Randall Enos (born January 30, 1936) is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Enos was born in

New Bedford, Massachusetts New Bedford (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast (Massachusetts), South Coast region. Up throug ...

. Throughout his career, which began in the 1960s, Enos has worked mostly in

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s. Enos's work has appeared in the '' National Lampoon'' (where he produced the monthly strip ''Chicken Gutz'' in the 1970s), ''

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'' and other publications. His work is syndicated by

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. Enos has taught at colleges and art schools including

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, Philadelphia University of the Arts, RISD,

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, and others and has illustrated many books, including children's books. Enos, who (being from New Bedford) is interested in whaling history and collects whaling memorabilia, collaborated with Brian Heinz on the 2014 book ''Mocha Dick'', contributing his abstract-folkish visual interpretations to the picture-book, a depiction of the historical whale which inspired the novel ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship ''Pequod'', for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant whit ...

''.

Controversy

Enos caused controversy when a cartoon of his was published in the ''

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'' following the

2017 Las Vegas shooting On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in . From his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel, he fired ...

that depicted a pile of bodies with the caption "What happens in Vegas..." The paper later apologized for publishing the cartoon and stated that the cartoon was "insulting and in bad taste" and that "we regret and apologize for publishing the cartoon."Rutberg, Fredric D
"LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: To our readers: We are sorry,"
''Bennington Banner'' (Oct. 3, 2017).

Awards

Enos was nominated for the 2010 Advertising Illustration Award given by the

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for his artwork promoting a revival of ''

The Norman Conquests ''The Norman Conquests'' is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. ''Table Manners'' is set in the dining room, ''Living Toget ...

''.

Personal life

He lives on a horse farm in Connecticut with his wife Leann.

Books illustrated

* Seligson, Marcia; Gerberg, Mort; Corman, Avery (1967). ''You Have a Hang-Up If...:All About the Kookiness in People's Heads Today.'' Randall Enos (illustrator). Essandess Special Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Chicken Gutz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Enos, Randall Living people People from New Bedford, Massachusetts Artists from Massachusetts Artists from Connecticut American illustrators American engravers National Lampoon people American comic strip cartoonists 1936 births