Bob Staake

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name = Bob Staake


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works = Book "The Red Lemon" (2006)
Book "The Donut Chef" (2008)
Book "The Orb Of Chatham" (2005)

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Bob Staake (b. September 26, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, childrens book author, and designer. He lives and works in Chatham, Massachusetts on the elbow of Cape Cod.

Staake attended the University of Southern California (1977) on a Journalism/International relations scholorship. Interned at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial's Students Press Law Center.

Commercial illustration

Illustrations by Staake appear in The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and others. Illustrations by Staake are used in advertising by such companies as McDonald's, American Express, Sony, United Airlines, Nickelodeon, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Ralston Purina, Hallmark Cards, Kenner Toys, and others.

Starting in 1993, Staake illustrated and contributed concepts to The Style Invitational, which is a humor contest at The Washington Post.

In 1995, Staake became a regular contributor to Mad Magazine.

In the September 4, 2006 issue of The New Yorker, Staake created the first of many cover illustrations to follow for that magazine.

Books for children

Staake began working in the field of book illustration in 1992 when he illustrated Jay Leno's Headlines, published by Warner Books. He turned to children's publishing in 1998 with his first authored and illustrated book for children, My Little 1 2 3 Book, a 26 page board book published by Little Simon. He has gone on to illustrate and author numerous books for children, including The Red Lemon, which was named by The New York Times as one of the ten best illustrated children's books of 2006.

Author

Staake explains important aspects of caricature in his 1991 book, The Complete Book of Caricature published by North Light Books. Staake details how a subjects personality is incorporated into a drawing and provides extensive reference materials to use while drawing as well as techniques. Staake used extensive samples of caricature professionals including David Levine, Mort Drucker and Ralph Steadman and others.

In 1990, 1991 and 1993, Staake wrote and co-edited the Humor and Cartoon Markets books, all of which were resource books which listed magazines, newsletters, greeting card companies and other publishers who purchase humorous illustrations on a regular basis.

In 1996, Staake wrote The Complete Book of Humorous Art published by North Light Books, in which he interviews 20 humorous illustrators, including Gary Baseman, Lou Brooks, Elwood Smith and others who describe how they create their illustrations for magazines, ads, posters, books, greeting cards and packaging.

Awards

*New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books Award (2006) [ cite web|url=http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards-nyt-illustrated.asp |title=New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2006 |accessdate=2008-05-24 |work=BookReporter.com ]
*National Cartoonist Society, Reuben Award, Best Cartoonist in the Division of Newspaper Illustration (1997) [ cite web|url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/newspaper.asp | title=Rueben Awards | accessdate=2008-05-24 |work=National Cartoonists Society |publisher=National Cartoonists Society ]

Bibliography

authored and illustrated by

*Trucks Go Pop! ( 2008) (ISBN 0-316-00510-X)
*The Donut Chef (2008) (ISBN 0-375-84403-1)
*This is not a Pumpkin (2007) (ISBN 1-416-93353-0)
*The Red Lemon (2006) ISBN-10: (0-375-83593-8) (2007)
*Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales for Human Beings (2006) (ISBN 1-560-97702-7)
* The Orb Of Chatham (2005) (ISBN 1-933-21214-4)
*Hello, Robots (2004) (ISBN 0-670-05905-6)
*Little Golden Picture Dictionary (2002) (ISBN 0-307-96035-8)
*My Little Opposites Book (2001) (ISBN 0-689-83487-X)
*My Little Color Book (2001) (ISBN 0-689-83486-1)
*My Little 123 Book (1998) (ISBN 0-689-81660-X)

authored by

*The complete book of humorous art (1996) (ISBN 0-891-34623-6)
*1993 Humor and Cartoon Markets (1992) (ISBN 0-898-79559-1)
*1991 Humor and Cartoon Markets (1991) (ISBN 0-898-79428-5)
*The complete book of caricature (1991) (ISBN 0-891-34367-9)illustrated by
*Sputter Sputter Sput (2008) ISBN (0-060-56222-6)
*Mary Had a Little Lamp (2008) (ISBN 1-599-90169-2)
*I'm a Truck (2006) (ISBN 0-375-83263-7)
*One hundred shoes (2002) (ISBN 0-375-92178-8)
*What Am I? # (2007) (ASIN: B0014DBVA0)
*Pigs rock! (2003) ISBN (0-670-03581-5)
*Hairy science (2000) (ISBN 0-448-44095-4)
*Thumbs up science (2000) (ISBN 0-448-44094-6)
*Bouncing science (2000) ( ISBN 0-448-44088-1)
*Shadowy science (2000) (ISBN 0-448-44089-X)
*Thumbs up science (2000) (ISBN 0-448-44094-6)
*June's Tune (2000) (ISBN 1-891-32726-7)
*The Mighty Little Lion Hunter (2000) (ISBN 1-891-32722-4)
*A Boy's guide to life (1998) (ISBN 0-201-15168-5)
*A Girl's guide to life (1997) ISBN (0-201-15167-7)
*Splish!: A Hands-Free Guide to the Sea Monkeys' Greatest Show (1996) (ISBN 0-689-80815-1)
*Boing!: A Hands-Free Guide to Tricks, Gizmos & Natural Blunders (1996) (ISBN 0-689-80814-3)
*True and Tacky II: More Weird Stories from the World's Newswires (1992) (ISBN 0-886-87651-6)
* Headlines (1992) (ISBN 0-517-08238-1)

Artistic Influences

Diane Arbus, Aurelius Battaglia, Mary Blair, Jean Carlu, A.M. Cassandre, Paul Colin, Dr. Seuss, Charles and Ray Eames, Walker Evans, Tibor Gergely, Edward Gorey, Paul Klee, Alvin Lustig, J.P.Miller, Paul Rand, Richard Scarry, Raymond Scott, Ettore Sottsass, Phillipe Starck, Grant Wood [ cite web|url=http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=192 |title=PIXELSURGEON / Interviews / Illustration / Bob Staake |accessdate=2008-05-24 |last=Arber |first=Jason |date=2002 |work=Pixelsurgeon ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bobstaake.com The Artist's Website]
* [http://illoz.com/bobstaake Additional illustration portfolio images] at [http://illoz.com illoz]
* [http://www.drawger.com/bobstaake The Artist's Blog]
* [http://www.mychatham.com/orbofchatham.html Video Interview with Bob Staake about the Orb of Chatham]