Editing Paul Conrad (section)

==''Denver Post''==
After graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in art in 1950,<ref>[http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conrad_p.htm Paul Conrad Cartoons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611233215/http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conrad_p.htm |date=2010-06-11 }}. (2009, October 23). Syracuse University. Retrieved September 1, 2010.</ref> Conrad joined the ''[[Denver Post]]'', where he drew cartoons for the next 14 years. Early in his career, Conrad sought out the then retired Ding Darling in Florida for advice, and showed him copies of his work from the ''Daily Iowan''. Unimpressed, Ding told Conrad to "get into another line of work". This discouragement from his childhood role model pushed Conrad to work harder at the ''Post''.<ref name="Smith"/> At the newspaper he received support and encouragement from his editor, Palmer Hoyt, although he occasionally ran into trouble,<ref name="Rainey"/> especially when he attracted attention for creating critical, unflattering cartoons of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the 34th President of the United States.<ref name="time60"/><ref name="retire93">[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-25-mn-1675-story.html Times Political Cartoonist Paul Conrad to Retire] . (1993, January 25). ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved November 8, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938697,00.html Try, Try Again]. (1960, October 31). ''Time'', 76 (18):  56. Retrieved August 11, 2014. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110090804/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938697,00.html |date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref>  In 1960, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine recognized Conrad's talent, saying that he was "probably the nation's hottest new cartooning property".<ref name="time60">[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940595,00.html One of the Few]. (1960, June 13). ''Time'', 75 (24): 54. Retrieved August 11, 2014. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110090858/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940595,00.html |date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>Long, C. (1971, July). Cover story. ''The Quill'', 59(7): Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.</ref> Conrad received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1964.<ref name="Fischer">Fischer, H. D. (2011). 1964 Award: About Attitudes and Hopes Toward Integration in 1963. ''The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award-winning Materials in Journalism, Letters, and Arts. Part E: Liberal Arts''. (Vol. 13: Editorial Cartoon Awards 1922–1997, pp.&nbsp;165–168). De Gruyter Saur. {{ISBN|9783110955774}}.</ref>{{rp|241}} His cartoons for the ''Post'' were distributed through the [[The Des Moines Register#Register and Tribune Syndicate|Register and Tribune Syndicate]] in 81 newspapers.<ref name="time64">[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897102,00.html Cartoonist Going West]. (1964, January 31). ''Time'', 83 (5): 42. Retrieved August 11, 2014. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110090942/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897102,00.html |date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref>

Previously, in December 1963, lead cartoonist [[Bruce Russell (cartoonist)|Bruce Russell]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' died of a heart attack. Russell had worked for the conservative paper since 1927. Publisher [[Otis Chandler]], in an attempt to replace Russell and to improve the reputation of the ''Times'', recruited Paul Conrad with the help of editor [[Nick Boddie Williams]].<ref name="Halberstam">Halberstam, D. (2000). ''The Powers That Be''. University of Illinois Press. {{ISBN|0252069412}}.</ref>{{rp|392–393}} Conrad took the offer of an initial three-year contract and was later replaced at the ''Post'' in August 1964 by Australian cartoonist [[Pat Oliphant]] from the ''[[Adelaide Advertiser]]''.<ref name="time64"/><ref name="time64b">[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830743,00.html Down Under to Denver]. (1964, September 18). ''Time'', 84 (12), 86. Retrieved August 11, 2014. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110105826/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830743,00.html |date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="NCHE">Heitzmann, W. R. (1988, September). [http://www.nche.net/document.doc?id=31 The Power of Political Cartoons in Teaching History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109115023/http://www.nche.net/document.doc?id=31 |date=2013-11-09 }}. [PDF] Occasional Paper. National Council for History Education. p. 4. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref> Conrad also lectured at the [[Denver Art Museum]] in 1964 under a sponsorship from the Cooke-Daniels Lecture Fund.<ref name="Fischer"/>