EXTRACTS: Illustrators Issue 4 © 2013 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

77 ABOVE: Leslie Ashwell Wood and his wife Florence, in coquettish mood, at a formal function in the 1950s, when the artist was at the height of his fame. His work at this stage of his career, was appearing every week in the best selling UK comic the Eagle, resulting in a following running into the millions . ABOVE LEFT: Typical of the work that Leslie Ashwell Wood is so well remembered for, a fire engine from the centre- spread of Eagle comic in 1952. LEFT: Another of Wood’s Eagle cutaways—the cross- channel Hoverlloyd hovercraft, which commenced operations in 1966. © Colin Frewin and Associates