"Fairyland Annual 1969" Stories By Joan Fisher, Illustrations By Hutchings (Published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited for Odham Books, 1968), Part 2

 

 

"Fairyland Annual 1969" Stories By Joan Fisher, Illustrations By Hutchings (Published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited for Odham Books, 1968)

 

Now, it's a mystery to me who this illustrator "Hutchings" might be - a man, woman or a team of artists - but the work is amazing. Here's a link to another fellow blogger who came across exactly the same problem! http://fishinkblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/searching-for-hutchings-in-1969/ His book is called "Nurseryland Annual 1969" ("anything...land" seems to have been quite a trend with Odham Books in 1969) and signed Hutchings. We will probably never know the artist's full identity but we can surely enjoy the pictures...

 

"Mr. Punch's History Of The Great War" Published By Cassell And Company, Ltd London 1920 Part 5

 

 

Unlike the films or the novels, the baddies in real life don't always get hanged in the end - they don't even get arrested! If only that war was conducted like the current crisis between Russia and the West, where countries freeze each others' assets instead of shooting, millions of innocent people would have been spared. And who would care if a handful of super-rich men lost their precious billions anyway? Nobody should ever forget the horrors that all wars bring on all sides and let's hope our leaders know a little bit of history if nothing else.

 

"Mr. Punch's History Of The Great War" Published By Cassell And Company, Ltd London 1920 Part 4

 

These two are by George Loraine Stampa(1875-1951). A brief biography here: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTstampa.htm and here: http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/illustratedword/comics/10comics.html

 

"Mr. Punch's History Of The Great War" Published By Cassell And Company, Ltd London 1920 Part 3

 

These four are by Frank Reynolds(1876-1953), another well known Punch cartoonist. I had another post on Reynolds a few years back, including a brief biography:
http://picturesfromanoldbook.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/golf-book1932-illustrated-by-frank.html
Here's also a link with more information on the artist: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTreynolds.htm

 

"Mr. Punch's History Of The Great War" Published By Cassell And Company, Ltd London 1920 Part 2

 

Two more by H.M. Bateman - I love the animated figures and their impossible poses! Just imagine, these were created some ten years prior to Mickey Mouse, Popeye or Betty Boop! Impressive drawings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Bateman

 

"Mr. Punch's History Of The Great War" Published By Cassell And Company, Ltd London 1920 Part 1

With the hundredth anniversary of World War I coming up this year I thought this book will be of some interest. It came out in 1919 (my copy is of the 9th edition) so I suppose it carries the views and attitudes of its time and is obviously very patriotic and quite biased towards the British perspective. Still, it has some funny moments even though there was nothing to laugh about in all the senseless massacres of that war.

This one is by Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970), biography here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Bateman