Background
Malone was born on March 24, 1930 in Winterville, Georgia, United States. He was the son of Ralph and Sarah Lena (Echols) Malone.
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Career Day at school looms as Crisis Day for Joey. His dad doesn't go off to a job everyday. What can Joey do to avoid embarrassment? In this deceptively simple work, which confronts one of the most prevalent problems faced by a child in today's real world, Joey learns an important lesson about self-esteem and employment. Written in simple language and illustrated in full color, No-Job Dad catches the interest of young children.
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(Top Prize Winning illustration in Daimler/Chryslers' Moti...)
Top Prize Winning illustration in Daimler/Chryslers' Motion Through Art 2002 Jeep Liberty Automobile Contest.
2002
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Sleepy rural town with pick up trucks rumbling on red dirt roads.
artist journalist writer graphic designer
Malone was born on March 24, 1930 in Winterville, Georgia, United States. He was the son of Ralph and Sarah Lena (Echols) Malone.
Malone studied at Morehouse College from 1949 to 1950, earning Associate in Arts degree in 1951.
He attended College of Art and Design from 1959 and got his Associate in Arts degree there in 1962.
Malone began his career in the U.S. Army, where he served for 9 years from 1950. He became Sergeant First Class there.
From 1980 to 1983 Malone worked at Atlanta Journal and Constitution as ad promotions creative director, and from that year he served at Bianco Art Collections of Atlanta as fine art producer/painter for 7 years.
He was also author and illustrator of Y'All Come Back in 1988, and Atlanta, the Democrats Are Coming in 1988. In addition, he was known as an author and illustrator of the cartoon strip Ralph in 1970s.
In 1990 he became author of “Street Beat” column and artist, and served there until 1992.
Malone became a co-author of song lyrics for recordings, including Talk to Your Child, Willie Lives in the Streets, 1986, and Homeless Hope, 1987. He was a co-author of song lyrics for Tap, performed in Atlanta, 1995 as well.
He was a freelance cartoonist for periodicals.
In addition, he served as guest author, reader, lecturer, and storyteller at schools, festivals, conferences, and coffee houses.
Malone was active in many civic, public, and community organizations, including Neighborhood Planning, Black Artists Network and Advocacy, Literacy Action of Atlanta, and Atlanta Arts Council.
He was a volunteer at Atlanta’s Homeless Association, Inc., and for Christmas in July (for homeless children).
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Quotations:
“I remember when I was a barefoot toddler living in Atlanta’s Fourth Ward District being a busy-bee little wall scribbler. As high as my arms could reach decorated walls, woodwork, furniture, and any place that boy and crayons got together. At that age I was an artist and I had a story to tell. And I told it. In the first grade, my free-hand drawing of the three bears eating was at a very slanted table. Even the chair rungs wouldn’t meet in the right places. But what I remember best is Miss Barnette, my teacher, saying to me, ‘My, my, young man, that is very good!”
“I had an amazing memory, didn’t have to make notes because my resources were constant, plus I always ‘wrote’ in my head before applying it to paper. I was daydream writing; ‘writing’ about my cousin who lived around the corner from me, my aunt, down the street from my other cousin and across the street from my uncle."
Malone was a board member of Visual Vanguard Art Group, a member of High Museum of Art, Writers Resource Center, Nexus Art Association, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design Alumni Association.
Malone married Mary Louise Liebaert in 1972. The couple divorced in 1982. They had two children - Andrew Ralph and Matthew Martin.
