On this day, March 13, 1971, illustrator Rockwell Kent died in Plattsburgh, New York. Famous for his black and white book illustrations, Kent also created more whimsical illustrations for Vanity Fair, the New York Tribune, and Harper’s Weekly. Kent also later wrote and illustrated his experiences in such places as Alaska and Tierra del Fuego.
On this day, March 12, 1925, illustrator and sci fi writer Harry Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut. Before making his name as an editor and writer, Harrison was a comic book artist. He did two sci fi comic book series, Weird Fantasy and Weird Science. He was a member of the Society of Comic Book
On this day, March 11, 1893, author, artist, translator, and illustrator Wanda Hazel Gág was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. She created her first illustrated children's story when she was still in her teens. Gág studied art at the Saint Paul School of Art, at the Minneapolis School of Art, and at the Art Students League
On this day, March 9, 1965, illustrator Gerald Brom was born in Albany, Georgia. Always interested in images of the weird and monstrous, Brom began working as an illustrator when he was twenty. His production includes images for games, novels, comics, and film. Recently Brom has turned to writing and illustrating horror novels.
On this day, March 8, 1968, comic artist, illustrator, and graphic novelist Ellen Forney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some of Forney's production is autobiographical and some reflects the tenor of the time. She illustrated the novel for young adults, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885) The Bookworm, 1852 Oil on canvas Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany This article forms a direct response to Daniel S. Palmer’s recent consideration of Romanticist influence on Norman Rockwell.* In his work, Palmer noted the artistic technique of the Rückenfigur, a term which is remarkably appropriate
On this day, March 7, 1934, comic and science fiction illustrator Gray Morrow was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Morrow trained for a short time at the Chicago Academy of the Fine Arts and then moved to New York. He worked on a variety of comics and some classics illustrated and eventually began to work for science fiction
On this day, March 6, 1917, Will Eisner was born in Brooklyn, New York. After studying at the Art Students League in New York, Eisner began working for the New York American newspaper and creating illustrations for pulp magazines. His comic book career began in the 1930s. In the late 1970s, Eisner turned his attention
On this day, March 5, 1892, illustrator and muralist Dean Cornwell was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Art studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cornwell moved to New York where he studied with Howard Pyle's (Pyle birthday is also today) pupil Harvey Dunn and at the Art Students League. Dunn studied mural painting with Frank
On this day, March 4, 1895, comic and cartoon illustrator and animator Milt Gross was born in the Bronx, New York. Gross began his first comic strip, "Phool Phan Phables", at the age of 20. Over his career Gross produced numerous strips and comic characters, many reflecting some version of Jewish dialect or other distinct dialect voices.