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Crockett Johnson (October 20, 1906 – July 11, 1975) was the pen name of the American cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk. He is best known for the comic strip Barnaby (1942–1952) and the Harold series of books, beginning with Harold and the Purple Crayon .
Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other related books, as well as many adaptations. The story is written in third-person point-of-view, and follows a young boy on an ...
Created by Crockett Johnson, who is best known today for his children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the strip featured a cherubic-looking five-year-old and his far-from-cherubic fairy godfather, Jackeen J. O'Malley, a short, cigar-smoking man with four tiny wings. With a distinctive appearance because of its use of typography, the strip ...
The original 1955 children's picture book "Harold and the Purple Crayon," by Crockett Johnson, is set in a boy's bedroom, but never says where the boy's house is.
Based on the picture book of the same name by Crockett Johnson, the story follows the adventures of Harold as he embarks on a magical mission with the help of his purple crayon, which brings to ...
Don Wayne Johnson [1] [2] [3] (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election, state officials reported Sunday. The North Carolina State Election Board said 1,008,123 ballots have ...
Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon) Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016) Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actress; Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executive