January 14, 2005

OSBORN'S DILBERT

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I'd never heard of cartoonist Robert Osborn before today.

Cartoonist Paul Giambarba has started a new weblog devoted to cartoonists past and present, and his first lengthy entry is devoted to Osborn, and his drawings of Lt. Dilbert, USN - a character who appeared in thousands of posters and service manuals describing all sorts of hazards to U.S. Navy pilots during World War II. Milton Caniff's Male Call is the subject of his next posting.

Also check out Giambarba's other blog 100 Years Of Illustration & Design where he examines the likes of Howard Pyle, Haddon Sunblom and Norman Rockwell, among others. Beautiful stuff.

Posted by at January 14, 2005 05:02 PM