Art Wars

Traditionalists that we were, it just never sat well with us when Daily editorial changed the name of the Friday Arts & Entertainment section from A&E to the fancy-schmancy-sounding d'Art.  (Even John, the most cerebral of us, seemed to be less than thrilled; when he had to write a radio commercial trumpeting the change, he just had the announcer say he was being challenged to say the name as times as possible in sixty seconds.*)

Anyway, what with the all-pervasive influence "Star Wars" had on Jeff V. and me at the time, how could we not make this connection, which required only a slight alteration of the angular d'art logo logo.

Oddly, it looks more appropriate for Lord Vader than it ever did for the arts section.

(*The funniest moment occurred near the end of the spot, when, having run out of things to say, the announcer just started spouting non-sensical phrases like, "darting between parked cars...")