EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 26 © 2019 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

1 Cover Image: Millar Watt from Thriller Picture Library No. 231 Illustrators The Book Palace Jubilee House Bedwardine Road Crystal Palace London SE19 3AP Email: IQ@bookpalace.com Web: www.bookpalace.com Contact GW: gw@bookpalace.com Tel: 020 8768 0022 (From overseas +44 20 8768 0022 ) Publisher: Geoff West Executive Editor: Peter Richardson Editor & Designer: Diego Cordoba Consultant Editors: Norman Boyd, David Ashford Feature Writers: David Ashford, Norman Wright, Diego Cordoba and Lawrence Blackmore Website: Paul Tanner Subscriptions & Distribution: David Howarth Advertising: ads@bookpalace.com illustrators ISBN 978 -1- 907081- 66 - 8 ISSN 2052-6520 Issue Number Twenty-Six Summer 2019 Copyright © 2019 by The Book Palace Ltd. All text and artwork copyright is vested with the respective creators and publishers. None of the material within these pages may be reproduced without the written consent of illustrators or the aforementioned copyright holders. The images reproduced within these pages are for research purposes and all efforts have been made to ensure their historical accuracy. illustrators is published quarterly. Back issues £20 each plus postage 4 issue subscriptions UK £55 POST FREE includes 4 free digital issues EU/USA £70 POST FREE includes 4 free digital issues ROW £75 POST FREE includes 4 free digital issues Available in the USA from budplant.com Trade Orders : IQ@bookpalace.com Printed in China by Prolong Press Ltd ISSUE TWENTY-SIX EDITORIAL Older readers might remember the Look and Learn magazine from their youth (a staple in every British classroom during the 1960s), with all those beautiful colour images and accompanying text about history, geography, science, literature—all was in this magazine. Among the many illustrators Look and Learn carried was John Millar Watt who had children re-live history with his striking watercolour illustrations. David Ashford and Norman Wright combine their forces to bring us a feature on this cherished British illustrator who also worked for the Picture Library series doing covers and comics. Next, we sit with Petar Meseldžija for a very philosophical conversation about art and life in general. Meseld Ž ija is a Serbian artist whose fantasy paintings have appeared in Spectrum , a book collection featuring the best science-fiction and fantasy artists from around the world. He has also done many book covers in the fantasy genre, although he had a career first as a comic book artist, and has now entered the field of Fine Art and art galleries. For our third featureDavidAshford re-acquaints us with PhilipMendoza, an illustratorwhodid some of themost charming drawings of anthropomorphized animals but has unfortunately been largely forgotten. Those who remember reading as children the travels of Gulliver Guinea-Pig, Katy Country Mouse and others, are in for a treat, for the Illustration Art Gallery has a massive collection of some of Mendoza’s most lovable paintings of animals behaving like human- beings. However, Mendoza did more than paint cute animals. He was also a satirical cartoonist, did posters during the Second World War, and dabbled in comic books for Amalgamated Press, doing both realistic thrilling adventures as well as work for their nursery titles. And lastly, in the gallery section Lawrence Blackmore tells us about the enigmatic artist Arthur Barbosa. DC The opinions expressed in illustrators are those of the writers, and are not necessarily those of the editor and publishers. The accuracy of the authentication of all images is the responsibility of the contributors. CONTENTS 2 The cartoonist turned comic book artist and then illustrator, and one of Britain’s greatest. 91 32 The fantasy illustrator, who also dabbled in comics, and has since entered the world of fine art. Petar Meseldžija John Millar Watt The multi-talented artist who found his niche doing anthropomorphic animal illustrations. 64 Philip Mendoza Gallery Who is Barbosa? 96 The Bookshelf Fantastic worlds, biomechanoids, and a time-travelling dead man.