Gahan Wilson is born in Evanston, Ill. in 1930. The horror-fantasy cartoonist, illustrator and author is best known for his work in The New Yorker, Playboy and Collier’s, but his work also included the books Graveside Manner, and The Ultimate Haunted House, as well as illustrations for the Matthew Looney and Maria Looney children’s fantasy books. He died in 2019.
This Day in Halloween: Horror-fantasy cartoonist, illustrator and author Gahan Wilson is born in Evanston, Ill. in 1930. / Illustration by Amanda White