Lloyd Birmingham studied at the Parsons School of Design in 1946 and 1947, and was in the US Army from 1943 to 1946. He was a freelance book illustrator from 1964 through the 1980s. He has made the comic strips 'The Handy Family' (1960-1976) and 'Helen Homemaker' (1969-1973). In 1960, he published the book 'Do It Yourself With the Handy Family'.