This led to a 30-year career with the newspaper, initially working in the art department, becoming Art Director of Magazines in 1964 and a political cartoonist in 1970. He studied art with Bill Cummings and Guy Anderson to perfect his craft and was very influenced by the cartoon greats Herblock and Herriman. His cartoon strip “Cecil and Dipstick” appeared on the Op-Ed page from 1975 to 1979 and offered social and political commentary on the affairs of the day. Ray was above all an artist and his acute sense of the absurd and unique perspective made his beautifully drawn cartoons an important voice in Seattle during the turbulent times of the 1970s. During this period Ray also travelled around Seattle schools, teaching children the basics of cartooning with his character “Mr Donut”…
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