J. Otto Seibold

James Otto Seibold (born 1960) is an American artist and children's book creator. With no formal art training, he was able to sneak into the art world during the "outsider art" craze of the 1990s. His book ''Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride'', published by Viking in 1993, was the first children's picture book to be created with digital media. His 1997 book ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'' led to an animated television special of the same name.

His art has been shown at Mass MOCA, Deitch Projects NYC, The Getty LA, Contemporary Jewish Museum SF, Grass Hut Portland, MOCA LA, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts SF, Gallery Paule Anglim SF, Oakland Museum CA, Juxtapoz Gallery Detroit, and Galerie Impare in Paris. He has done freelance illustration for clients such as Nike, Time Warner, Girl Skateboards, Pixar, Comcast, Giant Robot, Target, TiVo, 826 Detroit, Quaker Oats, Fox Entertainment, Gnu Skateboards, Swatch, and Nordstrom.

His book ''Penguin Dreams'' was named by ''The New York Times'' one of the 10 best illustrated books of 1999. ''Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride'' won a Cuffie Award from Publishers Weekly; Mr. Lunch won for most memorable character in a lead role. ''Going to the Getty'' won an Art Directors Club Illustration Award. ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'' was a New York Times Bestseller and the movie version was nominated for an Emmy Award.

James has three children and resides in Oakland, California. Provided by Wikipedia