On this day, May 13, 1900, illustrator Fred Ludekens was born in Hueneme, California. He began working as a billboard painter and eventually made his way to New York to work as an illustrator. By 1945 he was back in San Francisco and producing cover illustrations, story and advertising illustrations for all the major magazines. Such
On this day, May 12, 1915, comic artist and animator Tony Strobl was born in Cleveland. Ohio. After studying at the Cleveland School of Art, Stobl went to work for Walt Disney Studios working as an animator on Fantasia, Dumbo, and Pinocchio before going to fight in WWII. After he worked for Western Publishing primarily on
May 10, 1955, comic artist Matt Feazell was born. His BFA is from Southern Illinois University. Feazell began creating his iconic comic, The Amazing Cynicalman in the 1980s. In 2012, Feazell released a feature-length film The Amazing Cynicalman.
On this day, May 10, 1900, comic strip artist Vincent T. Hamlin was born in Perry, Iowa. He created the character that became Alley Oop at the age of 11. After service in WWI, Hamlin went to college as a journalist, eventually while working for various newspapers he began to produce comic strips. Alley Oop
On this day, May 9, 1947, comic book artist and graphic novelist Barbara Slate was born. Slate began drawing as a kid and eventuall worked for DC Comics, Marvel, Archie, and Disney. In 1986 she created Angel Love for DC Comics; in 2010 she wrote and illustrated You Can Do a Graphic Novel; and in
On this day, May 8, 1913, animator, producer, director and puppeteer Bob (Robert Emerson) Clampett was born in San Diego, California. Clampett was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Brothers. Without graduating high school, Clampett joined the team working on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and designed some of
On this day, May 7, 1932, author and illustrator Nonny Hogrogian was born in New York City. She studied at Hunter College and at the New School for Social Researchboth in New York City. Hogrogian began illustrating published books in 1960 and has won the Caldecott Medal twice.
On this day, May 6, 1935, illustrator Ted Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York. Lewin trained at Pratt Institute of Art. He has illustrated over 100 books for children and young adults and won a Caldecott Honor for his work in Peppe the Lamplighter.
On this day, May 5, 1932, comic book artist Stan Goldberg was born in New York City. In the 50s Goldberg studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York focusing on TV storyboarding. Goldberg is best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist creating the color schemes
On this day, May 4, 1958, artist and illustrator Keith Haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Haring was also influenced by his father a cartoonist. With the advent of his signature figures and style, Haring opened a retail store selling merchandize marked with his iconic characters and supporting