On this day, June 22, 2001, cartoonist and illustrator George R. Evans died in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Evans studied at the Scranton Art School and then entered the Army. After WWII, Evans began working for comic books. In addition to working for Fiction House’s comics, Evans also did some pulp illustrations and titles for Fawcett. Later
On this day, June 16, 1983, artist and illustrator Doris Emrick Lee died in Clearwater, Florida. After attending Rockford College in Illinois, she studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and then in Paris. Even as she was making her name as an artist, she was
On this day, June 15, 1989, pulp illustrator Chester Bloom died in Queens, New York. Canadian by birth, Bloom and his family moved to New York City in 1939. Even as he began created work for pulp magazines, Bloom studied at the Art Students League in New York. He served in the U. S. Army in
On this day, June 14, 1914, illustrator, artist, and writer Winifred Milius Lubell was born in New York City. Lubell’s initial training was by her mother, a painter Elsa Simonson and later at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League of New York. Lubell was a socially aware writer and illustrator and
On this day, June 13, 1927, illustrator C. Coles Phillips died in New Rochelle, New York. Phillips went to Kenyon College in his native state of Ohio. In his junior year, Phillips went to New York to work as an illustrator. From 1908 until just before his death, Phillips cover illustrations appears on Life magazine at
On this day, June 12, 1956, cartoon illustrator Scott Roberts was born in New Jersey. H created his first cartoon character, Patty-Cake, when he was nine and many years later it became a comic book. Roberts has also worked on Miep & Patches, Comic Book Defenders, Bob the Man, and Because it was Your Birthday. He has
On this day, June 11, 1842, artist and illustrator E. B. (Edmund Birchhead) Bensell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Bensell is best known for his ink drawings illustrating Charles F. Hazeltine’s edition of the work of William Shakespeare. He also created illustrations for Scribners & Sons,
On this day, June 10, 1873, Olive Rush born near Fairmount, Indiana. She studied art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art School, at the Art Students League, with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware, and at the Boston Museum School. Rush worked as a successful illustrator of magaazines covers and stories, and was also a skilled mural painter.
On this day, June 9, 1906, illustrator Jon Whitcomb was born in Weatherford City, Oklahoma. His earliest training was from his father who taught drafting and his mother had been an art instructor. After studying English at Ohio Wesleyan University and then Ohio State, Whitcomb worked freelance in New York. During WWII he served in the
On this day, June 8, 1908, Morr Kunset was born in Brooklyn, New York. During high school Kunset studied at Pratt Institute for one semester. After high school Kunset studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. In addition to his pulp illustrations, Kunset also created paintings of MGM movie stars that