Happy birthday, Dennis Bolt
Here’s wishing a happy VizEds birthday to my pal Dennis Bolt, graphics editor of the Press-Democrat in Santa Rosa, California. Dennis turns 33 today (Sunday).
Before he moved to Santa Rosa in 2005, Dennis spent nearly seven-and-a-half years as an artist at the Marin County, Calif., Independent Journal. Among the folks with whom he worked there: Len DeGroot, now the graphics editor of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and executive editor Mike Townsend, who gave me my start in management by hiring me to be his graphics editor after he became managing editor of The Des Moines Register. Mike is now the editor in Burlington, Vt.
And before that, Dennis was the presentation director of the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald. Yes, Dennis is a Fighting Duck.
Dennis was sooo excited when he learned he had won two SND awards earlier this year for this doubletruck centerpiece graphic he drew commemorating the 1906 San Francisco-area earthquake that pretty much leveled Santa Rosa.
As usual, click on the thumbnail for a larger view:
It’s a pretty sweet piece. It won Awards of Excellence in both the infographics and the mapping categories — plus, the special section in which it appeared won an award, too.
Dennis also won a second SND award for mapping for the highway page, below at left. The knife graphic — second from left, below — won in both the infographics and features design categories, giving Dennis a total of five wins in 2007:
Hey, that knife graphic is pretty sharp. See Dennis’ entire portfolio here.
Dennis shares a birthday with Macaulay Culkin, Brandford Marsalis, Geraldine Ferraro and the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee.
Plus, today is National Cherry Popsicle Day. Seriously.
Happy birthday, Dennis! Best wishes!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Happy belated birthday to everyone’s favorite fastener. Hope you’re doing well, Dennis — long time, no talk!
August 27th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I consider that a compliment Doug, considering I have to be a fastener between many different people and departments. But at least I am not a NUT! and I try to work LIGHTNING fast.
August 27th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Happy B-Day, Dennis.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Dennis, you left out the most obvious one: You don’t let things get SCREWED up. And you bring things together. I can see this THREAD getting out of hand quickly, though. Happy birthday, man!