Arnold Roth facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Arnold Roth |
|
|---|---|
Roth at the New York Comic Con in 2016
|
|
| Born | February 25, 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
|
Notable works
|
Trump, The New Yorker, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Esquire |
Arnold Roth, born on February 25, 1929, is a famous American cartoonist and artist. He has drawn for many different things, like advertisements, album covers, books, magazines, and newspapers. A well-known writer named John Updike once said that all cartoonists are super talented, but Arnold Roth is "especially so." This means he's really, really good!
Contents
Discovering Arnold Roth's Art
Arnold Roth's amazing artwork can be found in many important places. His drawings are part of the collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. You can also see his work at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library and Museum. Even in Switzerland, his art is displayed at the Cartoonmuseum Basel. Many private collectors also own his unique pieces.
Drawing for Magazines
Roth's drawings have appeared in many popular magazines. He created covers for The New Yorker and his art was featured inside TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire.
He also worked with his friend Harvey Kurtzman on funny and clever magazines like Trump, Humbug, and Help!. Roth's cartoons started showing up in magazines in the late 1950s. He was a regular artist for Punch magazine from the late 1960s to the late 1980s.
Roth also contributed many pages to National Lampoon in the early 1970s. From 1981 to 1987, he drew political cartoons for The Progressive magazine.
Comic Strip Adventures
Arnold Roth also created his own comic strip called Poor Arnold's Almanac. It first appeared as a Sunday comic from 1959 to 1961. Later, he brought it back as a daily cartoon panel in 1989-90. A collection of these funny strips was published in a book by Fantagraphics Books in 1998.
Amazing Awards and Honors
Arnold Roth has won many awards for his fantastic artwork! The National Cartoonists Society gave him several awards for his advertising and illustration work in 1982, 1984, and 1985. He also received their Illustration Award multiple times (1976, 1979, 1981) and the Magazine and Book Illustration Award (1986, 1987, 1988).
He won the Special Feature Award in 1979 and the Sports Cartoon Award in 1976 and 1977. One of his biggest honors was the Reuben Award in 1983, which is like the "Oscar" for cartoonists! In 2000, he received their Gold Key Award, which is their Hall of Fame, recognizing his amazing career. Roth even served as the president of the National Cartoonists Society from 1983 to 1985.
On June 25, 2009, Roth was added to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. This honor celebrates artists who have made a huge impact on illustration. Artists are chosen based on all their work and how much they have influenced the art world. Roth had already received many Silver and Gold Stars from the Society of Illustrators before this big honor.
Books by Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth has written and illustrated several fun books:
- Pick A Peck Of Puzzles (1966)
- Arnold Roth's Crazy Book of Science (1971)
- A Comick Book of Sports (1974)
- A Comick Book Of Pets (1976)
- No Pain, No Strain (1996)
- Poor Arnold's Almanac (1998)
Books Illustrated by Arnold Roth
Roth has also illustrated many other books written by different authors. Here are a few examples:
- “Wally The Wordworm” by Clifton Fadiman (1964)
- “Grimms' Fairy Tales: The Macmillan Classics” (1966)
- “Isabel's Noel” by Jane Yolen (1967)
- “The Horse that Played Centerfield” by Hal Higdon (1969)
- “Bech: A Book” by John Updike (he did the cover art, 1970)
- “The Witch Who Wasn't” by Jane Yolen (1974)
- “A Sports Bestiary” by George Plimpton (1982)
- “The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover” by William F. Buckley Jr. (1998)
Album Covers
Arnold Roth designed cool cover art for many jazz and folk music albums. Some of these include:
- Dave Brubeck Octet (1950)
- Dave Brubeck's Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953)
- Dave Brubeck Plays and Plays and Plays (1957)
- Breaking it Up! Louis Prima with Keely Smith (1958)
- Pete Seeger Sings Little Boxes and Other Broadsides (1963)
Images for kids
-
A cartoon by Arnold Roth about animal rights.
