The Herb Garden

In more than forty casual essays, Herbert Rogoff discusses his varied life as a comic book editor, cartoonist and illustrator, public relations expert, and writer. Above all, he details his long partnership in the artistic life with his wife, painter Helen Van Wyk, with whom he created art, wrote and published a series of popular art instruction books, and produced the acclaimed PBS television program Welcome to My Studio. Herb tells witty and engaging stories about growing up in...
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In more than forty casual essays, Herbert Rogoff discusses his varied life as a comic book editor, cartoonist and illustrator, public relations expert, and writer. Above all, he details his long partnership in the artistic life with his wife, painter Helen Van Wyk, with whom he created art, wrote and published a series of popular art instruction books, and produced the acclaimed PBS television program Welcome to My Studio. Herb tells witty and engaging stories about growing up in Brooklyn, serving in the Marines as World War II ended, breaking into New York City's comic book world during the art form's Golden Age, transforming the combat comic G. I. Joe into a peacetime bestseller about army life, producing over 8000 drawings for the world's first sign language dictionary, crossing the country to promote M. Grumbacher art supplies, and purchasing a portrait by John Singer Sargent. He shares many stories from his life, work, and travels with Helen, offering a loving portrait of this accomplished portraitist and painter of still-lifes. Illustrated with a generous selection of Helen's paintings and Herb's drawings--including a portfolio of never-before-published cartoons--as well as rare family photographs.