Guy Billout

Artistic influences Billout's influences include Belgian comics artist Hergé (1907–1983) for the detail of the works in The Adventures of Tintin, to Milton Glaser, the design director of New York magazine at the time. Glaser loved them and published the entire portfolio.

Billout's first assignment came from art director Bob Ciano at Redbook magazine.

Editorial works In 1982, Judy Garlan from The Atlantic Monthly would offer Billout a bi-monthly full page in the magazine. Published under the imprint of Harlin Quist, three editions of the book were issued in the same year it was printed. In 2010 a digitized version for DVD would be released with a musical score, produced by Label Frères and Patrick Couratin, titled Bus 24.

Billout added words to his second book released six years later in 1979, By Camel or by Car: A Look at Transportation. According to Connie Tyrrell in School Library Journal this book featured works "simple nearly to the point of austere yet meticulous in detail, with a bold use of color". Thunderbolt and Rainbow would be selected by the American Institute of Graphic Arts for recognition.

Notable works The Atlantic A limited archive of the artist's work, commissioned by the publication between 1997 and 2007, is stored by The Atlantic.

Award-winning works Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea, Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators American Illustration 34, 2014 Society of Publication Designers Distinctive Merit, 2008, for The New Yorker with art director Chris Curry

The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery The Smithsonian holds seven works by Billout from the years 1980 through 1986, all gifts from Time magazine

Sorry America, Your Insurance Has Been Cancelled, 1986 Accusing the Press, 1984 America's Upbeat Mood, 1984 U.S. Immigration: Stemming the Tide, 1982 The President's Men, 1981 Why Italy Works, 1981 Help! Teachers Can't Teach, 1980