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Great cartoon, god bless our troups!
Ah yes the "Art of Reading Smoke"!!!
This is an editorial cartoon I created a few years back for Veteran's Day - with a fire service twist. Please remember our fire Brothers and Sisters who are serving at home and abroad. Take care, stay safe, and come home soon!
love it! nice job
In these tough economic times we need to ensure we are getting the most bang for our taxpayers bucks. This group will cover the pros and cons of apparatus specs and purchasing and how departments got what they wanted or would have done differently.
Profile Information
- Department:
- City of Bryan F.D.
- Title/rank:
- Lieutenant
- Years of public service:
- 14
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Manpower and Staffing
- Professional Qualifications:
- Firefighter II; NREMT-B; HazMat Technician; Fire Instructor I; Fire Officer I
- Topics you provide training for:
- Ground Ladders; Auto Extrication; Self-Survival; Calling the MayDay
- Areas of expertise:
- Editorial Cartoonist for Fire Engineering, Firehouse.com, and JEMS.
Ground Ladders; Auto Extrication; Self-Survival; Calling the MayDay
- Bio:
- Paul Combs is a classically trained artist, award winning illustrator, and firefighter/EMT. That’s right, this unlikely combination has made Paul one of the most compelling and distinctive cartoonist/illustrators in America today. Paul burst onto the scene of emerging illustrators with a refreshing new style that married classical realism, manic energy and a zany imagination for caricature. His lavishly detailed illustrations are published worldwide in newspapers, magazines (print and online), and books. He also contributes editorial cartoons to Fire Engineering, Firehouse.com, JEMS, and Public Safety Communications on a monthly basis.
In conjunction with his career as an illustrator, Lieutenant Combs is a thirteen-year veteran firefighter for the city of Bryan (Ohio) Fire Department where he is a Firefighter II, NREMT-B, HazMat Technician and Instructor for the City of Bryan Fire Training Academy.
- Web site:
- http://www.artstudioseven.com
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Veteran's Day
This is an editorial cartoon I created a few years back for Veteran's Day - with a fire service twist. Please remember our fire Brothers and Sisters who are serving at home and abroad. Take care, stay safe, and come home soon!
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 7:43am — 2 Comments
Post 9/11 Illnesses
My first fireengineering.com illustration has been posted as the featured commentary. This is the first of many, many illustration to come. I will be producing two illustrations per month and sincerely hope to have your feedback and comments. Whether you like the commentary, or not, it's meant to spur introspective thought and healthy conversation and debate. Let's go...
With my first post coming so close to another sobering 9/11 milestone, I thought it only appropriate to bring light to anothe… Continue
With my first post coming so close to another sobering 9/11 milestone, I thought it only appropriate to bring light to anothe… Continue
Posted on September 8, 2009 at 10:38am —
Suicide Awareness
Due to numerous comments, I'd like to take a moment and highlight one of my recent Fire Engineering mag illustrations.
The illustration in question tackles the topic of firefighter suicide and the fact that we can't always see the underlying problems that lead to this shattering conclusion. This topic had been eating away at me for over a year before settling on a visual commentary. In 2008, my Department went through such an ordeal when one of our officers, and a personal mentor, committed sui… Continue
The illustration in question tackles the topic of firefighter suicide and the fact that we can't always see the underlying problems that lead to this shattering conclusion. This topic had been eating away at me for over a year before settling on a visual commentary. In 2008, my Department went through such an ordeal when one of our officers, and a personal mentor, committed sui… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (33 comments)
- At 4:01pm on October 25, 2009,
EDUARDO ESCUDERO said… - Dear Paul
I`m a chilean FF, and we enjoy your cartoons a lot, they are very direct and also absolutely universal.
Receiva a big hug
- At 5:18pm on October 22, 2009,
Todd McKee said… - Hey PAUL! I work with dan and I saw your convo about in laws in martinsburg, my in laws live in bladensburg just a mile or so away good s tuff
- At 7:53am on October 21, 2009,
Dan Rice said… - That’s pretty crazy truly, I thought the only people that knew anyone from Martinsburg where…. Well from Martinsburg. Well if you’re every down our way shoot me a message and you can come down and check out our station if you’d like. Have a good one
- At 7:19pm on October 19, 2009,
Dan Rice said…
- I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put forth in opening the eyes of our fellow firefighters and making them more aware of the present issues facing us today. Keep up the good work and be safe!!
Dan Rice
- At 6:16pm on October 8, 2009,
Jeff Schwering said… - Paul, Jeff works just fine Brother! Great work, keep it up!
- At 10:13am on October 8, 2009,
Jeff Schwering said…
- Thanks Brother, for giving it a read. This topic as many of your illustrations are very near and dear to my heart as a Captain. We never stop learning in our business
- At 9:02am on June 24, 2009,
Glen Downey said… - Great stuff! Always right on point. Too bad our civic leaders don't get it.
- At 8:43am on June 8, 2009,
Ted Jarrard said… - Really enjoy your cartoons. Often post them over the urinal for all the guys to read.(can't help to read them while stand there) Most are dead on the money. Please keep them coming.
- At 6:12pm on January 11, 2009,
Brad Hoff said…
- Love the cartoons brother!! It is my opinion that anyone who says that your cartoons do not portray an active statement about the things that plague the fire service and also serve as a learning tool is a fool.
KTF-RGB-DTRT-EGH-FTM-PTB
- At 10:47am on November 12, 2008,
Ray McCormack said… - Great stuff Paul !
Please contact me at ray@liveburntraining.com
Thanks Ray
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