Artist: Bill Mevin
(biography)Medium: Watercolour on Acid-free Board
Size: 13" x 19" (340mm x 475mm)
Date: 1978
Signature: Signed by the artist in ink, 10th panel
This is the Signed unique original Watercolour painting by Bill Mevin.This original board is hand inked, signed and coloured by Bill Mevin and shows Popeye foiling Wimpy's attempts to raise burger-money.
The art board is annotated by the publisher and was published in 'TV Comic' issue 1270 and later used in the Popeye Holiday Special 1979.
Bill Mevin enjoyed a glorious career including comics based on popular cartoon characters, such as 'Bugs Bunny', 'Popeye' and 'Lenny the Lion' (1958) and 'World Cup Willie' (1966), the mascot of the 1966 FIFA World cup held in England.
Mevin also drew serial adaptations of science fiction TV series like 'Supercar', 'Space Patrol' and Dr. Who.
In the 1970s and 1980s Mevin also worked for Polystyle's children's comic Pippin, which featured characters from British pre-school TV shows. Mevin's worked on such features as 'The Pogles', 'Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men', 'The Herbs' and 'Morph'.
The title box of Popeye and his pipe is pasted on.