Photo courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum
MILWAUKEE–Phil Sklar once had a successful career in corporate finance.
He was assistant finance director for the $500 million Engineered Solutions Segment at Actuant Corporation in Menomonee Falls, Wis. One day he quit his job to become co-founder and CEO of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which opened February 1 in Milwaukee.
I bet heads spun at that exit interview.
Sklar, 35, and museum co-founder Brad Novak, also 35, have known each other since middle school in Rockford, Ill. Another huge bobblehead collector, [...]
The late, great William Gaines.
I did a deep salty dive into the offices of Mad magazine in November 1987 for the Chicago Sun-Times. I found publisher William Maxwell Gaines to be a blunt and fun character. I also learned he paid his freelancers the minute they dropped off their copy. I’m grateful he gave me some time. Gaines died on June 3, 1992 at the age of 70. He was Mad’s publisher until the day he passed away. With last week’s news that Mad will disappear from newsstands in August, here’s my look at Gaines’ muse:NEW YORK- A set of snare drums are poised behind the editor’s [...]
