On this day, April 18, 1883, the illustrator Clara Elsene Peck was born in Allegan, Michigan. Peck studied at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. By 1906 she was earning her living as an illustrator. After Harvey Dunn began his school and colony of illustrators in
On this day, April 17, 1914, cartoonist Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy was born in New York City. Raboy worked on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday strip artist of Flash Gordon for over 20 years.
On this day, April 16, 1959, illustrator Robert Casilla was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Casilla studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has illustrated a variety of biographies and various children’s books.
On this day, April 15, 2000, writer and illustrator Edward Gorey died in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Gorey studied French at Harvard University and for a semester at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His early work was illustrating book covers and sometimes interior illustrations. By 1953 he was writing and illustrating his own published work.
On this day, April 14, 1920, illustrator and writer of science fiction, Morris Scott Dollens was born in Indiana. His creations include cover illustrations for sci fi books and magazines. Dollens began producing magazine illustrations in the 1950s.
On this day, April 13, 2009, the world’s longest webcomic, Homestuck, officially begins. Written, drawn, and animated by Andrew Hussie, Homestuck is a complex construct of a hypertext fiction built on serialized visual storytelling.
On this day, April 12, 1973, writer and comic book illustrator J. Scott Campbell was born in East Tawas, Michigan. At the age of 15, Campbell entered and won the “Invent the Ultimate Video Game” contest run by Nintendo. Since then he is the artist and co-creator of Danger Girl and Gen.
On this day, April 11, 1941, illustrator Peter Caras was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Following advice from Norman Rockwell, Caras studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and at the Art Students League in New York. He has created of 1,700 book cover illustrations during his career.
On this day, April 10, 1890, Mary (Marsh) Buff was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mary Marsh studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Cincinnati Art Academy. After her marriage to Conrad Buff they collaborated writing and illustrating children’s books and winning Newbery Medal honours for three of their collaborative efforts.
On this day, April 9, 1976, Margaret (Hedda Johnosn) Brundage died. After studying at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, she began drawing designs for the local fashion industry. In the early 1930s Brundage began creating cover illustrations for the pulps. She typically signed her work M. Brundage as she was a woman working in what