'Rocky' Editorial Cartoonist Gives Exit Interview

By: E&P Staff Alan Gardner's The Daily Cartoonist has an interview up with Ed Stein, who for 31 years served as editorial cartoonist at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver -- and who is now trying to decide what to do next.

Here's an excerpt:

AG: What stands out in your career?

ES: When you first start out in this business? and this was the only job I ever wanted, you?re so thrilled, but at some point you realize you don?t know what you?re doing. There?s no book you can read. You have to learn it yourself. So what I take away is a career where every day I tried to improve, to get better, to become more precise. It?s 31 years of artistic growth.

Go here. for the full interview.