Super Bowl XLV

Rauschenberg's Tropic cover

In 1979, the artist Robert Rauschenberg was commissioned to create the fold-out cover of The Miami Herald's Tropic magazine's end-of-decade issue. It was the first time an original work of art was created for a newspaper.

Rauschenberg and his assistant created the piece of art in The Herald's editorial art department, where I was employed at the time, and I got a chance to see him create the cover.

El Minero, Su Esposa y Su Amante

The epic rescue of the Chilean miners turned into a soap opera when two-timing Yonny Barrios went from 2,000 feet underground into the arms of his mistress — while his wife boycotted.

However, Susana Valenzuela, the mistress of Yonny Barrios, got a taste of her own medicine when she learned of another mistress Barrios had on the side. Apparently when the miner was in the hospital after his rescue from the mine, a 25-year-old woman wanted to pay him a visit. Susana, 52, made sure the young mistress knew where she stood in the scheme of things.

“He is my Yonny Barrios, mine and no one else’s,” Valenzuela told a radio station in Colombia.

I’ve sent my poster and a proposal for a telenovela to Univision.

I’m waiting to hear from them.

Excited about 4G!

The Exotic Menace

Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Sunshine State Awards
First Place, Front Page Design, Large Newspapers
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Kelly Ann Markowitz, Jennifer Cason & Octavio Diaz
Comments: Very clean and balanced overall look on all pages. Rail on left is well-illustrated and easy to navigate.Nice use of shading and headers on info boxes and refers to avoid making packages too cluttered. Judges especially drawn to the eye-catching “Exotic Menace” illustration.






Front page illo for story about how non-native plants and animals affect Florida’s ecosystem. Here’s the story.

Happy 50th anniversary, Twilight Zone!

On a Friday night in October 1959, Americans began slipping into a dimension of imagination as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. They’ve never really returned.

University of Florida Gators football preview

Miami Senior High Class of 1969, 40-year Reunion

I designed the cover of the Memory Book.

OD’s Birthday Party Invitation

New t-shirts!

Come visit my store on CafePress!
(Wherever Spanish is spoken, I feel at home.)