Quote of the day
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
R. O. Blechman

Born: 1930 (age 95)
Bio: Oscar Robert Blechman, known professionally as R. O. Blechman, is an American animator, illustrator, children's-book author, graphic novelist and editorial cartoonist whose work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions.
Known for:
- Dear James: Letters to a Young Illustrator (2009)
- The juggler of Our Lady (1953)
- Talking Lines (2009)
- Franklin the Fly (2008)
- Amadeo & Maladeo: A Musical Duet (2016)