On this day, November 24, 1948, illustrator John Henry Alvin was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts. After studying at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, he worked as an animator. After his first movie poster for Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles, Alvin created posters for more than 135 film campaigns.
On this day, November 23, 1915, children’s book illustrator was born in Paris, his father was an artist for the French newspaper L’Illustration. Marc Simont studied in Paris and at the National Academy of Design. He began illustration children’s books in the late 1930s. He won Caldecott honors for The Happy Day and The Stray Dog,
On this day, November 22, 1899, illustrator and comic artist Jay McArdle was born in New York City. After service in WWI, McArdle drew illustrations for various pulp magazines and for DC Comics. He created the syndicated strip Doctor Bobbs and Davy Crockett and painted illustrations mostly for Liberty Magazine, including some covers.
On this days November 21, 1908, illustrator and author Leo Politi was born in Fresno, California. Raised in Italy and London, Politi studied art at the Superior Art Institute near Milan. In 1931 Politi returned to California and in 1938 his first book was published. Little Pancho, is the story about a Mexican boy out
On this day, November 20, 1900, cartoonist Chester Gould was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Gould studied Oklahoma A & M and then moved to Northwestern University in Chicago. Gould worked for the Chicago Tribune and then for The Detroit Mirror where the first Dick Tracy comic strip was published. He drew the strip from its inception
On this day, November 19, 1878, illustrator Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Koerner was born in Lunden, Holstein, Germany. His family immigrated to the U. S. when he was a young child. At 20, Koerner worked for the Chicago Tribune as a staff artist. He moved to New York where he worked and studied at the Art Students
On this day, November 18, 1866, illustrator and delineator Jules Guérin was born St. Louis, Missouri. Guérin worked in Chicago before he moved to New York City. He made is name as an architectural delineator and an illustrator. His style is distinctive and his imagery of far-flung places compelling.
On this day, November 17, 2002, illustrator Frank C. McCarthy died in Sedona, Arizona. McCarthy studied at the Art Students League of New York and then at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He created cover illustrations for paperback books, story illustrations for magazines and advertisements, and many memorable film posters.
On this day, November 16, 1934, Alfredo Lutz Demorest died in Trinidad. Born in Santiago, Chile of American parents, after training and serving in the Diplomatic Service, Demorest studied art, at the School of the Boston Museum of the Fine Arts and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied illustration with Howard Pyle. Demorest served in
On this day, November 15, 1974, illustrator and animator Eric Wight was born. After studies at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Wight is the author and illustrator of manga, comic books, books (Frankie Pickle), and his art work has been featured on such television series as The O. C. and Six Feet Under.