Thanks for your B-day wishes! Doug is a Sagittarius. The Mardi Gras season is underway here already; a great parade was scheduled for the evening of February 14 in Fairhope, Alabama. We've gone there in the past, but the area was expecting heavy rain so we decided not to go. It's about a 45-minute drive from Orange Beach to Fairhope. Instead, we went for dinner at Perdido Beach Resort (where we celebrated New Year's Eve) and later danced to Jim & John in the lounge. We didn't get any Mardi Gras beads, moon pies etc. but we had a great time.
Doug has been a cartoonist for Playboy magazine since 1964.
For nearly 20 years, starting in the mid-60's, his "Doug Sneyd" and "Scoops" news cartoons appeared daily in newspapers across North America. Sneyd's talent has also led him into cinema: in 1993, he wrote, produced and directed "Black-eyed Susan," an educational movie-drama about spousal abuse, for the Ontario government. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and has been a member of the National Cartoonists' Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Thirty of his full-page color Playboy cartoons are among the 235 Sneyd works included in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. In 1969 he moved his family north to Orillia made famous as the mythical "Mariposa" by humorist Stephen Leacock. He works on the third floor of his home-studio overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching and spends his winters on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Alabama.
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Happy Birthday Heidi! :) When is Doug's Birthday? You both are looking fresh and young! Take Care and Happy Valentines Day!
Hi, Anthony:
Thanks for your B-day wishes! Doug is a Sagittarius. The Mardi Gras season is underway here already; a great parade was scheduled for the evening of February 14 in Fairhope, Alabama. We've gone there in the past, but the area was expecting heavy rain so we decided not to go. It's about a 45-minute drive from Orange Beach to Fairhope. Instead, we went for dinner at Perdido Beach Resort (where we celebrated New Year's Eve) and later danced to Jim & John in the lounge. We didn't get any Mardi Gras beads, moon pies etc. but we had a great time.
Best,
Heidi
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