That just may be the best looking editorial page design ever.

Yeah, but that's just because you can't read the text.

Very cool looking edit. page. Kudos to Dave Mastio

Not just the arrows, but it looks like his face had a botox treatment.

STRONG EAGLE YEAH!!!!!!

Finally, something to jar the John Ashcroft imagery out of our heads. Brilliant.

There's a West Wing episode that says in times of war, the eagle should face the arrows. Is this such a representation?

That, apparently, is an urban legend.

Well, besides the fact that the arrows changed claws, the design on the editorial page is much cleaner and crisp.

Maybe, claws and arrows aside, they might want to take a clean-up shot at the nameplate?

Actually, this is not Parkinson's eagle. As far as I know Jim has never drawn any birds. This eagle was commissioned by Will Hearst before Parkinson got involved in the nameplate. It came in in an enormous Illustrator 88 file, I remember. The artist, however, I've forgotten. Someone in Houston. Perhaps because Dugald Stermer (an ex-Houstonian) was working with Will on the "100th" anniversary editions of the old Examiner.

Roger,

Of course, you're right. I meant to credit him with the nameplate, not necessarily the eagle, but mucked up the syntax. I'll clear that up. Thanks for the correction and the context!

I remember taking a White House tour last year (Yes, I know you have to have a Washington 'fixer' to get in these days - Thanks L.S.!) and I remember a discussion about the presidential seals on display. Somebody who has workied in the White house can confirm this - but I distinclty remember seeing two version of the seal - a war one and peace one.

Regardless, the real question to ask is WHO do you think the Washington Examiner is at war with?

I started at the Examiner in 1989. One of the first assignments handed me was to recreate the new Examiner nameplate on the computer, drawing it in Illustrator 88. Jim Parkinson's nameplate typography was part of the engraved masthead which, up to that point, was not digital. I walked many miles between my desk and Will's office until he was satisfied that the illustrator version was identical to the engraved artwork. As far as I know, the file I drew was the only eps file used for years. I can't speak to the work done by Roger and his team before I arrived there, but I don't know of another digital Illustrator file of that eagle. I wish I had..I still see all those feathers in my sleep.