On this day, May 17, 1972, artist and illustrator Roman Genn was born in Moscow, Russia. Genn moved to the U.S. after being repeatedly arrested for publically exhibiting anti-governement caricatures. He is a contributing editor for the National Review and still creates illustrations for the magazine.
John Atherton (1900-1952)Christmas Rocking Chair, 1942Cover illustration for Fortune (December 1942) It may seem odd to focus on a Christmas cover image from 1942 in the late spring of 2013, but what makes this cover illustration for Fortune magazine extremely timely and appropriate is that it is about traditions—about remembering. Christmas Rocking Chair was
On this day, May 16, 1953, illustrator Lee MacLeod was born in Los Angeles, CA. After studies at The Art Center College of Design, MacLeod began working as an illustrator melding traditional images with photography and computer graphics especially for various movie studios.
On this day, May 15, 2006, pin-up illustrator Joyce Ballantyne died in Ocala, Florida. Best known as the designer of the Coopertone girl. After studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art, Ballantyne worked in illustration. Eventually she joined the group of illustrators painting pin-ups for Brown
On this day, May 14, 1924, cartoonist Brad Anderson was born in Jamestown, New York. After service in the U. S. Navy, Anderson received a BFA from Syracuse University. As a student Anderson produced cartoons for student magazine and also for popular commercial magazines. He created his most famous comic strip Marmaduke in 1955.
On this day, May 13, 1900, illustrator Fred Ludekens was born in Hueneme, California. He began working as a billboard painter and eventually made his way to New York to work as an illustrator. By 1945 he was back in San Francisco and producing cover illustrations, story and advertising illustrations for all the major magazines. Such
On this day, May 12, 1915, comic artist and animator Tony Strobl was born in Cleveland. Ohio. After studying at the Cleveland School of Art, Stobl went to work for Walt Disney Studios working as an animator on Fantasia, Dumbo, and Pinocchio before going to fight in WWII. After he worked for Western Publishing primarily on
May 10, 1955, comic artist Matt Feazell was born. His BFA is from Southern Illinois University. Feazell began creating his iconic comic, The Amazing Cynicalman in the 1980s. In 2012, Feazell released a feature-length film The Amazing Cynicalman.
On this day, May 10, 1900, comic strip artist Vincent T. Hamlin was born in Perry, Iowa. He created the character that became Alley Oop at the age of 11. After service in WWI, Hamlin went to college as a journalist, eventually while working for various newspapers he began to produce comic strips. Alley Oop
On this day, May 9, 1947, comic book artist and graphic novelist Barbara Slate was born. Slate began drawing as a kid and eventuall worked for DC Comics, Marvel, Archie, and Disney. In 1986 she created Angel Love for DC Comics; in 2010 she wrote and illustrated You Can Do a Graphic Novel; and in