eigenrobot on children's book art decline, names Trina Schart Hyman his GOAT
eigenrobot · x · 2026-10-15
Responding to a thread on golden-age children's book illustration, eigenrobot says he's unsure of the motivations but agrees children's art has become "uniformly slop". His GOAT is Trina Schart Hyman — a different era than the golden age but still excellent — and he argues the decline is a more recent phenomenon. Images show Hyman's work and a 1974 Cricket magazine cover.
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