Now This Is Where I Draw the Line!

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ANEDITORIALCARTOON

COLLECTiONBY

0~~S6!Byrd Newspapers

of Virginia

NOW THIS IS WHERE :IDRAW THE LINE !

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EDITORIALCARTOON

COLLECTiONBY

0~?P56!Byrd Newspapers

of Virginia

available from:Parkway Publishers, Inc.

Post Offi ce Box 3678Boone, North Carolina 28607

www.parkwaypublishers.comTel/Fax: (828) 265-3993

Book design by Aaron Burleson, spokesmedia

Parkway Publishers, Inc.Boone, North Carolina

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rose, John, 1963- Now this is where I draw the line! / John Rose. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-933251-34-9 1. United States--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons. 2. Political cartoons--United States. 3. Editorial cartoons--United States. 4. American wit and humor, Pictorial. I. Title. E839.5.R623 2006 973.93102’07--dc22 2006019260

To Karen

Special thanks to Peter Yates, Dick Morin,Linda Swecker and George Duncan for their

help in putting this book together.

Ever since he started his “career” by drawing on the walls of his parents’home in Manassas, Virginia as a small child, John Rose has shared hiswonderful gift of storytelling through pictures.

As an editorial cartoonist, Rose has the rare talent to engage the reader ashe lampoons a deserving politician one day while eliciting a tearfulresponse as he uses the same space the next day to honor a departed hero.

While his wit can be biting, Rose gets his point across without the need toshock or offend on a daily basis.

I am sure readers wonder how John comes up with his many ideas for editorialcartoons. I am certain that many picture him deep in thought after spendinghours reading many of the nation’s leading newspapers to keep up withcurrent events.

Truth be told, he is probably really sitting in his study at home with hisslippers on (still, after lunch), reading a gossip magazine and searchingfor the perfect pizza slice when the ideas just come to him (sorry to revealyour secret, John!).

Seriously, John Rose is a fi ve-star talent, and you will be glad that youare joining the tens of thousands of readers who get to see where he “drawsthe line” each day in the pages of the Daily News-Record.

Enjoy!

Peter S. YatesEditor and General ManagerDaily News-RecordHarrisonburg, VA

Section One

NATIONAL

This cartoon ran during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.

I AL.WA~S Mope»":0 eN]) UP INHeAveN •••

~~- L1VlNGr WI'''' BILL~~ AND MILLARY ALL

---: THose ~eAp.s, IneFINITeLY speNTe.NOUGM TIMe. 'NTHe OlMe~PLACe!

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I'LL Ge-T BAcK"TO YOU.

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ISN'T IT MOREIMPORTANT THAT

THE TENCOMMANDMENTSBE WRITTEN ON

YOUR HEART,INSTEAD OF JUSTARGUING OVER A

2-TON STONE?

MA'D COW'DISEASE

MA'D 'DONKEY'DISEASE

:I AM RUNNINGFOR THE

WHITE HOUSE !!

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GOT 'EMRIGHT HERE !!

READY FOR SPRING BREAK ?DID YOU PACK YOUR FLIP FLOPS?

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-----~~----X NEED TO

PICK A VICEPRESIDENTIAL.

CANDIDATE THATWIL.L. HEL.P MECAPTURE THESWING VOTE.

-------.....'DON'T WORRY,1: WON'T THRoWTHESE MEDA1.S

AWAY••• ---,.--~---.....

1:'1.1. GIVE THEMTO YOU !!

~--------~------------~DAD, LIKE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO VOTE AND

:I'M LIKE CONFUSED. SHOULD :I VOTE FOR THEDIXIE CHICKS' CANDIDATE OR TOBY KEITH'S

CANDIDATE?

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TRICK OR TREAT•••HMMM•••

TRICK OR TREAT•••~ JUST 'DON'T KNOW!!

NEVERTRICK

OR TREATWITH AN

UNDECIDEDVOTER.

<S)2.0tl'i ~SE. IBYll'b NE.WSPA"at.-S

WHY AM :! AN UNDECIDEDVOTER ? BECAUSE :! CAN'T

RECOGNIZE EITHER CANDIDATE !!

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WEl.l., THAT'S IT, THE El.ECTIONIS OVER. TIME TO CAl.l. THE

CARPET Cl.EANERS !!

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RE-ENERGyIZEDBUNN

BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PLAN TO FIXSOCIAL SECURITY.

MINE ISHOl.l.OW

CHOCOl.ATE.

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MY BUNNY ISSOl.1D CHOCOl.ATE.

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PRESIDENT DICKCHENEY GETS HISMOUTH WASHED

OUT WITH SOAP !)J---

u.s. CAPITOLBUILDING

IsENA1E~1I'" HOUSE I

DONAL'D RUMSFEL'D ISREALLY SERIOUS ABOUTTHESE BASE CLOSINGS, /-/HE EVEN CLOSED _-... ~___ ~

"CAMP ~~;;::::_~~-:SWAMPY." 1__-:::-;;~-~--? ( /'"\'-..-/

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~-~--~---DAD, WHO WASTHE BIG WINNER

~~~ IN THE IRAQELECTION?

---------..HOPE.

HARRYPOTTER.

OH,SURE.

CAN YOUNAME ONESUPREME

COURTJUSTICE?

NEWS rTEM:POLL SHOWS

TWO-THIRDS OFTHE AMERICANPEOPLE CAN'T

NAME ONESUPREME COURT

.JUSTICE.

C'MON, THEFOLKS INTHE LONG

DARK ROBESWITH LOTS OF

POWER.~~,)

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I( )1 YOU'LLGROW

INTO IT.

GOOD NEWS, SIR!IN CASE HARRIETT

MIERS IS NOTCONFIRMED FOR

THE SUPREMECOURT, WE FOUNDANOTHER WOMAN

WITH JUDICIAL.EXPERIENCE WHOWOUL.D ACCEPT

YOURNOMINATION•••

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YUCKII••

YUMII••

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AS YOU CAN SEE,THERE WAS A ~WHOPPER OF ABLOCKAGE INPRESIDENTCLINTON'SARTERIES !!

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IT'S AMIXTURE

~~~lfJfnfJTITIITmOF OCEAN~~..--~........ WATER<:= AND

TEARS.

THE STRONGEST STORMOF THE SEASON,

"HURRICANE BLAME" ISBATTERING DOWN HARD

ON NEW ORLEANS MAYORRAY NAGIN, LOUISIANA

GOVERNOR KATHLEENBLANCO AND I

PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH .~RIGHT NOW!! o/t

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NC1A.B~5\(eIBALL

JollRNAMeN T1/1

TWe ReAL ReASoN'TMe SWALLoWS ReluRNTO CAPIS'TRANOeACH MARCH.·. t=~=)

:! PLEDGEALLEGIANCETO THE FLAG

OF THE UNITEDSTATES OFAMERICA...

NCAA TOURNAMENT

After many decades without a professional baseball team, baseball returns to our nation's capital in the form of theWashington Nationals.

oMIGOSH, SIR--ARE You HAVING A HEART ATTACK ?!

NO, IT'SJUST GAS !!

..J' ~- -"THIS LAND WAS YOUR LAND.THIS LAND'S NOW MY LAND,BECAUSE THE HIGH COURTJ'J SAYS THAT i CAN .!"T

TAKE YOUR HOME AND -. A~ YOUR PROPERTY !

: THIS LAND WAS MADE .;FOR MALLS, YOU SEE !"*

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JesuswePT.

,~ yoU'b Ll\<eiO ",eAR i",e

AlLAN"TIC oceAN,PReSC:/ONe\ 'FYOU'D Lll<e10~eARTHe. PAClt=IC oceAN,PRes~ r "TWO'e••~~

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useDCA~

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PUSH PA'(MENT METHOD

1M) ~ \;slCASI-\ CREDIT KID'S

COLLEGE:3:TUITION

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BEEN READING THE NEWMEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG

PLAN AGAIN, EH ?

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DOC, :I'MSICK. :I FEEL

" DAZED ANDCONFUSED.

o :I HATEo SUNDAYS.o

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:I HATESATURDAYS.

:I HATEFRIDAYS.

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-- ---:I HATE :I HATE

MONDAYS. WEDNESDAYS.-V

:I HATE --0 0

TUESDAYS. :I HATE0 THURSDA0

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THIS IS'DAN RATHER,

CBS NEWS...

1'1IANCeS

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,-------------------.CHRISTMAS JUST ISN'T THESAME SINCE SANTA TOOl<DR. PHIL'S WEIGHTLOSS CHALLENGE.

~~ I, <£l~OOS'&~{>..1:> NeNs\'A\'~

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DAD, WITH THE PRICESHOMES ARE GOING FORTODAY, CAN X SELL MY

BARBIE DREAM HOUSE ?

WE INTERRUPT THE SUPERBOWLTO BRING YOU JULIE ANDREWS

IN "THE SOUND OF MUSIC."

DESPERATE~H~O~U~S~E!:H~U~S~B~A~ND~SU=~~"",;;;:.""iL" ~~W"A."" ~cl>EI.

THE REAL.REASONDINOSAURSBECAMEEXTINCT•••

@2.00<O ~~O"Eo~e'(~1:> N~UlS.PA~~

TELL MEABOUT

NOWADAYS,IT SuRE IS

TOUGH BEING ANILLEGAL ALIEN.

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"...------------......SI-IOUL'D WE ROB TI-IE

BANK AND TAKE TI-IEIRMONEY OR ROB TI-IE

GROCERY STORE ANDTAKE TI-IEIR TOMATOES ?!

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p------------..,AS A KID, 1: LOVEDSUMMER EVENINGS.MY FRIENDS AND 1:WOULD FISH IN OURPOND AND CHASE

LIGHTNING BUGS 'TILBEDTIME. WOW DO

SPEND YOUR SUMMEREVENINGS, SONNY?

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LET'S SEE, ON MONDAY 1: HAVEBASEBALL PRACTICE.

ON TUESDAY 1: HAVE SWIMMEETS. ON WEDNESDAY

1: HAVE PIANO PRACTICE.ON THURSDAY 1: HAVE BOY

SCOUTS. ON FRIDAY 1: HAVEGUITAR LESSONS. ON

SATURDAY 1: HAVEGYMNASTICS AND

ON SUNDAY 1: HAVEART LESSONS.

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~,,-------~~-----~ LIKE, WHEN ARE YOU GeNNA7~ TEACH ME HOW TO DRIVE WHILE

0'4 PUTTING ON LIPSTICK,CHANGING A CD AND

TALKING ON THE PHONE__-::::-.~-::s:\? AT THE SAME TIME ?!S\\)DE.~fj l)?-\'-.JE.~ )r-~=

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IN YOUR POCKET, BARNEY.~ \.,----{

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SAIN'T'PE.TER

---------..-----'----.....t-IEY GRAMPS, 1.OOK

WHAT MOM AND DADGAVE ME FOR MYIbTH BIRTH'DAY•••R01.1.ING STONES

CONCERT TICKETS !!)'--

,..------------.WHAT A COINCIDENCE !!MY MOM AND DAD GAVE

= -ME R01.1.ING STONESCONCERT TICKETS WHEN

:I TURNED Ib !!-

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NO, I SAID(HEEL.,' NOTfHEAL' !

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WALKINGON THEBEACH

AS A KID,I'D SEE

NOTHINGBUT

SHELLS,SHELLS,

SHELLS !!

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9Y"",, '" "-"""".""I'-S\ \ I I

SIGH )~-

NOW, I SEE NOTHING BUTCELLS, CELLS, CELLS !!

:I'D LIKE MOVIETICKETS, DRINKS

AND POPCORNFOR A FAMILY

OF FOUR.

THAT'SGeNNA

COSTYOU AN

ARMAND

A LEG.

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-~=-~------------...~__ rM MIL.L.IONAIRE ~

BRUCE WAYNE AND rD L.IKETO CL.OSE AL.L. MY ACCOUNTS.

BATMAN REAL.IZESHE IS A VICTIM OF

SECRET IDENTITY THEFT.

r------o~-----=.----MARRY Mel Be,.TY•.•I MA'i NO,. LOOt<LI t<e MUC.W , BUTI'M LoA'De'DWITH J)OUGW !

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News Item: Study shows impotencedrugs may cause blindness.

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~2D.S ~Cl.B'{RJ) N E:.W5YAE" ERS

"l.ONG AGO,BEFORE THE

ICE AGE,DINOSAURSWERE FREETO ROAM

THEEARTH."

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NOW THEYONl.Y ROAM THE

Fl.OOR OF THEU.S. SENATE.

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---------------~~FOR YOU TO BE MORE APPEAL.INGIN 2008, MAYBE THOSE SAMESURGEONS COUL.D MAKE

YOU L.OOK L.IKEA MODERATE.

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SO•••WHEREIS THIS

MISS LED?

MISLED !!

MISLED !!I

YEAH,MISLED !!

WE VOTED TOGO TO WARWITH IRAQ

BECAUSE WEWERE MISLED !!

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LITERALLY!!-~?-c6E! @2.0tl lo-g~\lJ)N~APE.1'5AMERICA,

:I KNOW YOU'REUPSET WITHDOMESTIC

EAVESDROPPINGAND:I HEAR

WHAT YOU'RESAYING•••

J_/_I_/_~ //_/.-;TAKE ME TO

YOUR LEADER. ? /~//

:IDON'THAVEONE.

----IRAN WII..L. FACECONSEQUENCES

IF IT FAIL.S TOCOOPERATE WITHINTERNATIONAL.

EFFORTS TO CURBITS NUCL.EARPROGRAM ..•

------~---AS PARTOF THESE

CONSEQUENCES,THE PRESIDENTOF IRAN WIL.L.

BE FORCED TO GOQUAIL. HUNTING

WITH ME !j----

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X HAVETHIS

SINKINGFEEL.ING••• )

WE COULDCONSTRUCT

A LARGEBORDER

FENCE TOSTOP ILLEGALIMMIGRANTS

FROMENTERING

THE UNITEDSTATES,

BUT FENCEBUILDING

IS PROBABLYONE OF THOSE

JOBSAMERICANSWON'T DO•••

SO WE'DHAVE TO HIRE

ILLEGALIMMIGRANTSTO BUILD IT !

Section Two

VIRGINIA

--Welcome To Virginia7: /

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For the first time in history, Republicans win the top three state offices of Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General.

,.-__-_~~--_..o

AS A MEMBER OF THEVIRGINIA GENERAL

ASSEMBLY, 1: FEEL ITIS MY RESPONSIBILITYTO HELP OUR STATE•••

ELIMINATECRACK!

-BU~GeR If/

lSTATE

IF JAMeS BONDWeRe A VICTIMOF STATe BUDGeTCUTS •••

AGONYOF

bA-FeeT •..

STATe speNDING STATe BUDGeT

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CONFUSINGGUBeRNA,.oRIALTRANSpoRTAiloNPOLICies, ANeAb

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PSYCHIATRICHELP 5¢

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THE DOCTOR IS

• OUT LOBBYING THE0

GENERAL ASSEMBLYFOR LOWER LIABILITY I ( "-.. ---..J" RATES

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DON'T YOUMEAN

VOTERS?-r ,

THE VOTERHAS SPOKEN

AND NOW THEVIRGINIA

GUBERNATORIALELECTION IS SETFOR NOVEMBER.

r--- --------.....:I'LL THROW YOU

BACK, :I'M GOINGTO TRY TO CATCH

THE BIG ONE !!

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==_~~~))~)p~R~SrDENCYo

1: JUST'DON'T

WANNAGO !!

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L.ISTEN HONEY,1: KNOW YOU'REAPPREHENSIVE

ABOUT THEFIRST 'DAY OF

SCHOOL.. WE'VEHA'D A GREATSUMMER, BUTYOU'VE JUSTGOT TO GO•••

AFTER AL.L.,YOU'RE THETEACHER !!

Tioie HARDeSi PAR.T ABOUTSUMMeR. VACATlON IS GeT'TltaGuseDTo WAl.l<lNG WITMoUi

A BACI(PACIC !

SORRY, YOURAPPLICATIONHAS BeeNDeNieD!

TO MAKE UP ALL THESNOW DAYS WE'RE

MISSING, WE'LL HAVETO TAKE AWAY THE

FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS:PRESIDENTS'DAY,

SPRING BREAK,MEMORIAL DAY AND

THE FOURTH OF JULY !!---

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BRINGING INsoME BIG NAMESTO HELP INCREASE

TOURiSM.

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THINGS TO BELIEVE IN THIS SEASON

MA"I-IEWS

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GOING TO HAVEA GOO']) YEAR.

EVERYONE THAT'SREADING THEIRREAL ESTATE

REASSESsMENT 15GOING THROUGH o. •

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UNAN'MOUS,SIR ••• IT'S ~U&TTOOJ)ANGEROUS ~~"TO GUIDE YOUR SLEIGH OVER lME ~~0

CI'TYO~ HARRISONBURG THIS YEAR !! ~ ~

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TAKE YOU TO FINDA PARKING PLACE?

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LET'S JUST SAY IDIDN'T NEED ASHAVE AND A

HAIRCUT WHEN ISTARTED LOOKING !!

SHENANDOAHVALLEY

RAIN, RAINAND RAIN!

X WIL.L.GRANT YOU

THREE WISHES, -~::....

MASTER•••

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This cartoon ran after weeks and weeks of drought.like conditions in the Shenandoah Valley.

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SCHooL UNlfoRi'\S

"CONSIDERED

lill D~§~~

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PEOPLEWOUL'D

LAUGH AT- THE WAY WE

WERE'DRESSED !!

LIKE,THE HARRISONBURG CITY SCHOOL BOARD ISCONSIDERING SCHOOL UNIFORMS! DUDE, THAT WOUL'D

MEAN WE'D ALL LOOK ALIKE !

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BEACH '00 '/5~ PERfORM~ AT KA\\\lEt

INAUGURAL

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WONDERWOMAN.

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THE ONLY WAY VIRGINIALEGISLATORS WILL BE ABLETO AGREE ON A BUDGET•••

~2.00b ...$$..05E..~'8'{Rb'NE..u.)St'~Df'lA,.

VA./SENA1E

SO, VIRGINIA GENERALASSEMBLY, ~ ASK YOU,

DEAL OR NO DEAL ?!

I VA.HOUSE

About The Author:John Rose began his cartooning career as a small child on the walls of his parents’ living room. He continued throughout his school years in the margins of his test papers hoping for extra credit if he could make the teacher laugh.

A native Virginian, Rose graduated from James Madison University in 1986 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in art and art history. After graduation he drew free-lance sports cartoons for northern Virginia newspapers. He joined Byrd Newspapers of Virginia in 1988, starting at the Warren Sentinel in Front Royal and then moving to the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record. His cartoons have won awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Virginia Press Association. Besides appearing in the Byrd Newspapers, his editorial cartoons appear in other papers across Virginia and are distributed by the Scripps Howard News Service.

Since mid-1998, Rose has worked on King Features’ nationally syndicated comic strip, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. First as an inking assistant to creator Fred Lasswell and then taking over all of the drawing responsibilities of the daily and Sunday strip after Lasswell’s death in March, 2001. This popular comic strip runs in about 500 newspapers in many different countries.

Rose creates Kids’ Home Newspaper, a weekly childrens' cartoon/activity page that has been syndicated with Copley News Service since 1991. He has authored/illustrated four books for Pelican Publishing Company and his cartoon illustrations have also appeared in books published by Scholastic, Nancy Music Company and Magination Press. Rose is a member of both the National Cartoonists Society and the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists. In November, 2004, he was awarded the Outstanding Profes-sional Achievement in the Media Award from the Shenandoah Valley Public Relations Council for his cartooning work.

He lives with his wife, Karen, and daughters, Meredith and Sarah, in Harrisonburg. When he’s not cartooning, Rose enjoys spending time with his family, freshwater fishing, and eating pizza.

Parkway Publishers, Inc.www.parkwaypublishers.com

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