Millionaire, Tony
Tony Millionaire (1956 - present), born Scott Richardson, is an American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his comics Sock Monkey and Maakies, with its suicidal protagonists Drinky Crow and Gabby, later adapted as a show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim titled 'The Drinky Crow Show.' Tending towards the graphic, surreal, and ribald, Millionaire's work is influenced by some of the more creative cartoons and comics of the interwar period, though often with a distinctly nautical theme. Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to a family of artists, he attended the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Moving frequently and struggling as an illustrator in the late 1970s through early 1990s, Millionaire finally broke through with Maakies, first run by the New York Press in 1994. His work has appeared in a variety of formats, including nationwide newspapers, alternative newspapers, television, comic books, record covers, and more.
African-American Arts and Identity.
This is a 2003 pictorial map of the Harlem neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, drawn by Tony Millionaire. It highlights the many facets of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s - 30s). (more details)