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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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