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"Look What I've Got" By Anthony Browne (published by Walker Books Ltd, London...

 The wonderful and mysterious surrealism of Anthony Browne knows no boundaries.  I scanned several details from this one illustration(above) to show just how many animals and birds the artist was able...

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"Look What I've Got" By Anthony Browne (published by Walker Books Ltd, London...

  There are plenty of visual jokes in the book - in contrast with minimal amount of dialogue. I love the one above with the "x", "z" and "y" fronts hanging from the washing line (along with the...

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"The City" By FRANS MASEREEL (Published in the UK by Redstone Press, London...

  

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"The City" By FRANS MASEREEL (Published in the UK by Redstone Press, London...

 I have finally managed to find time to complete this post on the Belgian artist, Frans Masereel (1889-1972). Masereel was one of the most important and influential graphic artists of the first half of...

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"Reader's Digest - March 1959 (Ads)" - Published By The Reader's Digest...

  I'd very much like to know who these two illustrators were. Classic fifties cartoons on the ICI one... 

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"La Mythologie De A. Dubout" By Albert Dubout (Publisher Maurice Gonon,...

  The work of Albert Dubout (1905-1976), famous French cartoonist, painter and sculptor. I was really lucky to find this original 1954 publication last Saturday - in a pretty good condition as well!)....

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"La Mythologie De A. Dubout" By Albert Dubout (Publisher Maurice Gonon,...

 Here is the link to Dubout's official website: http://www.dubout.fr/  It's got a vast collection of his work spanning from the twenties all the way to the mid-1970's! The size of the images is quite...

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"La Mythologie De A. Dubout" By Albert Dubout (Publisher Maurice Gonon,...

 Dr Chris Mullen's excellent blog/archive on illustrators from the past also features a selection of Dubout's cartoons: http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/aoi/d/dubout/a.htm  

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"Scar-Strangled Banger" By Ralph Steadman (published by HARRAP Limited,...

  I was planning to feature this book for ages and kept postponing it. This, being the Christmas period, is hardly the right time for it but the recent events in the US highlighting police...

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"Scar-Strangled Banger" By Ralph Steadman (published by HARRAP Limited,...

  Ralph Steadman (b.1936) is one of the best known British illustrators of the past fifty years. He produced political cartoons for many publications in the US the UK (including Private Eye, Punch, The...

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"The Doubtful Guest" By Edward Gorey (published by Putnam & Co., Ltd, London...

 

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"The Doubtful Guest" By Edward Gorey (published by Putnam & Co., Ltd, London...

 The eccentric and nonsensical work of Edward Gorey(1925-2000). This is a biography on the great writer and artist: http://www.biography.com/people/edward-gorey-40616#synopsis Here is also the...

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"Das Schlachtross" By Paul Flora (Published by Daniel Keel/Diogenes Verlag,...

   

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"Das Schlachtross" By Paul Flora (Published by Daniel Keel/Diogenes Verlag,...

 A satirical view of man's war machine as it evolved from the ancient times to World War I by the great Austrian cartoonist Paul Flora(1922-2009). Biography here: http://sastreport.x10.mx/flora.html...

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"Das Schlachtross" By Paul Flora (Published by Daniel Keel/Diogenes Verlag,...

 Just a few more of Paul Flora's unusual illustrations, depicting the progressive sophistication and potency of man's killing machines and war methods through history. There's great irony in the...

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"2015, New Year....Happy?" By Harris

Just testing out my new SAKURA drawing pens and this was the result. The surface of the paper was a bit rough though, which affected the sharpness - I should have known better.

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"In Memory Of All The Victims Of The Charlie Habdo Attack" by Harris

  Still in shock from the mindless killings at the Charlie Habdo offices in Paris this week. My heart goes out to the families and friends of all the victims. Such a high price to pay for merely...

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"Good-Night, Owl" By Pat Hutchins (published by Julia MacRae, Random House,...

   

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