Ed Steckley is an award winning humorous illustrator living in Racine, WI. Starting in live caricature in theme parks, then comic books and magazine illustration, to advertising and now children’s books. He’s the illustrator of two different STEM/STEAM series as well as a kids activity book, all based in the world of Rube Goldberg and Rube Goldberg Machines. The first series are two picture books thus far, focused around a young Rube Goldberg, a little boy who creates crazy machines and contraptions to help him get through his day. The other is a 3 book Middle Reader series written by Brandon T. Snider, which follows an older Rube as he navigates middle school and embraces his love of science, engineering and machine building. Both are published by Abrams/Amulet. The activity book, Rube Goldberg's Big Book of Building, was released November 2024. In addition to children’s books, his work has appeared in numerous publications, most notably Mad magazine. He’s also an advertising illustrator. He is a member of the National Cartoonists Society and the Society of Illustrators.
