This ever-expanding reference list provides background on a diverse spectrum of illustrators across time, cultures, and artistic styles.
Harvey Kurtzman
Editor and cartoonist best known for his creation and collaboration on the humor magazine MAD.
Charles Lilly
Award-winning illustrator for a wide variety of clients; most famous for his portrait of Malcolm X.
Leo Lionni
Groundbreaking modernist designer and children’s book illustrator who emerged as one of the international design community's most influential pathfinders and bridge-builders.
Don Maitz
Award-winning fantasy artist whose work is on books by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and more.
Gregory Manchess
Prolific oil painter who has illustrated books, magazines, postage stamps, and his own fantasy novel.
Don Martin
American illustrator and cartoonist whose work has been featured in various publications, and who is most notable for his work for MAD magazine.
Roy McKie
Author and illustrator most famous for his collaboration with Dr. Seuss and the Beginner Books imprint series.
June Reynard McKie
American artist well-known for her fashion illustration and portraiture, and whose work has been featured both in the US and abroad.
Franklin McMahon
Illustrator known for his reportage-style drawings, capturing historical events, court trials, and cultural moments with dynamic precision.
Neysa McMein
Created many cover illustrations and pastel drawings of strong and spirited American women.
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Norman Mingo
Commercial and magazine artist well-known for his depiction of MAD Magazine’s smiling mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.
Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses)
Known for her painted scenes of rural life in America, Moses began her art career at age 78.
Archibald Motley, Jr.
A Harlem Renaissance artist who addressed African American life and his own multiracial background.
Kadir Nelson
Contemporary illustrator and author focusing on the interconnectivity of the human experience in America.
