On this day, June 7, 1915, comic book artist and illustrator Graham Ingels was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was the son of a commercial artist. Ingels studied at the Hawthorne School of Art in New York. He began freelancing at the age of 14. After a stint in the navy, Ingels began working for Fiction
On this day, June 6, 1883, illustrator Paul Martin was born in New York City. Martin studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. He worked as a freelance illustrator producing magazine cover illustrations and story illustrations and was also a highly ranked tennis player.
On this day, June 5, 1905, comic book artist Wayne Boring was born in Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. By the late 1930s he was ghosting/drawing on various comic books. He ghosted for the Superman comic strip and eventually became the credited
On this day, June 4, 1951, author and illustrator Wendy Fletcher Pini was born in San Francisco. Influenced by English Victorian illustrators, Walt Disney, Jack Kirby, and Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka, Fletcher worked and a sci-fi illustrator. With her husband Richard Pini they have produced Elfquest series of comics and graphic novels.
On this day, June 3, 1982, illustrator Harold Von Schmidt died in Westport, Connecticut. He studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the San Francisco Art Institute, and after WWI with Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His work appeared in many popular magazines. In 1920
On this day, June 2, 1953, illustrator and artist Rick Berry was born in San Bernadino, California. Self-trained, Berry worked in developing field of digital illustration and in 1985 produced the first computer-generated illustration for a novel for Ace Books.
On this day, June 1, 1889, painter, children’s book author and illustrator James Henry Daugherty was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art and later with muralist Frank Brangwyn in London. Daugherty produced posters during WWI and after wrote and illustrated several children’s books., one Daniel Boone won the Newbery Medal.
On this day, May 31, 2008, illustrator Clifford N. Geary died in Hague, New York. Geary trained at the Massachusetts School of Art. He primarily worked illustrating science books and science fiction novels, especially Robert A. Heinlein’s juvenile series of stories published between 1948 and 1956.
On this day, May 30, 1927, illustrator Bob Peak was born in Denver, Colorado. After service in the Korean War, Peak studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He settled in New York City and began to create advertising and magazine illustrations. In 1961 Peak designed the poster for West Side Story
On this day, May 29, 1899, Boris Artzybasheff born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He emigrated to the U. S. and settled in New York City. His earliest illustrations appeared in books in the 1920s. Artzybasheff also created magazine illustrations and advertisements for various companies.