Illustrationintheworld

  Francis Goodwin, better known as Frank (October 20, 1889 – August 5, 1959), was an American illustrator and cartoonist, best known for his Connie strips and his book illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Robin Hood and King Arthur. He was also a prolific editorial and advertising illustrator. Born in Washington, son of the editor of the Washington Star city newspaper, in 1905, at the age of 16 he began as an apprentice on the pages of his father's newspaper [American Art Archives: Frank Godwin]. He studied in New York at the Art Students League, where he became friends with James Montgomery Flagg with whom he shared the studio. Influences from both Flagg and Charles Dana Gibson can be seen in Godwin's work.

  Mead Schaeffer (July 15, 1898 – November 6, 1980) was an American illustrator active from the early to middle twentieth century. Schaeffer was born in Freedom Plains, New York, in 1898, the son of Presbyterian preacher Charles Schaeffer and his wife Minnie. He grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. After completing high school, he enrolled in the Pratt Institute in 1916. At Pratt his teachers included Harvey Dunn and Charles Chapman. Dunn criticized many of Schaeffer's early projects. While a student at Pratt, Schaeffer illustrated the first of seven 'Golden Boy' books written by L. P. Wyman. Mead was married in 1921. In 1922, at age 24, he was hired to illustrate a series of classic novels for publisher Dodd Mead. His work for Dodd Mead continued until 1930. The books that he illustrated during this period included Moby-Dick, Typee, and Omoo by Herman Melville; The Count of Monte Cristo; and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. In 1930, Schaeffer turned his attention from ...

  Travis Charest (born 1969) is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker and painter, known for his work on such books as Darkstars, WildC.A.T.s, Grifter/Shi, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age and The Metabarons. He is known for his detailed line work and muted color palette, and is a much sought after cover artist, having done extensive cover work for many other books, such as various Star Wars series from Dark Horse Comics. His work has influenced artists such as Chrissie Zullo, Shelby Robertson, and David Marquez Charest was born in 1969 on a farm in the small Canadian town of Leduc, Alberta. His parents held various jobs, though he has stated that his mother and sister were skilled designers, and attributes his early childhood interest in drawing to them. His earliest exposure to genre illustration came through Metal Hurlant, which his uncle collected. American comics were not among his earliest reading, and his initial drawings were of life, such as animals.

Marc Silvestri (Palm Beach, March 29, 1959) is an American cartoonist and publisher. He is currently the CEO of Top Cow. Silvestri began drawing books for DC Comics and First Comics, but emerged as a talent at Marvel Comics, most notably as artist on Uncanny X-men between 1987 and 1990. He later worked for two years on the Wolverine spin-off . In 1992, Silvestri became one of seven artists - with Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane and Jim Valentino - who broke away from the big publishing companies and founded Image Comics. Silvestri's stable of titles began with Cyberforce, under the Top Cow label. The demands of the role of editor meant that time spent on the drawing board was drastically reduced. Many of Silvestr's stories were scripted by his brother Eric. Disputes among Image's founders led to his temporary departure from the publishing house in 1996; after the split between Rob Liefeld and Image, Silvestri rejoined the company. Und...

  Frank Earle Schoonover (August 19, 1877 – September 1, 1972)   Born in Oxford, New Jersey, Schoonove  studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became part of what would be known as the Brandywine School. A prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called “Golden Age of Illustration”, he illustrated stories as diverse as Clarence Mulford’s Hopalong Cassidy stories and Edgar Rice Burroughs’s A Princess of Mars. In 1918 and 1919, he produced a series of paintings along with Gayle Porter Hoskins illustrating the American forces in the First World War for a series of souvenir prints published in the Ladies Home Journal. Schoonover helped to organize what is now the Delaware Art Museum and was chairman of the fundraising committee charged with acquiring works by Howard Pyle. In his later years he restored paintings including some by Pyle and turned to easel paintings of the Brandywine and Delaware lan...

Robert O. Reid was one of the most popular illustrators of the 30s and 40s, characterized by his work full of humor. Most of the work that the American Robert O. Reid carried out throughout his professional career could be considered as realistic illustrations filled with humor. Because He had a very particular style and accepted among the readers of that time, Reid quickly made his name in the publishing industry. From the late 1920s to the 1940s, the Robert O. Reid's illustrations appeared regularly in magazines such as Collier's, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, and The Saturday Evening Post. From August 1931 to December 1940, the prolific artist illustrated at least 35 Collier's covers and at least 40 stories in that magazine.