Mitchell Hilary Hooks (April 2, 1923 – March 18, 2013)[1][2] was an American artist andillustrator known for his artwork for paperback books and magazines.
Hooks was born inDetroit,Michigan to Hilary M. and Marie (nee Andrews) Hooks. He attendedCass Technical High School and later joined theUnited States Army as an infantryman in 1944, where he deployed to Germany afterWorld War II foroccupation duty. He became a second lieutenant during the war, after which he began his freelance illustration career inNew York City.[3]
He painted paperback covers forAvon,Bantam Books,Dell Books,Fawcett Publications and others, and illustrated for magazines includingCosmopolitan,The Saturday Evening Post,The Ladies' Home Journal,Redbook,McCall's, andWoman's Day.[3] He illustratedromance novels,[4]science fiction andcrime fiction, such asRoss Macdonald'sLew Archer,Peter Corris'sCliff Hardy and B.B. Johnston'sSuperspade series.[5]
Hooks illustrated the 36-page bookletHow to Respect and Display Our Flag for theU.S. Marine Corps.[6] He also designedfilm posters, including the firstJames Bond movie,Dr. No — for which he painted "the iconic image of Sean Connery as Bond"[7] — andThe Face of Fu Manchu.
In later years he also illustrated hardcover books forThe Franklin Library,Reader's Digest Books andCoronado Publishers, and did advertising art.[3]
Hooks was 89 when he died.[2]
In 1999, he was inducted into theSociety of Illustrators Hall of Fame.[8]
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