ToughPigs: How did you get your start as an illustrator for Sesame Street? I’m sure you’ve all fallen in love with your fair share of Sesame Street books, which is why we’re so proud to present our interview with illustrator Joe Mathieu, along with some samples of his artwork, which you can click on to see in a larger format. He’s drawn practically every Sesame character, both puppet and human, and is responsible for such classic books as Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree, The Ernie and Bert Book, The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover, and many more (which you’ll read about below).
Joe Mathieu has been illustrating Sesame Street books for the last 38 years and shows no sign of stopping.
And if you were to pore through your collection, the name you’d see most (y’know, after Big Bird and Ernie and Grover) is Joe Mathieu. Ernie gives the painting to Oscar, titling it "The View From Oscar's Trash Can".As Sesame Street fans, just about every one of us has a stack of Sesame books that rival any library or used book store.
Oscar arises from his can, wondering what the what caused the ruckus, only to discover that he now loves Ernie's artwork. Ernie is aghast with horror at the sight of his ripped painting, covered with Roosevelt's ice cream. Despite Prairie's best attempts to get Big Bird to stop, his unicycle hit a pothole sending him on a collision course with all of them, hurling Ernie's head through the canvas. Once Prairie Dawn arrives (oddly as a brunette), Bert and Prairie begin suggesting ways that Ernie can improve his painting. Big Bird arrives on a unicycle with Roosevelt Franklin, both thinking there must be a party going on. The Count counters, counting the "lovely colors". The book begins with Oscar insulting Ernie's "getup", and Ernie explaining "beneath this stripey shirt, there beats the heart of an artist." Eventually, Bert and The Count arrive, as Oscar insults the brightness of Ernie's painting. It was released in 1979 and it based on the Sesame Street television series.
Ernie's Work of Art is a Little Golden Book.
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