Victor Allen Crawford III (born March 22, 1968), better known by the sobriquet Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy, is an author, graphic designer, and illustrator. His first book, The Affected Provincial’s Companion, Vol. I, was published by .

In 1994 he created the popular Apogee typeface, which was exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and used in the Sci-Fi Channel series Andromeda.

Crawford currently lives with his wife Susan Crawford in New Egypt, New Jersey, where the pair run the creative firm Plankton Art Co. Among their most notable commissions is a 400-illustration ocean identification key for the American Museum of Natural History, which was completed in 2003 and will remain on display for thirty years.

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist, better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss (often pronounced ˈsuːs or ˈsjuːs, though he himself said ˈsɔɪs) He published over 60 children’s books, which were often characterized by his imaginative characters, rhyme and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most notable books include the bestselling classics Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including eleven television specials, three feature films and a Broadway musical.

Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York magazine. During World War II, he joined the Army to work in an animation department of the Air Force, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

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Bob Staake (b. September 26, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, childrens book author, and designer. He lives and works in Chatham, Massachusetts on the elbow of Cape Cod.

Staake attended the University of Southern California (1977) on a Journalism/International relations scholorship. Interned at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial’s Students Press Law Center.

Illustrations by Staake appear in The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and others. Illustrations by Staake are used in advertising by such companies as McDonald’s, American Express, Sony, United Airlines, Nickelodeon, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Ralston Purina, Hallmark Cards, Kenner Toys, and others. Starting in 1993, Staake illustrated and contributed concepts to The Style Invitational, which is a humor contest at The Washington Post. In 1995, Staake became a regular contributor to Mad Magazine. In the September 4, 2006 issue of The New Yorker, Staake created the first of many cover illustrations to follow for that magazine. Staake is noted for using old software to create his illustrations. He currently uses Adobe Photoshop 3.0 on Classic in Mac OS X.

Staake began working in the field of book illustration in 1992 when he illustrated Jay Leno’s Headlines, published by Warner Books. He turned to children’s publishing in 1998 with his first authored and illustrated book for children, My Little 1 2 3 Book, a 26 page board book published by Little Simon. He has gone on to illustrate and author numerous books for children, including The Red Lemon, which was named by The New York Times as one of the ten best illustrated children’s books of 2006.

Staake explains important aspects of caricature in his 1991 book, The Complete Book of Caricature published by North Light Books. Staake details how a subjects personality is incorporated into a drawing and provides extensive reference materials to use while drawing as well as techniques. Staake used extensive samples of caricature professionals including David Levine, and Ralph Steadman and others. In 1990, 1991 and 1993, Staake wrote and co-edited the Humor and Cartoon Markets books, all of which were resource books which listed magazines, newsletters, greeting card companies and other publishers who purchase humorous illustrations on a regular basis. In 1996, Staake wrote The Complete Book of Humorous Art published by North Light Books, in which he interviews 20 humorous illustrators, including Gary Baseman, Lou Brooks, Elwood Smith and others who describe how they create their illustrations for magazines, ads, posters, books, greeting cards and packaging.

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