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3	William Steig (November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist and cover artist for ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' for more than seven decades, and in his later life a writer and illustrator of children's books.
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5	He is best known for ''Literature/SylvesterAndTheMagicPebble'' and ''Literature/{{Shrek}}'', the latter of the two becoming a massive animated [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} franchise]]. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and as a writer in 1988.
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8	!!Works on this wiki:
9	* ''Literature/MrBlandingsBuildsHisDreamHouse'' (1946, illustrations only)
10	* ''Literature/SylvesterAndTheMagicPebble'' (1969)
11	* ''Literature/AbelsIsland'' (1976)
12	* ''Literature/DoctorDeSoto'' (1982)
13	* ''Literature/{{Shrek}}'' (1990)
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16	!!Associated tropes:
17	* AnimatedAdaptation:
18	** ''Doctor [=DeSoto=]'' was made into a [[WesternAnimation/DoctorDeSoto 1984 animated short]].
19	** ''Abel's Island'' was made into a 1989 animated short.
20	** ''Shrek'', of course, became a [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} hit franchise]], with six feature films (including the two spin-off, ''Puss in Boots'' films), nine short films, two television specials, and two television series.
21	* AntiHero: Shrek, due to his ugliness and coarser qualities.
22	* AnimalStereotypes: All of his animal-focused stories have these.
23	* ApprovalOfGod: Steig, in his 90s by that point, saw [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 the first Shrek film]] in theatres with his family, and reportedly adored it.
24	-->''"It’s vulgar, it’s disgusting — and I love it!"''
25	* FairyTale: His stories are modern fairy tales.
26	* TheMiddleAges: ''Shrek'' takes place in a parody version of this, complete with magical creatures like ogres and fairies.
27	* NoPlotNoProblem: ''C D B!'' and its sequel, ''C D C?'', are collections of unrelated cartoon drawings whose captions are broken down into letters and numbers, apparently meant to be read aloud by very young children.
28	* RhymesOnADime: Every character in ''Shrek'' possesses this style of speech, and when they don't, they use alliteration.
29	* ShownTheirWork: His stories demonstrate keen observation of the appearance and behavior of animals.
30	* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Nearly every work of his. Two examples are "Dr. [=DeSoto=]", which is about a mouse who is a dentist, and "The Zabajaba Jungle", which is about a dreamy rainforest with giant butterflies, writhing snakes, and an ungainly bird named Flora.
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