Happy 90th, Roy Doty! (Cartoonist: Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing")

[leno...@yahoo.com]

(There seems to be some doubt as to his birthdate.)

He lives in Norwalk, Connecticut.

http://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/2012/09/happy-90th-birthday-roy-doty.html

http://boingboing.net/2012/03/15/roy-doty-illustrates-a-new-boo.html

http://www.ccad.edu/blog/2011/11/roy-doty-now-this-is-what-we-call-a-career-2/

(a few tributes)


I've always enjoyed "Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing," though I have to agree with those critics of Blume who say that if kids reading it for the first time find the stories delightfully familiar, that has less to do with real life experiences than kids' familiarity with sitcom plots. (Why do you think Mrs. Hatcher is dumb enough to leave Fudge in a park with kids well under their teens - and earlier, why else would her husband even dream of hosting a valued client in the same apartment as a mischievous toddler?)


"Named Illustrator of the Year by National Cartoonist Society, twice."

www.roydoty.com
(his website)

http://www.themews.com/doty/bio.htm
(career outline)

http://www.reuben.org/ncs/members/biogs/doty.asp
(cartoon)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22roy+doty%22&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
(work and photos)




WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:


Uncle Pockets, Dodd, Mead, 1951.


(With Richard Wolters) Instant Dog, Dutton, 1968.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In #2: Mod, Mod World (based on his Laugh-In comic strip), New American Library, 1969.


(With Robert Stevenson) The Popular Science Illustrated Almanac for Home Owners, Popular Science, 1972.
(With Norma Klein) Girls Can Be Anything, Dutton, 1973.
Puns, Gags, Quips, and Riddles: A Collection of Dreadful Jokes (also see below), Doubleday, 1974.
(With Stevenson) Almanac for Home Makers, Grosset, 1974.
(With Barbara Rinkoff) No Pushing, No Ducking, Lothrop, 1974.
Q's Are Weird O's: More Puns, Gags, Quips, and Riddles (also see below), Doubleday, 1975.
Where Are You Going with That Tree?, Doubleday, 1976.
Where Are You Going with That Oil?, Doubleday, 1976.
Gunga, Your Din-Din Is Ready: Son of Puns, Gags, Quips, and Riddles (also see below), Doubleday, 1976.
Puns, Gags, Quips, and Riddles [and] Q's Are Weird O's (collection), Archway, 1976.
(With Esther R. Hautzig) Life with Working Parents, Macmillan, 1976.
Pinocchio Was Nosey: Grandson of Puns, Gags, Quips, and Riddles (also see below), Doubleday, 1977.
(With Lee Polk) The Incredible Television Machine, Macmillan, 1977.
(With Leonard Maar) Where Are You Going with That Coal?, Doubleday, 1977.
(With Maar) Where Are You Going with That Energy?, Doubleday, 1977.
Old One-Eye Meets His Match, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1978.
Gunga, Your Din-Din Is Ready [and] Pinocchio Was Nosey (collection), Archway, 1978.
King Midas Has a Gilt Complex, Doubleday, 1979.
(With Patrick F. McManus) Kid Camping from Aaaaiii! to Zip, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1979.
(With Maar) How Much Does America Cost?, Doubleday, 1979.


Tinkerbell Is a Ding-a-Ling, Doubleday, 1980.
(With Jean S. Doty) Macmillan's Children's Calendar 1981, Macmillan, 1980.
Children's Calendar 1982, Macmillan, 1981.
Children's Calendar 1983, Macmillan, 1982.
(With D. Reuther) Fun to Go, Macmillan, 1982.
(Co-author) Driver's Survival Handbook, Wahl, 1988.


Words around the Year, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1993.
The Family Handyman Wordless Workshop, Reader's Digest, 1996.

Author and illustrator of Laugh-In comic strip, 1968-71.


Illustrator:

Harry Walton, editor, Wordless Workshop, Taplinger, 1967.
Robert M. Herhold, Funny, You Don't Look Christian, Weybright & Talley, 1969.


Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Dell, 1972.
Frank R. Donovan, Let's Go Metric, Weybright & Talley, 1974.
Eleanor S. Clymer, Take Tarts as Tarts Is Passing, Dutton, 1974.
Clymer, Hamburgers--and Ice Cream for Dessert, Dutton, 1978.
Alvin Silverstein, Itch, Sniffle, and Sneeze, Four Winds Press, 1978.


Don L. Wulffson, How Sports Came to Be, Lothrop, 1980.
Rhodo Blumberg, The First Travel Guide to the Moon, Scholastic Book Service, 1980.
Don L. Wulffson, Extraordinary Stories behind the Invention of Ordinary Things, Lothrop, 1981.
Bernie Zubrowski, Raceways: Having Fun with Balls and Tracks, Morrow, 1985.
Bernie Zubrowski, Wheels at Work: Building and Experimenting with Models of Machines, Morrow, 1986.
Carol Barkin and Elizabeth James, How to Write Your Best Book Report, Lothrop, 1986.
Carol Barkin and Elizabeth James, How to Be School Smart: Secrets of Successful Schoolwork, Lothrop, 1988.
Bernie Zubrowski, Tops: Building and Experimenting with Spinning Toys, Morrow Junior Books, 1989.


Carol Barkin and Elizabeth James, Jobs for Kids: The Guide to Having Fun and Making Money, Lothrop, 1990.
Bernie Zubrowski, Balloons: Building and Experimenting with Inflatable Toys, Morrow Junior Books, 1990.
Bernie Zubrowski, Blinkers and Buzzers: Building and Experimenting with Electricity and Magnetism, Morrow Junior Books, 1991.
Sara Gilbert, You Can Speak Up in Class, Morrow Junior Books, 1991.
Polly Carter, The Bridge Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992.
Bernie Zubrowski, Mirrors: Finding about the Properties of Light, Morrow Junior Books, 1992.
Bernie Zubrowski, Mobiles: Building and Experimenting with Balancing Toys, Morrow Junior Books, 1993.
Bernie Zubrowski, Making Waves: Finding Out about Rhythmic Motion, Morrow Junior Books, 1994.
Molly Cone, Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth, UAHC Press, 1995.
Bernie Zubrowski, Shadow Play: Making Pictures with Light and Lenses, Morrow Junior Books, 1995.
Kathy Teck, Bears Beat Bowls in the Bathtub, Hit-It-Kits, 1996.
Bernie Zubrowski, Soda Science: Designing and Testing Soft Drinks, Morrow Junior Books, 1997.


Lenona.