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Hailed as the "King of Cartoons", Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. One of his cartoon characters, Poor Pitiful Pearl, was made into a popular line of dolls starting in 1956.
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Over seventy-three years, until his passing in 2003, William Steig contributed 123 covers and 1,676 drawings to The New Yorker, a venerable publication that originated just five years before his art first appeared on its pages.
William Steig (born November 14, 1907, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died October 3, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts) was an author, illustrator, and cartoonist who developed a national reputation in the latter half of the 20th century for his thought-provoking, doodle-style cartoons.
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Oct 6, 2003 · By Sarah Boxer. Oct. 6, 2003. William Steig, whose insouciant cartoons of street-tough kids and squiggly drawings of satyrs, damsels, dogs and drunks delighted and challenged readers of The New...
In conjunction with the exhibition, The Jewish Museum and Yale University Press co-published The Art of William Steig. The 208-page book features 128 color and 153 black-and-white illustrations, many previously unpublished, and includes a foreword by acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Dec 1, 2020 · Each year, the Caldecott Medal is awarded to the best example of children's book illustration. Today, we take a look at 1970's winner, William Steig, who not only had a massively successful career later in life as a children's book writer, but also was wildly successful in his first career as a cartoonist.
Steig began selling his illustrations to The New Yorker in 1930, eventually producing more than 1,600 drawings and 117 covers. Then at 61, he launched a career in children’s books, bringing to that medium the same tongue-in-cheek humor, vivid characterization, distinctive line, and wide-eyed enthusiasm that made his adult work so popular.
