who only writes the script. History The English satire, satirist and editorial cartoonist Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west; to its east-northeast, the city borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro. Pawtucket was an early and important center of textile manufacturing; the city is home to Slater Mill, a historic textile mill recognized for helping to found the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Name The name "Pawtucket" comes from the Algonquian word for "river fall." History The Pawtucket region was said to have been one of the most populous places in New England prior to the arrival of European settlers. Native Americans would gather here to catch the salmon and smaller fish that gathered at the falls. The first European settler here was Joseph Jenks, who came t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Providence Journal
''The Providence Journal'', colloquially known as the ''ProJo'', is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island, and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper was first published in 1829. The newspaper has won four Pulitzer Prizes. The ''Journal'' bills itself as "America's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication", a distinction that comes from the fact that ''The Hartford Courant'', started in 1764, did not become a daily until 1837 and the ''New York Post'', which began daily publication in 1801, had to suspend publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978. History Early years The beginnings of the Providence Journal Company were on January 3, 1820, when publisher "Honest" John Miller started the ''Manufacturers' & Farmers' Journal, Providence & Pawtucket Advertiser'' in Providence, published twice per week. The paper's office was in the old Coffee House, at the corner of Market Square and Canal street. The paper moved many t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Monthly
''Rhode Island Monthly'' is a glossy monthly magazine about life in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. History and profile ''Rhode Island Monthly'' was founded in 1987 by Daniel J. Kaplan and Konrad L. Schultz. The first issue was published in April 1988. From 1990 to 1992, ''Rhode Island Island Monthly'' was owned by Communications International, the parent of ''Connecticut'' magazine; it was then sold back to its founders. In 1997, the magazine was acquired by ''The Providence Journal''. In 2009, it was sold to its publisher, John J. Palumbo. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). The editorial offices are located in Pawtucket. Best of Rhode Island The "Best of Rhode Island" is a group of awards given by ''Rhode Island Magazine'' in an annual issue. These awards are akin to the "Best of Boston" but are not nearly as numerous. The awards are given in a wide range of categories that vary from year-to-year ''ad hoc''. Recent awards includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Magazine
''Yankee'' is a bimonthly (once every two months) magazine about lifestyle, travel and culture in the New England region of the United States, based in Dublin, New Hampshire. The first issue appeared in September 1935. It has a paid circulation of below 300,000 in 2015, from a peak of one million in the 1980s. Yankee Publishing Inc. It is published by Yankee Publishing Incorporated (YPI), one of the few remaining family-owned and independent magazine publishers in the United States. YPI also owns the oldest continuously produced periodical in the US, the ''Old Farmer's Almanac'', which it purchased in 1939. In 2013, YPI acquired McLean Communications, publisher of ''New Hampshire'' and the ''New Hampshire Business Review''. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South County (Rhode Island)
Washington County, known locally as South County, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 129,839. List of counties in Rhode Island, Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions other than as court administrative boundaries, which are part of the state government. History Washington County was created as Kings County in 1729 within the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It was renamed Washington County on October 29, 1781, in honor of George Washington. At the earliest stage of colonial settlement, the area was called "The Narragansett Country", named after the Narragansett people, Naragansett tribe and its tributary tribe the Niantic people, Niantics, both of whom lived in the area. Early land purchases in the Narragansett Country were effected by settlers after the establishment of Indian trading posts at Fort Neck in Charlestown, Rhode Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Campbell (cartoonist)
William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to: Government officials * Lord William Campbell (c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina * William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) (died 1796), governor of Bermuda in 1796 * William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1824–1893), British peer and Liberal politician * William John Campbell, Creole mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone * William Robert Campbell (''fl.'' 1860s), British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) * William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927), Scottish law lord * William Campbell (MP), British Army officer and politician, MP for Glasgow * William Telfer Campbell, British colonial administrator Canada * William Campbell (judge) (1758–1834), Scottish-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada * William Campbell (Canadian politician) (born 1929), Canadian House of Commons, 1979–1980 * William Campbell (Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Patinkin
Mark Patinkin is an American author and nationally syndicated columnist for the ''Providence Journal''. He is a graduate of Middlebury College. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for international Journalism, reporting, and he has won three New England Emmy awards for television commentaries. He is also the author of several books. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Mandy Patinkin, the American actor, is his cousin. Don Patinkin (1922–1995), the economist, was his second cousin. Sheldon Patinkin, author, teacher, director, and one of the founding fathers of The Second City, was his second cousin. Partial bibliography *''Up and Running'' *''Rhode Island Dictionary'' (with Don Bosquet) *''Rhode Island Handbook'' (with Don Bosquet) *''The Silent War'' (with Ira Magaziner) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male journalists American people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish American journalists Middlebury College alumni University of Chicago Laborator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cartoonists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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