The Artists

The following is a list of the illustrators for The Bee’s Christmas covers for the past 50 years:

1959 – Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, Paul Webb

1960 – Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, Paul Webb

1961 – Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, Paul Webb

1962 – Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, Paul Webb

1963 – None

1964 – None

1965 – None

1966 – None

1967 – None

1968 – Harrie Wood

1969 – None

1970 – Nancy Hughes

1971 – Stephen Hensel

1972 – Joseph Boyce

1973 – Harrie Wood

1974 – child’s drawing

1975 – employee signatures

1976 – Frank Mack (cover first used in 1953)

1977 – employee signatures

1978 – Harrie Wood (cover first used in 1973)

1979 – Robert Rickwell

1980 – Harrie Wood

1981 – employee baby pictures

1982 – Robert Rickwell

1983 – Harrie Wood (cover first used in 1973)

1984 – Steven Kellogg

1985 – Harrie Wood (cover first used in 1968)

1986 – children’s drawings

1987 – greeting card collection of Angelo Russo

1988 – wreath and photo of town center

1989 – Steven Kellogg

1990 – Ted Swigart

1991 – Lainé Roundy

1992 – employee photos

1993 – Dawn Aquilina

1994 – Frank Mack (cover first used in 1954)

1995 – John Coutinho

1996 – John Coutinho

1997 – David Merrill

1998 – Lynn Johnson

1999 – Lynn Johnson

2000 – Lynn Johnson

2001 – Lynn Johnson

2002 – Lynn Johnson

2003 – Lynn Johnson

2004 – Steven Kellogg

2005 – Tanya Rotella

2006 – Frank Mack (cover first used in 1953)

2007 – Ross MacDonald (in memory of Kim J. Harmon)

2008 – Ross MacDonald