High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter 111 (July 27, 1927 – February 20, 2004) was a 20th century American illustrator. He enjoyed a successful career as a science fiction illustrator, producing illustrations for famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, as well as a technical and scientific illustrator for clients such as The Pentagon, Hayden Planetarium, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.