Charles N. Landon

Charles N. Landon
Born(1878-12-19)December 19, 1878
Norwalk, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMay 17, 1937(1937-05-17) (aged 58)
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Known forIllustrator, Teacher, Entrepreneur
Notable workLandon School of Illustration and Cartooning
Landon promoted his correspondence school with advertisements like this one from a 1925 issue of Popular Mechanics.

Charles Nelson Landon (December 19, 1878 – May 17, 1937)[1] was an illustrator for The Cleveland Press, art director for the Newspaper Enterprise Association and art editor of Cosmopolitan. He is most notable as the founder of the Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning, a mail-order correspondence course that trained a generation of leading syndicated cartoonists in drawing for publication.

1904 newspaper illustration by Landon
  1. ^ N. Landon, Charles (2009) [First published 1922]. John Garvin (ed.). The Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning (PDF). History of Cartoon Instruction Series. Enchanted Images. ISBN 978-0-9785946-3-3.