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Crockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk (October 20, 1906–July 11, 1975). He is perhaps best known for the comic strip ''Barnaby'' (1942–1952) and the ''Harold'' series of books begun with ''Harold and the Purple Crayon''. From 1965 until his death Johnson created over a hundred paintings relating to mathematics and mathematical physics. Eighty of these are found in the collections of the National Museum of American History.〔(National Museum of American History page on Crocket Johnson, with images of paintings )〕 ==Biography== Born in New York City, Johnson grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, studying art at Cooper Union in 1924, and at New York University in 1925.〔("Harold, Barnaby, and Dave: A Biography of Crockett Johnson" ). Philip Nel.〕 He explained his choice of pseudonym as follows: "Crockett is my childhood nickname. My real name is David Johnson Leisk. Leisk was too hard to pronounce -- so -- I am now Crockett Johnson!"〔 By the late 1920s, Johnson was art editor at several McGraw-Hill trade publications. With the Great Depression, Johnson became politicized and turned leftward, joining the radical Book and Magazine Writers Union. In 1934, he began his cartooning career by contributing to the Communist Party publication ''New Masses'' and subsequently joined the publication's staff, becoming its art editor and redesigning the magazine's layout. He remained with the magazine until 1940 and embarked on a career drawing comic strips in a series in ''Collier's'' magazine named "The Little Man with the Eyes". In 1942, he developed the ''Barnaby'' strip which would make him famous for the left-wing daily newspaper ''PM''. The children's book ''Harold and the Purple Crayon'' was published in 1955. He died of lung cancer in 1975.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crockett Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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