On this day, September 25, 1900, pulp illustrator D. H. (David Hixon) Moneypenny was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for local newspapers drawing line art for advertisements. In the 1930s he began to create illustrations for pulp magazines. During WWII Moneypenny was one of
On this day, September 24, 1930, sci fi illustrator Jack Gaughan was born in Springfield, Ohio. Gaughan primarily worked with Donald A. Wollheim at Ace Books and later DAW Books, he also did illustrations for Galaxy Magazine and If magazine. Gaughan won Hugo awards several times for his illustrations.
On this day, September 23, 1987, illustrator Walter M. Baumhofer died on Long Island, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute under Dean Cornwell and H. Winfield Scott. Known as the 'king of the pulps,' Baumhofer's illustrations included covers for a variety of western novels and all 41 Doc Savage magazine covers.
On this day, September 22, 1918, illustrator, author, curator, and teacher, Richard H. “Dirk” Gringhuis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and after a year in New York City he returned to Michigan. Gringhuis wrote and illustrated 28 books, half on Michigan history.
On this day, September 21, 1945, children’s book author and illustrator Hans Wilhelm was born in Bremen, Germany. After living in South Africa and other places, Wilhelm settled in the United States. He has produced 200 children’s books including the Bunny Trouble series, Waldo, and Wake Up, Sun.
On this day, September 20, 1920, cartoonist, animator, and TV producer Jay Ward was born in Berkeley, California. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley and received an MBA from Harvard University. Jay Ward’s first animated series was Crusader Rabbit, that ran from 1949 through 1952. Ward together with friend and animator Alex Anderson, were the creators of
C. Coles Phillips (1880-1927) Holeproof Hosiery, c. 1920s Advertising illustration for Holeproof Hosiery Company Seeing a woman’s leg from her ankles to above her knees was once a rather daring notion. In the early 1920s, illustrator C. Coles Phillips was producing advertising illustrations for the Holeproof Hosiery Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These ads featured
On this day, September 19, 1975, John Malloy was born in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. Malloy is self-taught in painting, pen and ink, design, and sequential art. He began working in his early 20s illustrating two works for Magic: The Gathering and his first graphic novel was Amnesia. His illustration and design work has been featured in
On this day, September 18, 1947, illustrator Clifford Ashley died in Westport Point, Massachusetts. After studying at the Eric Pape Art School in Boston, Ashley studied with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware. Ashley’s work primarily focused on images of ships and the sea. In 1944 he wrote and illustrated his famous The Ashley Book of Knots,
On this day, September 17, 1925, artist and illustrator Carl Eytel died in Banning, California. Eytel’s specialty was desert subjects of the American southwest. He traveled with author George Wharton James as he wrote Wonders of the Colorado Desert and contributed over 300 drawings to the 1908 publication.