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ARKANSAS LOST ONE OF ITS great journalists with the death last week
of George Fisher George Fisher may refer to: - George Fisher, African American actor
- George Fisher (baseball), Major League Baseball player
- George Fisher (cartoonist) (1923–2003), American political cartoonist
, the longtime political cartoonist for the Arkansas
Gazette The Arkansas Gazette, known as the oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi River, was for many years the newspaper of record for Little Rock and the State of Arkansas. and more recently the Arkansas Times Arkansas Times, a weekly alternative newspaper based in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a publication that has circulated for more than a quarter-century, originally as a magazine. . He was 80.
The memories of many of Fisher's cartoons are etched into the
minds of longtime Arkansans.
His drawings of the "Keep Busy" Army Corps of Engineers:
and their efforts to dam just about any moving water in the state were
among the first to grab major attention.
But others were equally popular; some are classics. The young Gov.
Bill Clinton on a tricycle. Pulaski County Pulaski County is the name of several counties in the United States: - Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Pulaski County, Georgia
- Pulaski County, Illinois
- Pulaski County, Indiana
- Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Pulaski County, Missouri
- Pulaski County, Virginia
Sheriff Tommy Robinson Tommy Robinson may be: - Tommy F. Robinson, an American politician from Arkansas
- Tommy Robinson (Bahamas athlete), a Bahamian sprinter that won gold at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
and
his Keyhole Cops. No one will forget Frank White and his half-eaten
banana, a constant reminder of the "Creation Science Act"
White signed as governor. And many of the state's notorious
politicians found themselves spending eternity in Fisher's
"Old Guard Rest Home."
We would be hard put to name the bylined reporters who covered
those events, but we'll never forget George Fisher's legacy of
cartoons that probably did as much as anything to influence the opinions
of politicians and citizens alike. He will be missed.
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