Tony DiTerlizzi

#1 New York Times bestselling co-creator of THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES. WONDLA now streaming on AppleTV+.

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My first Magic card was released 30 years ago so it's time to celebrate! Ang and I will be attending Magic Con in Las Vegas! We're creating lots of fun stuff to add to your collection (like brand new UltraPro playmats) and, of course, I'll sign all your cards. See ya there!✨ @PlayMTG

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@pulphummock @DungeonNoir You have great taste in art, my friend. That's some mighty fine company.

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@DungeonNoir I just drew the pictures on this one!

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A new book is looming from @penguinkids . You can read an excerpt over at @people : https://t.co/3l0RnNHa81

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@dragontimeDM @OldSchoolRPGArt This is from Dragon magazine, 1998.

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Sending wintry holiday magic your way!✨❄✨

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WondLa: The Art & Making of the Limited Series!
This new release features a look at the concept art behind the animated adaptation of @TonyDiTerlizzi’s books. It’s a fantastic artbook for fans wanting more from the show!
Read a full review below 👇

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Transferring a sketch of Tinsel the Christmas Fairy and prepping her for painting for my picture book, "The Broken Ornament", now available wherever books are sold.✨ @SimonKIDS

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@OldSchoolRPGArt That was a fun one!🐀

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Lastly, here's another treasure from my collection: a neat paper craft that was released in 1946.

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Near the end of America’s Great Depression an ad-writer created a Christmas classic that has been cherished by millions, as well as this big kid.

Robert L. May bounced around from job to job, due to budget cuts from the financial strain from the Depression. May and his family moved to Chicago in 1936, where he was hired as an in-house copywriter for the department store chain, Montgomery Ward.

During the holiday season, the stores offered a gift-with-purchase, which had been coloring books, however; for 1939 they wanted to give an original storybook instead and May was asked to write it. Throughout that year, he crafted his Christmas poem while working with in-house illustrator, Denver Gillan...although that July, May’s wife, Barbara, lost her battle with cancer.

After Barbara’s passing, May’s boss offered to relieve him from finishing the book but May carried on as his daughter loved the story. That December, against the backdrop of WWII, over 2 million copies of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” were given away to delighted shoppers across the country.

After the war, Montgomery Ward’s CEO gifted the rights to Rudolph to May—even though he had created the book as a company employee. May reached out to his brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, in hopes that he could pen a Christmas song based on the book. In 1949, legendary cowboy singer, Gene Autry, released the smash hit “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. And, as we sing every year about ol’ Rudy, “you'll go down in history”.🦌

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Before the Rankin & Bass stop-motion production existed that we all know and love, animator Max Fleischer brought Rudy and the gang to life back in 1948.
https://t.co/rrKXTVpbbp

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What a tragedy. Rob Reiner directed some of my favorite movies.🎥

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I am excited for these new custom stickers that just arrived! @stickerobot does a terrific job and I've worked with them for years. You'll be able to get these at my yet-to-be announced signing events in 2026! (...or you can write me a letter :)

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@Moorhawk weird that it popped up...maybe the hashtags? this was my exhibition poster for the Norman Rockwell museum...

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The tonal under-drawing is complete. Tomorrow I paint! #drawing #tonyditerlizzi #exhibitionposter #fantasyart #childrensbookillustration

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His work has been a tremendous inspiration on me from the moment I copied his loose, lively ink drawings in my dog-eared paperback copies of the A.A. Milne books that mom used to read at bedtime. You can clearly see his influence later in the black and white illustrations I rendered for The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Three cheers for Pooh and three cheers for this legend of pen and ink!

(📷Photo of Shepard in his studio restored by Yours Truly)

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🎉Ernest H. Shepard was born on this day back in 1879!
The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".