On this day, April 3, 1885, cartoonist Bud Fisher was born in Chicago, Illinois. After studies at the University of Chicago, Fisher worked as a journalist and sketch artist for the San Francisco Chronicle where he created the characters Mutt and Jeff. William Randolph Hearst’s later production of Fisher’s "Mutt and Jeff" strips exposed readers across the

On this day, April 2, 1923, illustrator Mitchell Hooks was born in Detroit, Michigan. After service in the U. S. military, Hooks worked in New York as a freelance illustrator producing paperback book covers and magazine illustrations. Hooks also designed movie posters including one for the first James Bond movie.

On this day, April 1, 1852, illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey was born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.  He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and began producing illustrations in the 1870s. Even after moving to England in 1878, Abbey continued to produced images for American publication as well as a variety of murals.