W WE W w w = V w w Hn 0 e :.................:::.:.::.:.::.:.::::... ...:....::. FILM - COVER STORY. Dastardly deed Page 4 menu at Kana's Family Restaurant is not only delicious it's also suited to the restricted student budget. DISCS their contracts with the Tribune syn- dicate. He knew this was to be expec- ted, but it still hurt. "Not every time you get a can- cellation does it mean they hate your work. A lot of times it's for budget reasons or they'll cancel ypu because they don't like where you're coming from politically, but they don't think you're lousy, you're just not saying what they want you to say. "Sometimes it just doesn't work and you can't take it personally and I used to take it personally ... I just hated the feeling that I may have had my one big chance when I was 21 throwing it out chooses a cartoonist for its staff, it's making a major commitment. Robert Landauer, the Oregonians's opinion page editor,is fully aware of this. "I've watched (Ohman's style) carefully and I've watched many other cartoonists," says Landauer. "One thing I like about Ohman is that he draws characters that are recognizable ... he does not use the art of caricature to distort the people he's drawing about and to get cheap humor that way. That is the foible of many cartoonists." M UCH OF Ohman's life is devoted to his profession. Hard work and self-motivation have been the key -wl-- Boy wonder Page 1 The jump from college cartoonist to professional artist is a big one and very few make the transition successfully. In the competitive world of editorial cartooning success us even more elusive. In this week's cover story we take a look at one of the top editorial cartoonists in the nation - 23-year-old Jack Ohman. Cover by Jack Ohman. MUSIC The future is full of choices, but a new film called The Final Option deals with the ultimate decisions - how to combat a nuclear holocaust. Unfor- tunately, according to this week's review, the only viable option for the audience is to skip this boring flick. THE LIST Speaking in tongues Page 9 Happenings Page 5-7 Translator's newest album, No Time Like Now, shows that they're right on schedule with success. A review of this new rock band tells us everything we need to know about translating musical notes into good vibrations. DANCE Musical munchies Page 3 Your guide to fun times for the coming week on Ann Arbor. Film capsules, music previews, theater notes and bar dates - all listed in a handy-dandy, day-by- day schedule. Plus a weekly feature on your favorite foods. RESTAURANTS q#7uu A~~)V A, \ ,..FCC E ME ,SIR~ BU' YOU'VE IFUITGO1TN To CGE U5A MAJOR C? AMEFOR TH.E M)RKING PAPERS. Latin hustle Page 12 This week is full of delectable goodies for those of you who enjoy a varied musical menu. First of all, that lawyer in love, Jackson Browne faces his Ann Arbor jury on Sunday night at Crisler Arena. Also on the roster is a taste of the Tubes, who will be at Hill Auditorium Saturday evening. Oriental feast Page 8 Charo meets Swan Lake when the Caracus New World Ballet makes an Ann Arbor stop during its world tour. The graceful moves of this Venezuelan dance troupe will entertain those of you educated in bilingual dance.. long as someone is screwing up, I'm going to be there whether they're con- servative or liberal or whatever. I don't have any sacred cows," he says. When asked what his game plan is for the upcoming election year, Ohman says he doesn't really have one. "It's hard to predict what you'll be doing a year in advance," he says. "But I ex- pect that I'll be tough on Mondale. I don't see him as having the answers in the '80s. (The Democratic can- didates) are a pretty good field to car- toon about and Reagan is just as vulnerable as they are so I don't think I'll be lacking for topics." So Jack Ohman, age 23, continues to churn out five cartoons a week, hitting all issues and targets within his wide scope. But it is because of this - Oh- man being so young yet doing so well - that the road he has traveled has been in some ways rough and his career somewhat controversial. Since taking over MacNelly's syn- dicate in 1981, Ohman has been the sub- ject of continued allegations - that he is a MacNelly clone, that he has gone too far too fast, that he hasn't paid his dues. Ohman first caught the eye of the leaders in the cartooning profession when he took over for MacNelly. These seasoned veterans were interested in seeing the 21-year-old kid who was sup- posed to replace MacNelly. It has been difficult for the young cartoonist to avoid the stigma of being labeled a MacNelly clone and no one knows this betterthan Ohman himself. "My critics say that I draw too much like Jeff MacNelly and that I've had too much too soon in terms of financial suc- cess." But, Ohman adds, "I think my supporters probably would say that if you look at every other cartoonist who has hit success early, they had to come from somewhere. They didn't invent their own styles." When other cartoonists are asked about Ohman's talent or style, Mac- Nelly's name inevitably comes up. "(Ohman's) statements are as good as anybody's making," says Brian Some of I toonists hav aimed at th( ding to Meye Because { close to that toonists thot him up fo Newspapers looks like Ma willbuy Ohn Yet many with what O he took over "It's all w well here's awfully rich all. What he den was hav of Jeff Macl toonist Dan ' "All the pc aside, that is responsibilit very well." Adds Paul Times Synd dicated cart think the cri forget criti work and d profession it better and even improv OHMAN'L year i Cartoons o collection of toons from includes the business. Fc man, cartooi to see his wo his contempc For somec ahead of hir be catchingi "Without anything, I' way my wor hope it prog Taking time out from a busy class schedule to travel east (to East Huron St., that is) can lead you to fine oriental dining, we have discovered. The Korean Weekend Weekend Vol II, Issue 6 Magazine Editors ..................... Mare Hodges Susan Makuch Sales Manager............. .....Meg Gibson Assistant Sales Manager.......... Julie Schneider Weekend is edited and managed by students on the staff of The Michigan Daily at 420 Maynard, Ann Ar- bor, Michigan, 48109. It appears in the Friday edition of the Daily every week during the University year and is available for free at many locations around the campus and city. Weekend, (313) 763-0379 and 763-0371; Michigan Daily, 764-0552; Circulation, 764-0558; Display Adver- tising, 764-0554. Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily. 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As Ohman's syndicate leveled off at a more-than-comfortable 300-plus newspapers, he continued working for the Dispatch. He says his job was a good one - until his editors began restricting his choice of topics and per- sonalities. "I liked all the people there as in-. dividuals, but they just weren't letting me do my job. They told me to lay off the Reagan cartoons. My basic philosophy is that anything is fair game. Then they said 'No more Haul cartoons," he says. In May 1982, Ohman joined the Free Press, where he says he enjoys better pay, more editorial freedom, and the prestige of working for a major metropolitan daily newspaper. But Ohman's move to the Free Press was not his last. Next week, he starts work for the Oregonian in Portland, Ore. "It wasn't anything to do with the Free Press," Ohman explains about the move. "It was just the desire to move out West . . . My wife's family is out there, my wife is from Oregon and it's a good situation all around with the working set-up I have out there. "I really got tired of living in a big city," he says. "As long as I had the stature or whatever to enable me to make the decision instead of someone else making the decision as to where I'm going to live, I might as well make it when I can." Ohman cites an unusually flexible work schedule as another reason for the move. At the Free Press, he worked from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week. His new job requires only that he meet his daily deadline of 2:45 p.m. Other than that, he can choose his place of work (including his home) and the. hours he keeps. Hiring a cartoonist for a permanent position on a major newspaper is no small matter. More times than not, he or she will stay on the staff until retirement. So when a newspaper behind the young professional's suc- cess. Ohman knows the importance of his position and the responsibilities that come with being one of the most widely syndicated editorial cartoonists in the nation and maintains he always has been a disciplined worker. "When it comes to getting the car washed or doing the dishes, I'm not very disciplined, but I don't miss my deadlines," he says. "I'm very disciplined about that kind of stuff. I've got an audience out there and I don't in- tend to just throw it all out the window This same meticulousness carries over to his cartoons. Ohman's attention to details always has been one of his stronger points, and it is this precision which figures strongly in his in- dividuality as an artist. His trees have carefully drawn branches, television cameras are ren- dered complete with detailed buttons and wires, and articles of clothing are given realistically designed plaids and pinstripes. Although Ohman maintains "a lot of times I just put something in to fill up space," his cartoons are well-designed in balance, contour, and other formal qualities. Ohman says that he uses "no tricks or gimmicks" to come up with ideas: "I find that the best ideas are usually those which hit you over the head. I'll be watching the morning news and get an idea and I'll say, 'that's it!' I'll just go in and draw it up. Other times he fin- ds that simply doodling will lead to an idea: "Sometimes ideas are formed around objects: like I'll draw a tank or something and the idea develops around that object." He holds that personally he is more conservative than liberal, but in Oh- man's cartoons, anyone is fair game. That is why his readers have come to expect a cartoon depicting a Reagan administration folly one day and a lam- poonery of the Democratic presidential candidates the next. "My basic position in cartooning is that I should be able to comment on whoever and whatever subjects and personalities I wish to cover, and as JEIC31i? f{ . JrFr 91 1~ BNE G'MKMf . . t.. i ISWITCH TO LaRICHE Lou LARICHE CHEVROLET 40875 Plymouth Rd., Plymouth -Just West of 1-275 *Payments based on 48 months at 12.9% APR w/$500 down Sale price 4807-subject to credit approval. Prices plus transportation, tax, and license. l4' Basset, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times. "I think he's still a little too locked into the MacNelly stuff and I think he knows. that. I think he shows the potential to be one of the best political cartoonists, but I think he has to get out of the MacNelly shadow." Tom Meyer cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle, believes Ohman's work was largely derivative of Mac- Nelly's when Ohman was starting out, but that he shouldn't be criticized for this. "He was put out on the national forum withoutuhaving had the time to develop his own style. 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