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<div class="kicker">Catalogue of an Editorial Cartoonist</div>
<h1>Paul Conrad <span class="life">1924–2010</span></h1>
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<p><strong>On the images.</strong> No public-domain or open-license Paul Conrad cartoon exists — every work is copyright the Los Angeles Times or the Conrad estate. This index therefore hosts no cartoon images; each entry links to the holding archive or retrospective where the work can be viewed.</p>
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title: r.title || 'Untitled',
date: r.date || r.date_range || '',
year: (String(r.date || r.date_range || '').match(/\d{4}/) || ['—'])[0],
publication: r.publication || '',
subject: r.subject || '',
award: r.award || '',
record_type: r.record_type || 'documented',
extent: r.extent || '',
rights_note: r.rights_note || '',
citation_url: r.citation_url || ''
}));
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const el = id => document.getElementById(id);
let filters = { year:null, publication:null, record_type:null, awardOnly:false };
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? (BIO.career + '. ' + (BIO.honors ? BIO.honors.split(';')[0] + '.' : ''))
: 'Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial cartoonist.';
el('prizes').innerHTML = ['1964','1971','1984'].map(y => '<span class="prize">Pulitzer '+y+'</span>').join('');
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const m = new Map();
for (const r of RECORDS) { const v = r[field]; if (v) m.set(v, (m.get(v)||0)+1); }
return [...m.entries()].sort((a,b)=> b[1]-a[1] || String(a[0]).localeCompare(String(b[0])));
}
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const parts = [];
parts.push('<button class="chip" data-f="awardOnly" aria-pressed="'+(filters.awardOnly?'true':'false')+'">Pulitzer years</button>');
for (const rt of ['documented','collection-summary']) {
const n = RECORDS.filter(r=>r.record_type===rt).length; if (!n) continue;
const label = rt==='documented' ? 'Documented' : 'Archive holdings';
parts.push('<button class="chip" data-f="record_type" data-v="'+rt+'" aria-pressed="'+(filters.record_type===rt?'true':'false')+'">'+label+' · '+n+'</button>');
}
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parts.push('<button class="chip" data-f="publication" data-v="'+esc(v)+'" aria-pressed="'+(filters.publication===v?'true':'false')+'">'+esc(v)+' · '+n+'</button>');
}
if (filters.year || filters.publication || filters.record_type || filters.awardOnly)
parts.push('<button class="chip clear" data-f="clear">Clear</button>');
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f.querySelectorAll('.chip').forEach(c => c.addEventListener('click', () => {
const k = c.dataset.f;
if (k === 'clear') filters = { year:null, publication:null, record_type:null, awardOnly:false };
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renderFacets(); render();
}));
}
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const q = el('q').value.trim().toLowerCase();
return RECORDS.filter(r => {
if (filters.publication && r.publication !== filters.publication) return false;
if (filters.record_type && r.record_type !== filters.record_type) return false;
if (filters.awardOnly && !r.award) return false;
if (q) {
const hay = [r.title, r.subject, r.publication, r.award, r.date].join(' ').toLowerCase();
if (!hay.includes(q)) return false;
}
return true;
});
}
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if (m==='year-asc') a.sort((x,y)=> x.year.localeCompare(y.year) || x.title.localeCompare(y.title));
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else if (m==='award') a.sort((x,y)=> (y.award?1:0)-(x.award?1:0) || x.year.localeCompare(y.year));
return a;
}
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const g = el('grid');
el('empty').hidden = list.length !== 0;
g.innerHTML = list.map(r => {
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r.award ? '<span class="tag award">Pulitzer</span>' : '',
r.publication ? '<span class="tag pub">'+esc(r.publication)+'</span>' : ''
].join('');
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+ '<span class="title">'+esc(r.title)+'</span>'
+ '<span class="subj">'+esc(r.subject)+'</span>'
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}).join('');
g.querySelectorAll('.card').forEach(c => c.addEventListener('click', () => openModal(c.dataset.id)));
}
function openModal(id) {
const r = RECORDS.find(x => x.id === id); if (!r) return;
el('modal').innerHTML =
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+ '<div class="m-kicker">'+(r.record_type==='documented'?'Cartoon':'Archive holding')+(r.award?' · Pulitzer':'')+'</div>'
+ '<h2>'+esc(r.title)+'</h2>'
+ '<div class="m-date">'+esc(r.date || r.year)+(r.publication?' · '+esc(r.publication):'')+'</div>'
+ '<dl>'
+ '<dt>Subject</dt><dd>'+esc(r.subject||'—')+'</dd>'
+ (r.award?'<dt>Award</dt><dd>'+esc(r.award)+'</dd>':'')
+ (r.extent?'<dt>Extent</dt><dd>'+esc(r.extent)+'</dd>':'')
+ '<dt>Source</dt><dd>'+(r.citation_url?'<a href="'+esc(r.citation_url)+'" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'+esc(r.citation_url.replace(/^https?:\/\//,'').split('/')[0])+' ↗</a>':'—')+'</dd>'
+ '</dl>'
+ (r.rights_note?'<div class="rights">'+esc(r.rights_note)+'</div>':'');
el('mx').addEventListener('click', closeModal);
el('backdrop').classList.add('open');
}
function closeModal(){ el('backdrop').classList.remove('open'); }
el('backdrop').addEventListener('click', e => { if (e.target.id==='backdrop') closeModal(); });
document.addEventListener('keydown', e => { if (e.key==='Escape') closeModal(); });
el('q').addEventListener('input', render);
el('sort').addEventListener('change', render);
el('density').addEventListener('input', () => document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--col', el('density').value + 'px'));
document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--col', el('density').value + 'px');
// sources line
const srcHosts = [...new Set(RECORDS.map(r=>r.citation_url).filter(Boolean).map(u=>u.replace(/^https?:\/\//,'').split('/')[0]))];
el('sources').innerHTML = 'Compiled from ' + srcHosts.map(h=>esc(h)).join(' · ') + '.';
renderFacets();
render();
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