Need to laugh? Want to be inspired? Look no further than cartoonist/writer
/speaker Marshall Ramsey.
Ramsey, 45, spent his first 18 years in Marietta, Georgia. He accepted a scholarship to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
While at the University of Tennessee, Ramsey served as the editorial cartoonist for The Daily Beacon, the University of Tennessee’s daily student newspaper. Ramsey also won The John Locher Memorial Award, awarded to the top collegiate cartoonist in America. Since his graduation from UT in 1991, Ramsey‘s cartoons have appeared in USA Today, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and 450 other newspapers. His work has also been seen on CNN and CSPAN. He’s currently the radio host of the Marshall Ramsey Show on the SuperTalk Mississippi network and the part-time cartoonist for The Clarion-Ledger. His work is also syndicated nationally by Creators Syndicate. He also owns Tiny Wheels Media, a company that provides humorous and inspirational content. Ramsey was named a Pulitzer Finalist in 2002 and 2006.
Ramsey has also illustrated seven children’s books for his cousin, financial expert Dave Ramsey (five of which appeared in Chick-fil-a kid’s meals) and has illustrated Nobody’s Poet for chef and author Robert St. John. He has published two cartoon collections, Marshall Ramsey’s Greatest Hits and 10! A Ten-Year Celebration. His current book, Fried Chicken & Wine, is a local bestseller.
He is also a melanoma survivor and has been honored by the Melanoma Research Foundation (2003 Winds of Hope Award) and the American Cancer Society for his work with promoting skin cancer screening. He is co-founder of the Run from the Sun, a 5K race that raises money and awareness to cure melanoma. Ramsey recently ran The Marine Corps Marathon and raised $13,000 for melanoma research.
Ramsey, his wife and three sons live in Mississippi, the greatest state for politics and raising a family.
Just read this other blog and it sounded very much like what you are or have been going through. Good luck with your new LLC
http://chiplitherland.com/blog/2010/11/open-letter-to-newspaper-photographers/
One thing that I could always count on was to open the Clarion Ledger
and see one of your funny, poignant,sarcastic cartooons. Always a treat.
(not so for the rest of the rag. Nowdays, it just like buying the USA Today)
Good luck with your new directions,
My question. Is Mr. ramsey still employed with the Clarion Ledger?
I am a part-time employee of the Clarion-Ledger.
Marshall you are an inspiration to all! Thanks for your tweets and facebooking!
Marshall-
Would love to get in touch with you. Love the blog and constant Twitter comedy! Doing an interview series at my blog and would love to feature you, if interested.
Reference: http://www.dan-oliver.com/search/label/behind%20the%20blog
Hope to hear from you, man.
Thanks,
Dan
Marshall-
I work for GARP Risk Professional Magazine and we want to feature one of your illustrations in our magazine. I left a voicemail for you at the Clarion-Ledger. Would like to hear from you.
Thanks
Jennifer
I was wanting to know how I could purchase prints of some of your work?
Marshall,
I would like to speak with you….
I need your email contact please?
I host Ms Outdoors Radio on SuperTalk…!
Clark
mramsey1@comcast.net
Dear Mr. Ramsey, love your work and life. I have a friend who is fighting ovarial cancer and I would like to show her your advice or experiences (is there any of that on the internet?). Also if you like to reach the Hispanic community, our site is at your service: http://www.lafamiliadebroward.com
Best regards,
Adriana
Mr. Ramsey,
I have written a short Christmas inspired story. I wrote it as a word of encouragement to friends/family and many have told me I should publish it. I’m searching for an illustrator and was wondering if you’d be interested. I know nothing about the publishing industry. I was thinking of self pulishing via LuLu or something similar. I can email it to you if you are interested.
Thanks and God Bless!
Scotty Swillie
What is the name of the artist and song played at the end of your radio show?
It’s skin deep. I think by Buddy Guy — although by that point, I’m packing up to get out of there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UccVUT8Q988
I had recently found an old copy of one of our high school papers and wondered “What was Marshall Ramsey up to?” How wonderful to hear that you are so successful in something you are so amazingly gifted at. Congratulations on your many accomplishments, both professional and personal, from a fellow Stinger staff member, Class of ’87.
How could we get in touch to see about enlisting you to speak to an organization? We really appreciate your values and know you have a great following in our group. Thanks for a reply.
I’m wondering if your 9-11 or Katrina drawings are in book form somewhere.
Yes. They are in my 10! book. lemuriabooks.com has the book.
Thanks! Any way to get an autographed copy??????
I grew up in Mississippi, so am wondering what town this story takes place in.
The Championship Team is 100% fiction, so you may pick which Mississippi town you’d like.
Thanks, Marshall. Will do!
Want to know how to get a signature for September 11th print.
how would I contact him.
Dear Mr. Ramsey,
We recently sent some of our linemen to neighboring cooperatives to assist in restoring power after a spring snow created havoc. We would like to honor them with a sweatshirt using your cartoon graphic of the linemen raising the pole. How do I go about purchasing the right to use your graphic? Thanks a ton!
Todd
Roseburg, OR
Thank you for coming to Mountain Home, Arkansas, and sharing your wit and wisdom. By the way, the real reason people in Arkansas and Mississippi don’t wear shoes is that we are both walking on sacred ground.
Come back soon.
Hello. You did that “Occupy Jackson” Cartoon with Genls Grant and Sherman on November 29, 2011 the day my letter to the editor “Personhood A Victory” was published. Well, I plan to be in Vicksburg then Jackson the week of June 4th. I was going to stop into the Clarion Ledger to tell David Hampton thank you for printing my Letter. If you had a small print-out of that cartoon of 11/29 that you could sign or initial it would be a true treasure to me. Maybe I could look you up at the same time I’m there. Brilliant work, we all loved it.
Help me, please. Where can I find your cartoon showing a basketball player standing at the opposite boundary line for a free throw with the ref telling him, “You have to shoot from here”? I have googled galore with no results.
I have a copy of it which the principal in the (alternative) school where I teach loves. If I don’t find the cartoon for him soon, I may be forced to draw something myself and even my stick figures would leave you wondering if they suffered the same affliction as John Merrick. My artistic ability and capacity to be clever are limited. Save me from myself, please.
Sir,
While restoring power in LA after the Hurricane I saw a drawing of Lineman raising a Utility Pole as they did the flag pole in Iwo Jima. Being both a veteran of 13 years and a Lineman I thought it was a great tribute. I would love to get a print to frame for my office and Man Cave and as I read above at someones elses request it would make a good template for a shirt. Please asdvise on how to purchase the drawing.
Respectfully from Connecticut John B
I too would like get a print of the lineman raising a pole. And possible a t-shirt also. email me at rytngal1@comcast.net I’m in Mississippi