I was never a planner, but to wait is to plan, or it is itself some sort of plan. Actions move us swiftly into the irrevocable, but to wait keeps the irrevocable at a distance. —Christopher Sorrentino #SundayComics #GraphicDesignComic

The Iola Register Iola, Kansas Tuesday, August 17, 1993

Happy birthday Imre Reiner. The unique calligrapher, historian, typographer, and graphic designer, known for lively, idiosyncratic, hand-drawn letterforms, was born today in 1900. #lettering

Happy birthday Norma Kitson. The principled anti-apartheid activist, famous for founding “Red Lion Setters,” a typesetting and printing collective that supported social and feminist causes, was born today in 1933.

Happy birthday Joe Caroff. The seminal graphic designer, underappreciated for an iconic and influential oeuvre, including hundreds of poster film titles, logos, hand-drawn lettering et al., was born today in 1921. #graphicdesign

Happy birthday Roger Black. The award-winning consultant, art director, famous for designing all the magazines and newspapers, notably Rolling Stone and Newsweek, as well as co-founding Font Bureau, was born today in 1948. #graphicdesign

Happy birthday Seymour Chwast. The award-winning graphic designer, illustrator & typographer, famous for founding Push Pin studio & style, was born today in 1931. #graphicdesign pushpininc.com

Happy birthday Martin Mull. The multi-talented actor, musician, and artist, most famous for his comedic roles in television and film, and who studied painting & design at RISD, was born today in 1943. #secretgraphicdesigner

The Ballarat Star Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Friday, August 18, 1916

Happy birthday Arthur Baker. The renowned type designer and calligrapher, famous as the author of dozens of type-related books, and for the endless instances of his typefaces still in use today, was born today in 1930. #typedesign

The San Bernardino County Sun\ San Bernardino, California Tuesday, August 19, 1969

Happy birthday Léo Kouper. The French poster artist and illustrator, most recognized 1950s Charlie Chaplin film posters, and who later focused on theater posters, illustration, and graphic design, was born today in 1926. #movieposters

Happy birthday Alex Diggelmann. The decorated Swiss graphic designer, famous for winning 3 Olympic medals for his posters in the category Applied Graphics, was born today in 1902. #ArtOlympian

Happy birthday Tarō Gomi. The Japanese illustrator & author, trained as a designer & famous for publishing more than 400 children’s books, including Everybody Poops & The Crocodile and the Dentist, was born today in 1945. #ChildrensBooks

The Greeley Herald Greeley, Nebraska Tuesday, August 20, 1889

Happy birthday Aubrey Beardsley. The illustrator, provocateur & 'enfant terrible' of art nouveau, known for his influential black & white work that often emphasized the erotic & taboo, was born today in 1872. #illustration #artnouveau

Happy birthday Duncan Rathbun Hannah. The inimitable artist, illustrator, diarist & actor, famous for paintings that are simultaneously banal and unreal, being a scene-maker and early influencer, and also his 1970s NYC memoir, was born today in 1952. #TwentiethCenturyBoy

Happy birthday Matthew Leibowitz. The celebrated (in his time) modernist artist and graphic designer, remembered for an extensive career providing a full range of design services to a long list of notable American and international clients, was born today in 1918.

Happy birthday, Christina Ramberg. The well-traveled artist, quilter, and educator, notable for designing comic book-influenced paintings of the female form that examine ideas of gender, beauty, sex, and ritual with a nod to the absurd, was born today in 1946.

The Daily Freeman Kingston, New York Friday, August 21, 1970