On this day, February 22, 1987, illustrator and artist Andy Warhol died in New York City. Warhol studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburg. In 1949, Warhol moved to New York City and began working at a magazine and newspaper illustrator. Warhol also created illustrations for some cookbooks and for The Little

On this day, February 21, 1974, painter, children’s book author and illustrator James Henry Daugherty died. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art and later with Frank Brangwyn in London. Daugherty produced posters during WWI and after wrote and illustrated several children’s books., one Daniel Boone won the Newbery Medal. His illustrations for Elkin’s Gillespie

On this day, February 20, 1900, pulp illustrator Newton H. Alfred was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Alfred served in WWI and then studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Art Students League in New York. In the 30s Alfred created illustrations for The National Guardsman Magazine and drew comic book illustrations.

On this day, February 19, 1972, animator writer and artist Tedd (Edward Stacey, III) Pierce died in California. He spent most of his career working for Warner Brothers animation studio, Termite Terrace. During his career, Pierce contributed to Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and even provided voice work when needed.

On this day, February 18, 1931, writer and cartoonist Johnny (John Lewis) Hart was born in Endicott, New York. His work was first published in Stars and Stripes when he served in Korea in the Air Force. By 1953 Hart was having cartoon published in major magazines. His strip B.C. began appearing in 1958 and The

On this day, February 17, 1948, Edward B. Edwards died Los Angeles County. Edwards was a student of Jay Hambridge and was so fascinated with his teachers development of complex design forms that he wrote his own treatise on development of patterns that was published in 1932 as Dynamaryhythmic Design (this was republished by Dover as

On this day, February 16, 1925, Ed (Edmund Alexander) Emshwiller was born in Lansing, Michigan. Emsh studied at The University of Michigan, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and at the Art Students League of New York. He created cover illustrations and story illustrations for both science fiction and for the pulps. In the 1960s Emsh

On this day, February 15, 1920, production designer and art director Harold Michelson was born in New York City. Michelson worked as an illustrator after his service in the Air Force in WWII. He studied at the Art Students League of New York before working as an illustrator or story board for the movies—producing work for

On this day, February 14, 1935, Vernon Grant was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grant studied for one year at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and then join the U. S. Army. In Tokyo Grant was a regular cartoonist for Stars and Stripes and he developed a fascination with Japanese comics. In Japan, Grant

On this day, February 13, 1932, author and illustrator Simms Taback was born in The Bronx, New York. Taback studied at the Cooper Union in New York and served in the U. S. Army. He was a designer for CBS Records and for The New York Times. He designed the first Happy Meal Box for McDonald’s