On this day, October 14, 1893, children’s book author and illustrator Lois Lenski was born in Springfield, Ohio. She studied at Ohio State University and at the Art Students League in New York. Early on Lenski worked only as an illustrator, but a publisher suggested she write stories to accompany her drawings. Lenski won a Newbery Medal
On this day, October 13, 1909, cartoonist Herblock (Herbert Lawrence Block) was born in Chicago, Illinois. After studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Block attended Lake ForestCollege and began to work for the Chicago Daily News. In 1933 he became the staff cartoonist for the Newspaper Enterprise Association in Cleveland and won
On this day, October 12, 1988, illustrator Coby (M. Coburn) Whitmore, Jr, died in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Whitmore studied at the Dayton Art Institute and apprenticed in the studio of Haddon Sundblom while he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.He was one of the great illustrators of beautiful women during
On this day, October 11, 1913, comic book artist and writer Joe H. Simon was born in Rochester, New York. Simon co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby during WWII. The two men also created a roman comic book, Young Romance, the first of its type.
On this day, October 10, 1942, children’s book illustrator and author James Marshall born San Antonio, Texas. After studies at the New England Conservatory of Music and at the Southern Connecticut State College, Marshall began working as a free-lance author and illustrator. His first ‘George and Martha’ book was published in 1972. He also wrote a
On this day, October 9, 1909, medical artist and illustrator Henry M. Eichner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Eicher created illustrations for medical and science texts and he also illustrated science fiction.
On this day, October 8, 1949, illustrator Richard Hescox was born in Pasadena, California. Hescox studied at The Art Center College of Design. His career has included working as a book cover artist, a production artist on Hollywood films and television projects, a background designer in animated cartoons, an advertising illustrator, and as a conceptual designer
On this day, October 7, 1966, illustrator Mortimer Flaum died in Flushing, Queens, New York. He worked for a time worked at the Rosenbaum Studios in New York. The art agency who used the initials R. S., created sheet music illustrations and post cards images. Flaum spent his whole career in commercial and advertising art.
On this day, October 6, 1956, comic book artist and writer Kathleen Webb was born in Puyallup, Washington. Webb was one of the first female writers for Archie Comics. Webb has also illustrated some Barbie comics for Marvel.
On this day, October 5, 1928, author and illustrator Louise Fitzhugh was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Fitzhugh wrote and illustrated young adult and children’s literature. Her best-known book was Harriet the Spy published in 1963 which was awarded a New York Times Outstanding Book Award.