Bob Staake interned at the Robert F Kennedy Memorial's Students Press Law Center.
10 Facts About Bob Staake
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Artwork by Bob Staake has been published in the Chicago Tribune, Easy Reader, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated Kids, Time, USA Today, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
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Bob Staake's illustrations have appeared in advertising for numerous companies, including American Express, the Cartoon Network, Dr Pepper, Hallmark Cards, Kenner Toys, McDonald's, Nickelodeon, Ralston Purina, Sony and United Airlines.
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Bob Staake created many covers for The New Yorker, beginning with the September 4,2006 issue.
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Bob Staake is noted for using vintage software to create his illustrations.
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Bob Staake began as a book illustrator in 1992 when he contributed to Jay Leno's Headlines.
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Bob Staake followed with numerous books for children, including The Red Lemon, named by The New York Times as one of the ten best illustrated children's books of 2006.
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Bob Staake explained how a subject's personality is incorporated into a drawing and provided reference materials, along with samples of caricaturists, including David Levine, Mort Drucker and Ralph Steadman.
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In 1990,1991 and 1993, Bob Staake wrote and co-edited the Humor and Cartoon Markets series of resource books listing magazines, newsletters, greeting card companies and other publishers who purchase humorous illustrations.
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In September 2016 Bob Staake released under the pseudonym Arthur Gackley a book of children's book covers for adults entitled Bad Little Children's Books.