Writing in The Wall Street Journal in 2004, he acknowledged he was "a Tiger-come-lately, so little things impress me that longtime golfers take for granted. Charles is a former Edgcomb Tennis Club member who has taken up golf, which he regards as "the toughest sport ever." Preston also has written articles on sailing and skiing for the Journal's Leisure & Arts page.Ĭambridge residents, the Prestons enjoy sailing from their summer home on Grand Chebeague Island. The Journal cartoons represent the work of approximately 80 artists. The 1950s text block notes that "top earners fork over up to 91 percent of their income to the IRS.
and Salt" covered the same stories, but with humor and often irreverence."įor an online visit to this incomparable trove, titled "The Funny Side of the Street," click on /hc/wsj. "The cartoons in the collection quickly reveal a direct connection to subjects and themes right off page one," Preston says. and Salt" cartoons, from 1950s fender fins and pin stripes to contemporary cell phones and IPOs - organized by decades. His contribution to Baker Library comprises more than 20 published collections of "Pepper. "I've looked at more cartoons than anyone in the history of mankind," he says. The Journal now has five cartoon slots each week for which Preston fields about a thousand submissions. He worked his way through college as a jokesmith for radio, cartoonists and Broadway shows. Bill of Rights, when he approached the newspaper about running a daily cartoon featuring business themes on the editorial page. In 1950, he was a Columbia University student, financed in part by the G.I. and Salt" cartoon collection was donated by Preston to Harvard Business School's Baker Library. In 2006, The Wall Street Journal's "Pepper. The Coast Star's National Observer puzzles are released by Chicago-based Tribune Media Service, which also distributes Preston's "Quote Acrostics" feature, appearing in the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Newsday and other newspapers.Ī cadre of about 60 puzzle constructors contribute to the syndicates and The New York Times. Preston's "The Wall Street Journal Portfolio of Golf Cartoons" is available at, and the Copley News Service offers his "midrange crossword puzzle that provides a challenge but can be completed in a limited time." He also founded the Chappaqua Drama Group and directed plays for the Junior League of Northern Westchester.īy introducing cartoons to the Journal and editing them ever since, he has witnessed the era of the late, legendary editor Bernie Kilgore, several successors and the arrival of Rupert Murdoch. (long before the Clintons became residents), "leaving behind the IBMers (who headed for nearby Armonk) and joining the Time Inkers, CBSers et al on the Manhattan assault."
He fondly recalls hopping on the 8:33 morning commuter in Chappaqua, N.Y.
The editor also produced "Charles Preston's Giant Crossword Puzzle Treasury," a 1998 paperback, and dozens of other books. "The National Observer Book of Crossword Puzzles" is published monthly, and each issue includes 144 pages of puzzles created for crossword connoisseurs like many Coast Star readers. and Salt," those distinctive cartoons published in The Wall Street Journal. Preston is the founding editor of "Pepper.
I receive comments only when a solver becomes frustrated."Ĭharles is a former Kennebunk Beach summer resident, racing-car driver and member of the original editorial staff of Sports Illustrated, where he was the cartoon editor.Īn assignment from The National Observer to edit crossword puzzles resulted in a new career, but he didn't give up cartoons. Charles and Linda Preston are the editors of the crossword puzzles published in the Coast Star and an estimated 100 other newspapers.