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Interested in illustration? Drawing images that accompany news stories is a privilege that news illustrator Thomas Marsh relishes. Here’s a chance to look over his shoulder and see how he does it.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

David Allan Coe catching all for Spring



This week’s Entertainment cover story is a hodge-podge of Springtime events, with a headliner of singing country outlaw David Allan Coe. Add to this the last opportunity for skiing, March Madness and Easter events, staff writer Dave Lavender gave me the idea of putting David Allan on skis with a basketball and Easter basket. With not a lot of time to work with, it sounded good to me.

I don’t remember ever seeing a picture of David Allen Coe (until recently), but his classic song “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” was a party anthem of ours at Eastern Kentucky U. Oh, the late night choruses we enjoyed!
Anyway, here’s a straight-up ruff of Dave’s suggested idea.

More to come…