On this day, January 3, 1976, illustrator and musician Menton J. Matthews III was born in Mississippi. He currently lives in Chicago and in addition to song writing and being a multi-instrumentalist, Matthews is a comic book artist and an illustrator.
On this day, January 2, 1919, illustrator Marshall Dawson Miller was born in Eldorado, Oklahoma. He studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute in California. Miller did some costume design in Hollywood before working as an illustrator in many popular magazines like Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post. His hobby of wine making turned into his
On this day, January 1, 1907, Norman Blaine Saunders was born in Minot, Minnesota. Saunders began sketching as a child recuperating from an eye accident. After some correspondence courses, Saunders worked at Fawcett Publications. In 1934 he moved to New York City and studied at night at the Grand Central School of Art. His work for
On this day, December 31, 1978, cartoonist Basil Wolverton died in Vancouver, Washington. At age 16 Wolverton sold his first nationally published work. When he was 20 his comic strip Marco of Mars was accepted by the Independent Syndicate of New York. Eventually his work began to appear in Mad magazine.
On this day, December 30, 1967, Carl Burger died in Pleasantville, New York. After other extensive schooling, Burger studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He worked for the Boston Post drawing sports, political cartoon, and illustrations. Burger served in WWI. After the war, Burger worked as an art director
On this day, December 29, 1998, Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics, died in Paris, France. Forest studied at the Paris School of Design. His first comic strip was The Black Arrow. His most famous comic, Barbarella was first published in France in 1962 and was soon translated into a dozen languages. In 1967 it
On this day, December 28, 1967, cartoonist and graphic novelist Chris Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Ware's distinctive cartoon style images delve into subjects such as social isolation and the loneliness of modern life. His style and approach to his work has changed the field.
On this day, December 27, 1993, pulp illustrator Stanley Borack died in the Queens, New York. After a stint in the Navy during WWII, Borack studied art at the Art Students League of New York. In the 50s he created covers for paperback books and did cover illustrations for various pulps.
On this day, December 26, 1920, illustrator Arnold Kohn was born in Chicago, Illinois. Kohn attended classes at a Chicago art school and began working for the pulps in 1944, and by the 50s he was painting pin-up art. During the 60s, Kohn illustrated children’s book illustrations.
On this day, December 25, 1911, illustrator and cartoonist Burne Hogarth was born in Chicago, Illinois. Trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he worked for the WPA Arts Project teaching art during the early 30s. In 1944 he founded the Academy of Newspaper Art. In 1937 he was chosen by Hal