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

3 John Millar Watt Painter, illustrator and cartoonist, creator of the newspaper strip Pop , covers and comics for Thriller Picture Library , and illustrations for Look and Learn . David Ashford and Norman Wright remind us of this extraordinary English artist. FACING PAGE: The Fall of William the Conqueror , watercolour and gouache on board, 1965. From Look and Learn No. 164 (6 March 1965). In a war against King Philip the First of France, England’s King William the Conqueror’s horse slipped on a piece of burning wood, throwing its rider. William would die a few weeks later from the effects of the fall. LEFT: The artist himself, circa 1930s. BELOW: Robinson Crusoe , watercolour on board. From Look and Learn No. 19.