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• T.J. Tucker commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  My very first task at Texas Monthly was to assign an illustration for a fun little column on "The Texas Drawl." (June 2003ish) Nick got the call, and later turned in an hilarious illo of a Fu Manchu toting cowboy, hand cupping the side of his mouth, yelling "FAHR! FAHR!" There was a tiny little house on the horizon—burning of course. "Fire! Fire!" Get it? Nick thought it was even more funny that I had a drawl myself, so he gave me the illustration. Today it hangs in my kitchen reminding me not to burn the house down while attempting...
• Richard Turley commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  really really sad news. much the same story as many people above, in that I never personally worked with him, yet always intended to. however, my colleagues over here at the Guardian in London worshipped him and used him extensively early on in his career. We all mourn his loss and pass on our sincere condolences to those he leaves behind. It is often traditional over here to set up a special award in their honor when one so young and talented is lost, perhaps this is something SPD could consider in illustration section of their award program?...
• Gail Anderson commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  I think Nick did his final job for us at SpotCo. It was a series of sketches for a poster for a show, and though he was quite ill at the time, he was determined to finish the project. Nick was a lovely guy, and I was such a fan of his illustration. Such sad news......
• Kate Elazegui commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  we've probably all sat at our desks after reading through belabored art memos, racking our heads with "who can i call to do this? who can make sense of it?!" and after pouring through samples and sites, thinking..."nick dewar! nick dewar! nick dewar will save me!" Of course catching him with available time was a whole other affair. i was all to aware that i wasn't the sole admirer of nick's beautifully crafted and uniquely clever talent. It was that whole-hearted belief that he could and would transform that art memo into genius work. And although the last time i...
• Scott Dadich commented on Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
  I was working with Nick on a series of illustrations back at Texas Monthly in Austin. We were working through some sketches one particularly stressful afternoon and I had commented that I was looking forward to having a drink that evening. The topic of course turned to our favorite brown liquors. Being a Texas boy, my tonic of choice had always been bourbon whiskey. Nick felt it necessary to extoll the particular virtues of his favorite Islay scotch whisky, Laphroaig. I had never really tried scotch at this point, but Nick did his best to describe the briny flavors of...