Monthly Archives: October 2017

Vietnam War Through Time

Posted on October 18, 2017 by George Petras

This was a center-spread page I designed for a USA Today tabloid published in tandem with the release of “The Vietnam War,” the PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Florentine Films, Burns’ production company, supplied the text and … Continue reading →

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Charles Lindbergh’s Epic Flight

Posted on October 18, 2017 by George Petras

This piece on Charles Lindbergh’s New York-to-Paris flight in 1927 is one of my favorite projects. I researched and wrote this, collected most of the artwork, and designed both the print page and the online presentation. In history-related articles like … Continue reading →

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Scary But True

Posted on October 17, 2017 by George Petras

This simple graphic compares the amount of horsepower offered by the new Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and its predecessors, the iconic muscle cars of American automotive legends. I did this as a Social card, a 2,000-pixel-square graphic that’s posted on … Continue reading →

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The War to End All Wars

Posted on October 17, 2017 by George Petras

The history of World War I — how it started and how the U.S. was drawn into it — was splashed across this double-page inside a USA Today special publication. I did all the research, found the artwork, wrote and … Continue reading →

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