His longer works include Dominic (1972),The Real Thief Roland, the Minstrel Pig and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. In the late '60s,he began his series of illustrated books with Great commercial success and were branded as a line in clothing. His Small Fry series, based on Bronx children, were a His works fetched fancy prices in such publications as Judge and House painter and his mother a seamstress,began drawing,basing hisĬharacters on Grimms'Fairy Tales,Charlie Chaplin films and comics. Had them living ``horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all whoĪfter a tough upbringing,Steig, whose father was a Polish immigrant Given a make over with his voice read by the comedian Mike Myers inĭialogue with Cameron Diaz as the princess whom he married. In the tradition of American movies,Shrek was The ``foul and fearless'' figure which appeared in In fact, theShrek seen in the 2001 film bore little resemblance to Newspapers,and he went on to write and illustrate dozens of novels for Shrek,a monster so hideous that he shrank from his own reflection.īut Steig had thousands of his cartoons placed in magazines and Most people these days will remember Steig as the creator of Said.``I have been able to do something I loved all my life.'' This year he summed up his career.``I'm lucky,''he The man from New York's Bronx had no difficulty entering the mindsīut this was a gift that served William Steig well, and earlier OBITUARY - William Steig." Retrieved from MLA style: "OBITUARY - William Steig." The Free Library.
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