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Rabelais Inc., Biddeford, Maine

David Levine on writers: Mary Wollstonecraft

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear.  

Lit Toons: Cartoons with a bookish bent

First Lines: Lisa Grunwald

By the time Henry House was four months old, a copy of his picture was being carried in the pocketbooks of seven different women, each of whom called him her son.

The Irresistible Henry House

Lisa Grunwald

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on October 12

Alice Childress  (1916)
Robert Coles  (1929)
Paul Engle  (1908)
Robert Fitzgerald  (1910)
Eugenio Montale  (1896) 

Ann Petry  (1908)

The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Salman Rushdie

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear.