On this day, May 28, 1982, illustrator Joseph Bodner died California. After service in WWII, Bodner studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His work typically focused on the vanishing western imagery. His painting The Resurrection of Jonathan was exhibited at the premiere of the movie, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Bodner also provided the illustrations to Bruce Lee’s 1978 martial arts book the Fighting Method.

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