On this day, November 29, 1952, Doug L. Beekman was born in Findlay, Ohio. After studying at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League of New York, Beekman began creating illustrations for fantasy and science fiction books and magazines.
On this day, November 28, 1931, illustrator and author Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg, France. As a young man Ungerer was inspired by illustrations in The New Yorker magazine. In 1957 he moved to the U. S. and his first children’s book was published and he also did illustrations for many popular magazines. In 1998
On this day, November 27, 1894, illustrator and author Katherine Milhous was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Philadelphia Museum of Industrial Art, Milhous worked producing illustrations for magazines and for the Federal Art Project. She began to create books and book illustrations in the late 1930s
On this day, November 26, 2005, illustrator Stan Berenstain died in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. Along with his wife Jan Berenstain, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. They began to create books together in the early 1950s, producing over 300 books in 23 languages, including their Berenstain Bear volumes.
On this day, November 25, 1971, illustrator and children’s book author Matthew J. Baek was born Seoul, South Korea. After working for USAID, Baek’s illustrations have appeared in many publications. His books include, In God’s Hands and Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear.
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