On this day, May 8, 1913, animator, producer, director and puppeteer Bob (Robert Emerson) Clampett was born in San Diego, California. Clampett was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Brothers. Without graduating high school, Clampett joined the team working on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and designed some of
On this day, May 7, 1932, author and illustrator Nonny Hogrogian was born in New York City. She studied at Hunter College and at the New School for Social Researchboth in New York City. Hogrogian began illustrating published books in 1960 and has won the Caldecott Medal twice.
On this day, May 6, 1935, illustrator Ted Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York. Lewin trained at Pratt Institute of Art. He has illustrated over 100 books for children and young adults and won a Caldecott Honor for his work in Peppe the Lamplighter.
On this day, May 5, 1932, comic book artist Stan Goldberg was born in New York City. In the 50s Goldberg studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York focusing on TV storyboarding. Goldberg is best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist creating the color schemes
On this day, May 4, 1958, artist and illustrator Keith Haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Haring was also influenced by his father a cartoonist. With the advent of his signature figures and style, Haring opened a retail store selling merchandize marked with his iconic characters and supporting
On this day, May 3, 1961, animator Joe Murray was born in San Jose, California. While still in high school, Murray did political cartoons for a local newspaper. By the age of 20 he was already producing illustrations and a few years later he was creating animated films. Murray is the creator of the animated
The Grapes of Wrath, 1940Advertising poster by 20th Century Fox for the movie, The Grapes of Wrath Soon after John Steinbeck’s influential novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was first published in 1939, positive popular reaction to the story* impelled the Limited Editions Club** to publish its own version illustrated by the American Regionalist painter,
On this day, May 2, 1895, Peggy Bacon was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Bacon studied with John Sloan and George Bellows at the Art Students League in New York. In addition to doing art and making caricatures, Bacon wrote poetry and illustrated over 60 children’s books.
On this day, May 1, 1881, Herbert Moore was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. After studying at the Manual Training High School in Indianapolis, Moore studied at the Art Students League in New York and then with Howard Pyle in Delaware. Moore did illustration work for Harper’s Monthly, Woman’s Home Companion, and The Delineator.
On this day, April 30, 1968, illustrator and graphic designer David M. Halili was born in Fullerton, California. Halili’s work encompasses album covers, posters, logos, and merchandise like T-shirts. An example of one of Halili’s album covers is Body Count.