One Year Ago Today

14 thoughts on “One Year Ago Today”

1. Drew,

   We’ll miss you tomorrow night, friend. You won’t find bigger fans of you, as a talented and caring person; or your work, which speaks for itself (!), than your Rocky family. Hope to see you soon!

   Mel

2. I have tons of memories of the Rocky – I read my first issue in 1969 and read it till the day it ended. I can’t believe it’s been a year already – I still miss it everyday. I have a lot of recipe clippings most are from the RMN food section some go back over 20 years. AND I remember that Karlis cartoon well – always looked for your cartoons Drew & I have the 1st collection you released in ’87. It’s right next to my collection of Greg Lopez’s columns.

3. I don’t know how to describe my relationship with the paper, because there was never much of a relationship to begin with. I read it occasionally over the internet, because I live some 10,000 miles away from Denver. After the last redesign, its front pages at Newseum really caught my eyes, to the point that I regularly checked them. I own what are probably the only print copies of the Rocky in Brazil, which were published during World Series 2007, when my mom and sister attended a congress in Denver. After the paper closed, I managed to get a copy of the last edition through eBay. Too bad I bought them way after I made a book of the ones from 2007, a picture of those I shared here: http://www.twitpic.com/1q2o9

4. I’ve got so many more memories as well. I tried not to dwell on the passing of John Coit and Greg Lopez, but clearly they were shining stars along with guys like Jack Shannon, Danny Gibson,Al Nakula, and of course, Gene Amole.

5. Alexandre, Wow that is awesome! It’s so cool when I hear about people who read us from over seas and who have memories of special moments from our archives. Amazing!

6. Three words: “Hockey Mountain News”.

   PS – the Avs won their first Stanley Cup in June 1996, not June 1997 🙂

7. Sean, Honestly, the years have been a blur

8. Drew, I’ve been reading the paper everyday from the time that I was 12 (2004). The RMN was the best. It was horrible having to read a non tabloid format paper for the last year. Praying for some sort of impossible revival.

9. Derek,

   It’s strange but I don’t read the other paper much these days. I get the New York Times on Sunday and USA today daily. Yes I miss the Rocky very much.

10. Good Morning from Omaha,

    I really enjoyed reading the RMN when I was visiting denver, frisco and fort collins. I even managed to get a copy when I was working in scottsbluff, NE.

    I enjoyed the articles and the fact that it was a regular newspaper turned 90º. I loved all the comics and always looked forward to your work.

    I read it on the internet and followed the story about the bus train crash out by greeley an the story about the radiation sicknesses caused by working to build our nations nuclear weapons.

    there was always something good in the RMN, as opposed to the omaha paper.

    My wife and I joke that they put out a paper every day, they just don’t put a lot into it!

    I like the redesign of the redesign of your web site. Remember once you have branded yourself you should stay with it. The Rhino seemingly is your logo and everything else is just window dressing. Its good to change the curtains every now and then to give the window ( into your thoughts) a new look.

    Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.

    Gene

11. I still miss the RMN. It was my paper of choice when I lived in Denver, and after I moved to the East Coast, I kept up with goings-on in Colorado via the Internet. The Rocky folded the same week I was laid off. Not a good time, that.

    Some of the classic sports cartoons Drew mentioned are among my personal favorites… especially the one with Rich Karlis and the uprights. I still chuckle when I think about that one.

12. I miss the Rocky more than anything…I loved the format, I loved the Wednesday recipes, and most of all I miss both Drew’s cartoons and Ed Stein. I wish they didn’t have to close as I would have been a supporter for life.

13. Even though it was a year ago, it still feels like it happened yesterday. My Walmart that I work at still has your cartoons taped on the back of a display case. We don’t read the Post, mostly it’s now the Enterprise, Camera and USA Today. I miss it because of the format. Try reading the Post on a bus.

14. Yes, I grew up with the RMN. Sundays with my dad in the recliner reading the paper, listening to Gentleman Jim Reeves and Tennessee Ernie Ford, lecturing me that I should read more than the sports page and comics. Hey, I glanced at the front page. There is no Denver Post anywhere in my memories. I understand the economics of paper printing, etc, but the tabloid style was so much more convenient. It’s too bad that monopoly has become the way of printed news.