Mitchell Hooks

Mitchell Hooks (April 2, 1923) is an American artist and illustrator renowned for his artwork for paperback books and magazines (The Saturday Evening Post, McCall's, Cosmopolitan, Redbook).[1]

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hooks painted paperback covers for Avon, Bantam, Dell Books, Fawcett Publications and others.[2] He illustrated romance novels,[3] science fiction and crime fiction, such as the Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer, Peter Corris's Cliff Hardy and B.B. Johnston's Superspade series.[4]

Hooks illustrated How to Respect and Display Our Flag for the U.S. Marine Corps. He also designed film posters, including Dr. No and The Face of Fu Manchu.

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Awards

In 1999, he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.[5]

References

  1. ^ Mitchell Hooks - Artist, Art - Mitchell Hooks
  2. ^ Original Illustration Art: Pulp, Pulp-like, Digests and Paperback Art, Mitchell Hooks - Original Paperback Cover Art (1971)
  3. ^ p.16 McKnight-Trontz, Jennifer The Look of Love:The Art of the Romance Novel 2002 Princeton Architectural Press
  4. ^ Dare to Judge This Book: Great Paperback Cover Artists
  5. ^ Hall of Fame: Society of Illustrators

Sources

"The Paperback Art of Mitchell Hooks", Illustration Magazine 10

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