I recently wrote up some notes on illustrator Leonard Robert Brightwell (1889-1962) over on the Look and Learn blog. As part of the digging, I put together the following checklist of his book illustrations; it would be a shame to let it go to waste...
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A Cartoonist Amongst Animals. A book of animal humour. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1921.
The Animals' "Co-op". With Oswald and
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Arthur A. Dixon
I've just started working on a new series of features for the Look and Learn blog looking at some of the artists whose work appears in the picture library. As there are over 11,000 artists represented in the library, it should keep me going for some while, especially as there is almost nothing known about some of them. Take, for instance, Arthur A. Dixon, who gets five lines in the Dictionary of
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Bill Lacey's Everybody's Illustrations
Following on from yesterday's 'Sinister Island' treat, here are some illustrations produced by Bill Lacey for the magazine Everybody's in 1959.
I've had these hanging around for ages just waiting for the right moment. My thanks to Norman Boyd of the Frank Bellamy Checklist blog for the original photos, which I've had a fiddle around with as the pages photographed had turned a nasty, smoky
I've had these hanging around for ages just waiting for the right moment. My thanks to Norman Boyd of the Frank Bellamy Checklist blog for the original photos, which I've had a fiddle around with as the pages photographed had turned a nasty, smoky
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Bill Lacey's Sinister Island
Click here to order Eagles Over the Western Front
I'm pleased to say that the proofs for Eagles Over the Western Front arrived on Saturday and, depending on how the post office are coping with deliveries over the bank holidays, the first volume should appear on time next week. (Sorry about the quality of the photos!)
It struck me that when I was writing the little bit of promo for Eagles I
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Jon Peaty: A Reminiscence
A little over four years ago, I posted a brief piece about Jon Peaty, an artist whose work appeared in a single Swift Annual. This was, to my knowledge at the time, his only contribution connected to comics. At the time I was unable to locate any information at all about his career, although a later internet posting mentioned him (reproduced in the original post) and there was a little activity
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Ron Embleton Cover Gallery
Ron Embleton was not a prolific paperback cover artist, but his cover work pre-dates the painted strips he produced for comics by some years. The subject matter may be straight out of the pulps in most cases, but they show Embleton's confidence in the use of colour even when the artist was still only in his early twenties (in fact, the earliest known cover listed here dates from around the age of
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Ron Embleton's first painted strips
Ron Embleton’s first painted stripsby John Wigmans
Almost two years ago, over at the ComicsUK forum, I raised a question regarding Ron Embleton’s first fully painted strip. This was the beginning of some in depth discussion with Phil Rushton and Steve Holland. Now that Ron Embleton’s Wulf the Briton: The Complete Adventures has been published, I thought it high time to add some information and
Almost two years ago, over at the ComicsUK forum, I raised a question regarding Ron Embleton’s first fully painted strip. This was the beginning of some in depth discussion with Phil Rushton and Steve Holland. Now that Ron Embleton’s Wulf the Briton: The Complete Adventures has been published, I thought it high time to add some information and
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Geoffrey Wheeler Cutaways in the Blue Peter Books
Geoffrey Wheeler Cutaways in Blue Peter BooksCompiled by Jeremy Briggs
Geoffrey Edmund John Wheeler was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire on 12 August 1929. After school he joined the Great Western Railway in January 1945 and later saw service in the Royal Navy serving onboard a number of ships including HMS Amethyst, a frigate remembered for being captured by Communist Chinese forces in 1949 in what
Geoffrey Edmund John Wheeler was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire on 12 August 1929. After school he joined the Great Western Railway in January 1945 and later saw service in the Royal Navy serving onboard a number of ships including HMS Amethyst, a frigate remembered for being captured by Communist Chinese forces in 1949 in what
William "Tim" Timym in the Blue Peter Books
William “Tim” Timym In The Blue Peter BooksCompiled by Jeremy Briggs
William 'Tim' Timym's Bleep and Booster characters featured in the first fourteen Blue Peter books in 4 page illustrated text stories, one per book. While Bleep and Booster may be Timym's best remembered characters the annual Blue Peter Books, published to tie in with the BBC children's television series, featured more of his
William 'Tim' Timym's Bleep and Booster characters featured in the first fourteen Blue Peter books in 4 page illustrated text stories, one per book. While Bleep and Booster may be Timym's best remembered characters the annual Blue Peter Books, published to tie in with the BBC children's television series, featured more of his
C P Shilton
C P Shilton was a painter and illustrator who was active in story papers in the 1920 and 1930s. He is known to have contributed to Schoolgirls' Weekly, Chums, Young England, Modern Wonder and, for older readers, Detective Magazine.
To find out more about the artist, I've had to work backwards. Claude Percival Shilton died in 1968, aged 81. He lived for much of his working career at 18 Westhall
To find out more about the artist, I've had to work backwards. Claude Percival Shilton died in 1968, aged 81. He lived for much of his working career at 18 Westhall
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L. Ashwell Wood - Behind the Scenes part 4
L Ashwell Wood’s Camden Town Tube Stationby Jeremy Briggs
One of the previous articles on Bear Alley on cutaway artist Leslie Ashwell Wood covered the preliminary pencils that he did for a King George V class battleship as used by the Royal Navy during World War II. It showed that he used his pencils for this subject twice, once for a cutaway in the 1943 Odhams book Britain’s Glorious Navy and
One of the previous articles on Bear Alley on cutaway artist Leslie Ashwell Wood covered the preliminary pencils that he did for a King George V class battleship as used by the Royal Navy during World War II. It showed that he used his pencils for this subject twice, once for a cutaway in the 1943 Odhams book Britain’s Glorious Navy and
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L. Ashwell Wood - Behind the Scenes part 3
L Ashwell Wood’s Hurricat Launchby Jeremy Briggs
Our series of the preliminary pencils that artist Leslie Ashwell Wood used for his detailed paintings continues with this illustration of a Hurricane fighter being launched from a merchant ship during the Second World War. This illustration was published in black and white as a two page spread in two different Odhams hardbacks both published in
Our series of the preliminary pencils that artist Leslie Ashwell Wood used for his detailed paintings continues with this illustration of a Hurricane fighter being launched from a merchant ship during the Second World War. This illustration was published in black and white as a two page spread in two different Odhams hardbacks both published in
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Hugh Gladwish
Whilst digging around trying to find information on George Moreno (scroll down if you missed the piece I wrote a couple of days ago) I stumbled upon another name: Hugh Gladwish. He was the artist who produced the covers for TV Comic's first two annuals (1954 and 1955, published in 1953-54). It seems cover art wasn't his only talent.
Hugh Grenham Gladwish was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex,
Hugh Grenham Gladwish was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex,
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George Moreno
A little while back, someone left a comment on a post regarding George Moreno and I thought he might make an interesting subject for a post of his own.
George Moreno Jr. was an American animator who worked for Universal/Lantz before joining the Fleischer Studio in Miami, Florida, in 1938-40 as one of the animators on the feature-length Gulliver's Travels (1939) and on shorter cartoons such as
George Moreno Jr. was an American animator who worked for Universal/Lantz before joining the Fleischer Studio in Miami, Florida, in 1938-40 as one of the animators on the feature-length Gulliver's Travels (1939) and on shorter cartoons such as
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The Snowman
Continuing the Christmas theme into Bank Holiday Monday, here's an interview with Raymond Briggs that appeared way back in 1999.
(* Mail on Sunday © Associated Newspapers.)
(* Mail on Sunday © Associated Newspapers.)
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L. Ashwell Wood - Behind the Scenes part 2
L Ashwell Wood's King George V Class Battleshipby Jeremy Briggs
As a follow up to the piece on Eagle artist Leslie Ashwell Wood's preliminary pencil drawing of the 6 Pounder anti-tank gun of World War Two, we have a further preliminary pencil sketch of his dating from the same period of a King George V Class battleship of the Royal Navy. Unlike the 6 Pounder prelim, which was used for an
As a follow up to the piece on Eagle artist Leslie Ashwell Wood's preliminary pencil drawing of the 6 Pounder anti-tank gun of World War Two, we have a further preliminary pencil sketch of his dating from the same period of a King George V Class battleship of the Royal Navy. Unlike the 6 Pounder prelim, which was used for an
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L. Ashwell Wood - Behind the Scenes part 1
L Ashwell Wood’s 6 Pounder Anti-Tank Gunby Jeremy Briggs
Leslie Ashwell Wood is an artist most associated with one publication and one style of illustration as he produced nearly two thirds of the almost 1000 cutaway illustrations that appeared in Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s and which made him the title’s longest serving artist. His work ran throughout the entire run of original Eagle
Leslie Ashwell Wood is an artist most associated with one publication and one style of illustration as he produced nearly two thirds of the almost 1000 cutaway illustrations that appeared in Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s and which made him the title’s longest serving artist. His work ran throughout the entire run of original Eagle
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Scrapbook: Mike Noble
Another page from the Comic World scrapbook. This illustration by the mighty Mike Noble accompanied an interview with the artist in issue 15.
(* Artwork © Mike Noble.)
(* Artwork © Mike Noble.)
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John Bolton's Manbat
Manbat was a 3-issue Batman Elseworlds mini-series from DC Comics published in 1995, written by Jamie Delano and illustrated by John Bolton. As you would expect from Bolton, the whole thing was lushly painted and deserves to be seen in its full glory and unencumbered by lettering (however fine a writer Jamie Delano is... and he is!). I interviewed John for what turned out to be the final issue of
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Duncan Fegrado
The first of an occasional and rather random series from the Comic World scrapbook.
The illustrations below accompanied an interview in issue 12 with Duncan Fegrado, pictured above in a moody photo taken by his brother in law Edward Reeves. Duncan had written "Oh, dear" on the back which I guess is typical of everyone who sees photos of themselves.
The pics are elements from the covers of
The illustrations below accompanied an interview in issue 12 with Duncan Fegrado, pictured above in a moody photo taken by his brother in law Edward Reeves. Duncan had written "Oh, dear" on the back which I guess is typical of everyone who sees photos of themselves.
The pics are elements from the covers of
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