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th, 2001, Glaser created a new version with a bruised heart: “I ❤ NY More Than Ever.” Among his other striking designs were a poster of Bob Dylan in silhouette with multi-colored psychedelic hair included with his 1967 Greatest Hits album, the DC comics “bullet” logo used from 1977–2005, and the Brooklyn Brewery logo. He was the first graphic designer to be awarded the National Medal of Arts.In 1968 he co-founded New York magazine with editor Clay Felker.

Ashley Bryan wrote and illustrated award-winning children’s books including “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum” and Beautiful Blackbird.”Bryan began creating art as a child and went on to study art at Cooper Union. While in school, he was drafted into the U.S.

Jerry Pinkney was a children’s book illustrator and author known for books including the Caldecott Medal-winning “The Lion & the Mouse.”Pinkney illustrated more than 100 books for children and teens, beginning with the 1964 “The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales.” He often worked with author Julius Lester (1939–2018), including on “John Henry” and several books in his “The Tales of Uncle Remus” series.

Chuck Close was a celebrated artist known for his large-scale portraits, some of which were composed of many tiny paintings arranged as pixels.Close was among the best-known artists of his era, with a large body of work centered on huge portraits of friends, fellow artists, and celebrities. Some are all but indistinguishable from photographs.

Lois Ehlert was an illustrator known for children’s books including the classic “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.”Ehlert was working as a graphic designer before she began illustrating children’s books while she was in her 50s. Her first book was 1987’s “Growing Vegetable Soup,” but it was the 1989 book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” with text by Bill Martin Jr.

Eric Carle was an author and illustrator of children’s books, including “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”“The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” published in 1969, has sold about 50 million copies and been translated into at least 40 languages. It has consistently been ranked among the best children’s books and best picture books.

Brenda Banks was one of the first Black women to work as an animator, with credits including “Wizards,” “The Simpsons,” and “King of the Hill.”Banks studied animation at California Institute of the Arts in the 1970s while getting her start professionally on projects including the TV movie “Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14” (1972) and the ABC Afterschool Special “The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red’s Head” (1974).