| General info : | | Howard Shoemaker (December 15, 1931 - January 28, 2017 (aged 85)) was an internationally known artist and cartoonist with his works appeared in original Porsche factory-produced literature, Road & Track, Christophorus, and Playboy magazines. A long-time Porsche owner, he was one of the founders of the Great Plains Region of the Porsche Club of America.
Howard, a Council Bluffs native, attended AL High School, in orchestra and a Band Drum Major. Howard played Alto Sax & Clarinet in the “Freddy Nimtz Dance Band.” Married in 1952, he served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954, in the 265th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps, at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was assigned to hand design a Models Mechanical Drawing Manual for training material for the Atomi Canon 280mm. He transferred to 440th Army Band, XVIII Airborne in N.C. Howard played in the Freddy McCoy Jazz Group in VA, and N. & S. Carolina.
After serving, Howard worked at WOWTV & KMTV in 1954, Asst. Art Director, camera art & set design, Christian-Kennedy, animation art. He was an Art Director at Bozell & Jacobs Advertising for 9 years. In 1957, Great Plains Region, PCA was formulated by Howard & Janice and 4 other couples. He was a long time member of Porsche Club of America. From 1958-2005
Howard was self-employed as an internationally known Artist and Cartoonist, working from home for Mutual of Omaha (designed the Indian Head Logo), Northwestern Bell, Fairmont Foods, Gus Renze Co., American Greeting Corp. (12-24 new designs monthly) for 12 years, Dr. ING. H.C.F. Porsche AG Stuttgart, “Road & Track” Magazine (1965-1990+), artist for “Der Skooner” Magazine, art/cartoons for “Jazz Magazine” NYC, and in 1965 “Jazz Press” published a cartoon collection.
Howard was a Cartoonist for Playboy Magazine 1959-2006, including European editions because “captionless cartoons bridge the language barrier.” He was a contributor to “Underground Press,” “Realist,” “EVO,” “L.A. Free Press,” and others.
He did work for many other advertising agencies, published 3 books of cartoon creations, and made cards/cartoons for his wife and family every holiday or occasion as he saw fit.
Howard spent the last 2 years of his life under the care of Douglas County Health Care Center and suffered from Dementia/Alzheimer’s. | |
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