tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12983365085494723682024-02-19T12:27:09.712+00:00The Art of DivingRobert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-45144413124392934702023-09-11T08:00:00.001+01:002023-09-11T08:00:00.149+01:00The Humorous Art of Diving - Bonus Boltinoff!<p> When I posted the third of my three selections of Henry Boltinoff''s humour strips from the 1960s, I thought I'd included all those that featured diving. Well, as Sean Connery might have said, "Never say never again!" Here are two more Homer strips that I found lurking in a couple of Sea Devils comics.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JqXSisYVBrRQejc8tq-0YOx6Q_nW9JErOZ7sEMTU6ue_bb9AqfF0_pReHB1TaKwsHiXaO20-6WxK9_ddemsRUbgWEs2GtplL-HwhGCuLlGAKpShPnTv4qdu8qHRZFW6avluqQPK_A9LqmC3cLziEl8FmFr1znIAJZJPLj78Uf-d6FS1iSRyG8adcquc/s1359/Sea%20Devils%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JqXSisYVBrRQejc8tq-0YOx6Q_nW9JErOZ7sEMTU6ue_bb9AqfF0_pReHB1TaKwsHiXaO20-6WxK9_ddemsRUbgWEs2GtplL-HwhGCuLlGAKpShPnTv4qdu8qHRZFW6avluqQPK_A9LqmC3cLziEl8FmFr1znIAJZJPLj78Uf-d6FS1iSRyG8adcquc/w450-h640/Sea%20Devils%2020.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5V5NlP6LVbxEhuI31ROGXJxYNleUdMS7eQFuUgYj6R5rjj1dcNGDY5gKQJ2dZrYnXPg-W7K5_NXyJEPk9vCXbe07YOhj5oToE-VCtBVGDM4XI-3kPspQvNlDcM3KTyIaWC2kRLbxQ0Aa5YSu8xx7caQrJRBmUW3-DyG6RWMwI_8xEN3TeeSa0zEC0JQ/s1349/Sea%20Devils%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5V5NlP6LVbxEhuI31ROGXJxYNleUdMS7eQFuUgYj6R5rjj1dcNGDY5gKQJ2dZrYnXPg-W7K5_NXyJEPk9vCXbe07YOhj5oToE-VCtBVGDM4XI-3kPspQvNlDcM3KTyIaWC2kRLbxQ0Aa5YSu8xx7caQrJRBmUW3-DyG6RWMwI_8xEN3TeeSa0zEC0JQ/w446-h640/Sea%20Devils%2022.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-16690128416254179342023-09-07T22:18:00.001+01:002023-09-07T22:18:44.911+01:00The Elderly Art of Diving<p>Miss Lavinia Pickerell, Ellen MacGregor's unlikely heroine, first appeared in the short story <i>Swept Her Into Space</i>, published in 1950. The following year, MacGregor expanded it into <i>Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars</i> and launched(!) a new series. Her aim was to write fantasy stories that contained accurate scientific information and would appeal to children. She completed fours books about Miss Pickerell, the last of which was published posthumously in 1954. MacGregor left behind lots notes and ideas for further books and the series was continued by Dora Pantell.</p><p><i>Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea</i> was the third book in the series. All four of the original series were illustrated by Paul Galdone (1907-1986).</p><p>Here's the original cover:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggovcakiQv1jUnUpIpUkiHQ5R2gjAyMRqkQOiW4uNpu6Z3K8jlfYpPvE7WdM6_1Thm-QuQVJGjuG1VKF6XP4QRj6dkvoy6FBJ1SiZmQDWG6X3fnLfFU6VQtl1vhpBayHIBJ9EBZwUFkqDeboKnqy7Ma98B9X_1TdeCT9I4vMfCjEOJcjDrLVM0Mr17mI8/s1643/Miss%20Pickerell%201953b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="1111" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggovcakiQv1jUnUpIpUkiHQ5R2gjAyMRqkQOiW4uNpu6Z3K8jlfYpPvE7WdM6_1Thm-QuQVJGjuG1VKF6XP4QRj6dkvoy6FBJ1SiZmQDWG6X3fnLfFU6VQtl1vhpBayHIBJ9EBZwUFkqDeboKnqy7Ma98B9X_1TdeCT9I4vMfCjEOJcjDrLVM0Mr17mI8/w433-h640/Miss%20Pickerell%201953b.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This paperback edition was first published in 1961 but this copy dates from 1973.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgjzAKP8l_FaxsWDRmHJN4Y8jEHijojrMBHqHbYiq-C2RgrIHl-4AHVlicpbGoy1bUl86aCzKXSxuNZjH870M1ViemMCEnlw2KR-YMFjgDQrBlbSKu7y8mInEwloTfwBTAbIS4IXSZjcAbfpSPJKCzIA6uV7YP7d_1L0BGfRmFcHNp65tZOoq_exuSTY/s1338/Miss%20Pickerell%201961%201973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="931" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgjzAKP8l_FaxsWDRmHJN4Y8jEHijojrMBHqHbYiq-C2RgrIHl-4AHVlicpbGoy1bUl86aCzKXSxuNZjH870M1ViemMCEnlw2KR-YMFjgDQrBlbSKu7y8mInEwloTfwBTAbIS4IXSZjcAbfpSPJKCzIA6uV7YP7d_1L0BGfRmFcHNp65tZOoq_exuSTY/w446-h640/Miss%20Pickerell%201961%201973.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This rather battered copy dates from 19767.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C7D4ZdX4knj0U1D0ZiR5PdrkpXcWNKraujbg4tHCsKEtW3RzQvKmx7ZrrKerM5FCFiorD5bXK0vTEyyzh_-nJnzAQb8U3-JVzQaPTRbwtB4ZpWnVQeAGno2tPjjBZYHELeGox5Ca_x-niIzlWmy4g4ib-_9btrS2i2KTlT8-UYzHv5krtLbNcSB8poo/s1447/Miss%20Pickerell%201967.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C7D4ZdX4knj0U1D0ZiR5PdrkpXcWNKraujbg4tHCsKEtW3RzQvKmx7ZrrKerM5FCFiorD5bXK0vTEyyzh_-nJnzAQb8U3-JVzQaPTRbwtB4ZpWnVQeAGno2tPjjBZYHELeGox5Ca_x-niIzlWmy4g4ib-_9btrS2i2KTlT8-UYzHv5krtLbNcSB8poo/w440-h640/Miss%20Pickerell%201967.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p>Here are some of Galdone's interior illustrations:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV80pRX4RARutaNuGHXjeR0e_2z1_ohydiV8sPFOOALyCWKr8KI7wuTCxRqKkTz5H23xEl91MD-ktMF8cNtw5F-tgzaOWQoVwLC3LzzX4zzL2ebC_dIpwi0SStzq1FpTv4N4kF6Q_naq7XDEzyuyQOVcaG3xCXB9qOyoONUcIlBw4QZmWtXUxDYwfa3n4/s1315/Miss%20Pickerell%20Inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1315" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV80pRX4RARutaNuGHXjeR0e_2z1_ohydiV8sPFOOALyCWKr8KI7wuTCxRqKkTz5H23xEl91MD-ktMF8cNtw5F-tgzaOWQoVwLC3LzzX4zzL2ebC_dIpwi0SStzq1FpTv4N4kF6Q_naq7XDEzyuyQOVcaG3xCXB9qOyoONUcIlBw4QZmWtXUxDYwfa3n4/w640-h406/Miss%20Pickerell%20Inside.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhnPPiF0Ix0dEfPzmYfpGcLQQfWbx5amQvdMqqKuLG_1aAIUJ4eOGGZd9Owvd1pEd45tOTKZcqmGGMH1PDQwacA-c3C0fWVovGmrXiL8mHrelME7QPJmhKwmcXJSvGhoGDMEme-uy-CIp7Iex8AqjGT1an51ufbel-1hGnrYL2vkbefG4y4ZKZQAuj3s/s850/MP%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhnPPiF0Ix0dEfPzmYfpGcLQQfWbx5amQvdMqqKuLG_1aAIUJ4eOGGZd9Owvd1pEd45tOTKZcqmGGMH1PDQwacA-c3C0fWVovGmrXiL8mHrelME7QPJmhKwmcXJSvGhoGDMEme-uy-CIp7Iex8AqjGT1an51ufbel-1hGnrYL2vkbefG4y4ZKZQAuj3s/w440-h640/MP%201.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjayLEE6w_pwohMYDdFFGa8JbKMajZn3H8aBwMHURclaRxfB3Z8GwFJF8LwHYT9033u8s_RPBr1hYSddy8gHHMLdmlN7tFkfQhzP8_AgswckCOsRVBZrnUUPcuFihT-O3gxAkyO4Kx1gfR5n3fqfyjW5LIP6z4kAnuQOnw2URWmmNiy_gZrygyU_vmSI8/s1042/MP%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1042" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjayLEE6w_pwohMYDdFFGa8JbKMajZn3H8aBwMHURclaRxfB3Z8GwFJF8LwHYT9033u8s_RPBr1hYSddy8gHHMLdmlN7tFkfQhzP8_AgswckCOsRVBZrnUUPcuFihT-O3gxAkyO4Kx1gfR5n3fqfyjW5LIP6z4kAnuQOnw2URWmmNiy_gZrygyU_vmSI8/w640-h480/MP%202.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Paul Galdone was born in Budapest but moved to the USA in 1921 where he studied at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served in the United States Army during World War 2. He was an author as well as an artist and wrote many of the almost 300 books that he illustrated. Fables and fairy tales were popular subjects and he illustrated the adventures of Eve Titus' mouse heroes, Anatole and Basil of Baker Street. 10 years after his death he was awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contributions to children's literature.</p><p><br /></p><p>This French edition dates from 1974...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUPtG26G4o1WRSTW1ccRH10ghYdMBCuaCuHvWiIxYPgB-WPZ5sKGPozhEfAzFizO0uqBjglYB0vFCpp2kUzDK7lzc_2YRXOKydx6yhMyWlw5tyu5Xzc9ypkIs3NN4pITdZo1aMt6ij8JRot-omreIKY1ersk-y9UgdAOfuFPqcIyibWSBMYdDMYns_dQ/s932/Miss%20Pickerell%201974.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="673" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUPtG26G4o1WRSTW1ccRH10ghYdMBCuaCuHvWiIxYPgB-WPZ5sKGPozhEfAzFizO0uqBjglYB0vFCpp2kUzDK7lzc_2YRXOKydx6yhMyWlw5tyu5Xzc9ypkIs3NN4pITdZo1aMt6ij8JRot-omreIKY1ersk-y9UgdAOfuFPqcIyibWSBMYdDMYns_dQ/w462-h640/Miss%20Pickerell%201974.png" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>and finally, this one dates from 1981:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqIMRlMMl8lYIgXqTfL6zlK6mu13DhZCgOvdLp539I6K7P7j98Vb0JSn9u7cNY6FmFPZfOGzTh0lz4OCGwdhzYJbarLlFcArAILd5tKPWd6x8PahXE3U2d70T8tAVQcOQQ1uGVEUtSbVOUmG1G46PcviNwjR9bW8X09ODK8POEGjzPY3VJ4VnE_W0rSM/s1481/Miss%20Pickerell%201981%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="891" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqIMRlMMl8lYIgXqTfL6zlK6mu13DhZCgOvdLp539I6K7P7j98Vb0JSn9u7cNY6FmFPZfOGzTh0lz4OCGwdhzYJbarLlFcArAILd5tKPWd6x8PahXE3U2d70T8tAVQcOQQ1uGVEUtSbVOUmG1G46PcviNwjR9bW8X09ODK8POEGjzPY3VJ4VnE_W0rSM/w385-h640/Miss%20Pickerell%201981%201.png" width="385" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-35237836093126147782023-09-01T05:35:00.000+01:002023-09-01T05:35:00.872+01:00The Marvellous Art of Diving<p>Today we have two covers from Pierre Labat's <i>Le Merveilleux Royaume</i> (<i>The Marvellous Kingdom</i>). </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgMZzjTXVJSgavpL8XUMi1hymF1ae33BXq6CSm0busfym0lBFR6PIZDVtVPbfyBRPE_RV35lyXM537vuMfaqevvf7wq94GqGNKAejxSd4AKVjlxIBj_F58RZ7M_CDH_WFahVVWnFH3C_zAK7is9AgGbWBPtJia695zMv-F0cXx4MianlcYMtrcSPOTu4/s470/Kingdom2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgMZzjTXVJSgavpL8XUMi1hymF1ae33BXq6CSm0busfym0lBFR6PIZDVtVPbfyBRPE_RV35lyXM537vuMfaqevvf7wq94GqGNKAejxSd4AKVjlxIBj_F58RZ7M_CDH_WFahVVWnFH3C_zAK7is9AgGbWBPtJia695zMv-F0cXx4MianlcYMtrcSPOTu4/s16000/Kingdom2a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Labat had earlier served in the French army during World War II, earning the Croix de Guerre for acts of bravery. He also worked with Cousteau who wrote the following about him: <b>"Labat is one of those men who have to fulfill the most beautiful mission: that of dazzling youth by leading them to conquer the splendours of Nature, to reveal to them the deep joys of effort." </b>His death occurred while diving the wreck of the <i>Arroyo</i> near Toulon. He was just 29 years old.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoR7KDEYBNZpW91jFOIYjMT1korrKk-GPwAWleBpNDBdN-b4ab4GkJwQusz6qvsRW_gbhn4oXeRAda0AMbVgG85TpA8zHzL2JNXool97xwOaAPCwvDjqF_kuxiZcufAFSyKR17UqWlvDUKh2ArGAY5kc68Cctk6z1pw4am-WNNe1UT-SMb9eQfW_Yy8Y/s980/Kingdom%203%20Pierre%20Joubert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoR7KDEYBNZpW91jFOIYjMT1korrKk-GPwAWleBpNDBdN-b4ab4GkJwQusz6qvsRW_gbhn4oXeRAda0AMbVgG85TpA8zHzL2JNXool97xwOaAPCwvDjqF_kuxiZcufAFSyKR17UqWlvDUKh2ArGAY5kc68Cctk6z1pw4am-WNNe1UT-SMb9eQfW_Yy8Y/w477-h640/Kingdom%203%20Pierre%20Joubert.jpg" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The French cover is by Pierre Joubert (1910-2002) who also had a long association with the scouts. You can read a bit more about him <a href="https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/joubert_pierre.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAizez8_t9F4fpi8WElTIkDbboOPB5VeT1QINtNtEzgvGaK4nwi1ywuxBz-37VQrJvrqsafUv_kMySeqI06Ywfksyz_zEhRQxhtm61VfgAQ2mOKAf91YHsrgqftAK9A51f8rjvKyHCcZXB85E0yyEpBjz3Z-K7B21qh71zutIgTbzfxYo0S8HLPUE_fAQ/s817/Kingdom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="632" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAizez8_t9F4fpi8WElTIkDbboOPB5VeT1QINtNtEzgvGaK4nwi1ywuxBz-37VQrJvrqsafUv_kMySeqI06Ywfksyz_zEhRQxhtm61VfgAQ2mOKAf91YHsrgqftAK9A51f8rjvKyHCcZXB85E0yyEpBjz3Z-K7B21qh71zutIgTbzfxYo0S8HLPUE_fAQ/w496-h640/Kingdom.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><p>The cover to the English edition was painted by Desmond Knight. Unfortunately, apart from a few more credits, I haven't been able to find out anything about him.</p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-6384708819887245222023-08-16T20:16:00.003+01:002023-08-16T20:16:23.330+01:00The Art of Diving with Dolphins - Turtle Trouble<p> Dicky Dolphin's time in <i>The Topper</i> was long gone by the mid-seventies, but in 1976 the comic featured a fortnightly series of "Golden Oldies" and one of the strips selected was from <i>Lucky Dicky Dolphin</i>, the first series of Dicky's adventures. Thanks to Ray Moore's excellent <i>Topper Tales - A Complete Index to The Topper Comic</i>, I now know that Dicky was an orphan who was nicknamed "Lucky" by his chums because he was so unlucky. Eventually he manages to run away from the orphanage and is befriended by Skipper Dolphin and his daughter Sue who just happen to share his surname. Well that was lucky!</p><p>I can't say I approve of Dicky's turtle-trapping activities but the 1950s also saw Cousteau happily using dynamite to obtain fish specimens so I guess it could have been worse!</p><p>Art by George Ramsbottom (Click for a larger image).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6boEiUvhnxjM2nfmqOBMo7QZ3pRg5LVyohgZVsHZidc5DkEecIcM2fDQznDLq1f3iYxOk8gjLEbr-wN18LRtgbtBYJ-AQgeuhQ7RQWbS9EPS-y2avEfJslyoZAz-jk2ZCD5-TobcRau9xjTE-BvnveBOxke-TlecnWK_ICQKJ11pAKIoWHOQyrCE5P4/s2996/Topper%201220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6boEiUvhnxjM2nfmqOBMo7QZ3pRg5LVyohgZVsHZidc5DkEecIcM2fDQznDLq1f3iYxOk8gjLEbr-wN18LRtgbtBYJ-AQgeuhQ7RQWbS9EPS-y2avEfJslyoZAz-jk2ZCD5-TobcRau9xjTE-BvnveBOxke-TlecnWK_ICQKJ11pAKIoWHOQyrCE5P4/w452-h640/Topper%201220.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-86086667766952557722023-08-10T19:23:00.004+01:002023-08-10T19:23:33.912+01:00WoW! If Only We Had Gills!<p>Apologies for the break in service but The Art of Diving is back in action!</p><p>Here's a 1973 <i>World of Wonder</i> article about the development of diving gear, specifically underwater breathing equipment. (Click for larger images).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJcJQ6sJ5aKVUpY45PpRCmWkQ5Czq_ZDnjs9CNXyEq967AwYFUvGqfLcwtd-7pEd65tj1gutqqETNZbB9a_r8seHJ9V2rGD4MrGUC1795C5iGoQWg8-rd_GxrjJvS_pQlYJSsVCfJcgBiqbOOb32bE-R3gynG6cKyzoREdgOF0XthEMg5aGBuo5BWoZg/s2259/WoW%20183%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="1716" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJcJQ6sJ5aKVUpY45PpRCmWkQ5Czq_ZDnjs9CNXyEq967AwYFUvGqfLcwtd-7pEd65tj1gutqqETNZbB9a_r8seHJ9V2rGD4MrGUC1795C5iGoQWg8-rd_GxrjJvS_pQlYJSsVCfJcgBiqbOOb32bE-R3gynG6cKyzoREdgOF0XthEMg5aGBuo5BWoZg/w486-h640/WoW%20183%2019.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95UW0NIUZ2IcYvqBuziRnZ5in7lJhBM6b7BSBCAWJFo135emxglcbVq55CXYE0r2mBUwPbQhHBUMyAiB_jdYqYyY76sN6QVu41Vxs95GCzHTcGpX5wyOd3jKAmoquns6q2zbunXV4NxWYSPSWe4DnMrwByeKIYFYC4KLDkc8M6vPkQ2RJ3DQ7d_BPru0/s2235/WoW%20183%2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJi5jy57cdd_yx-IoWFqzvH7bX3AQa4yihM3buvDqpiIi7rcrZohKg_0C8vlOxCY42okXK_AKwFkKuQUUv8z0Th8rrTUTvkIiXZUy1kH-IehFsxqKhyz4rnHIBXXno3qoK-ymEdrYTq3Ucocwx9MqFau9PY1lsCJZXWLtOr3ZZzgcJD49gi2NUbuQhCw/s2192/WoW%20183%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="1663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJi5jy57cdd_yx-IoWFqzvH7bX3AQa4yihM3buvDqpiIi7rcrZohKg_0C8vlOxCY42okXK_AKwFkKuQUUv8z0Th8rrTUTvkIiXZUy1kH-IehFsxqKhyz4rnHIBXXno3qoK-ymEdrYTq3Ucocwx9MqFau9PY1lsCJZXWLtOr3ZZzgcJD49gi2NUbuQhCw/w486-h640/WoW%20183%2022.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-68322126129333835682023-02-13T09:00:00.002+00:002023-04-01T00:52:45.670+01:00The Daredevil Art of Diving (Updated 31/3/23)<p> Just a quick one today as The Art of Diving goes back to its roots with a Mike Western <i>Valiant</i> cover. <i>The Daredevils</i> was the last of the comic's long line of cover features which had included the likes of <i>It</i> Could <i>Happen</i>, <i>Is It True?</i> and <i>Who Is It?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DuyBoUn2w1taZVtv9H6DwvSZaS_9mbEIS203y0qjlDihN6U3O9h26Qrx_rybjIFvkoKbmsRM5UpHBe7xKm0F61DSPU6HKot7m0wfcJoUo82AL9z6IHGwjhPtTgCgVTCKvbRzfPMIJthxGe6CGwIUOge6TcDsLHOh4nOqEqVoM6zwgEkDfrs-ttrs/s1534/01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1161" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DuyBoUn2w1taZVtv9H6DwvSZaS_9mbEIS203y0qjlDihN6U3O9h26Qrx_rybjIFvkoKbmsRM5UpHBe7xKm0F61DSPU6HKot7m0wfcJoUo82AL9z6IHGwjhPtTgCgVTCKvbRzfPMIJthxGe6CGwIUOge6TcDsLHOh4nOqEqVoM6zwgEkDfrs-ttrs/w484-h640/01.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p>Updated to add some extra Mike Western goodness with this back cover from the 1975<i> Valiant Summer Special.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1M3pKfAtMxkKIoe7jfxUgYjGl5E4k-PX7ulEtBk77tJRDLvFXhbhsR4n2GZLjQmIsWEA7qzPASS0Br2U4VWzd95YTrND2cMEY82097vsZZcCVBUS0qioPqgJNw-54bWQSvgSg8DhBfpuXMKb4ESB5N61j2Wq4WQ6D_TWT0LHKOADjK5avtk8WqJ7C/s2464/ValiantSpecial1975%20080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1M3pKfAtMxkKIoe7jfxUgYjGl5E4k-PX7ulEtBk77tJRDLvFXhbhsR4n2GZLjQmIsWEA7qzPASS0Br2U4VWzd95YTrND2cMEY82097vsZZcCVBUS0qioPqgJNw-54bWQSvgSg8DhBfpuXMKb4ESB5N61j2Wq4WQ6D_TWT0LHKOADjK5avtk8WqJ7C/w498-h640/ValiantSpecial1975%20080.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p><i><br /></i></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-54321951843755945312023-02-11T15:12:00.002+00:002023-02-11T21:41:36.088+00:00Three (More) of a Kind - The Frogmen<p> Here are three more covers for <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/2020/05/three-of-kind-frogmen.html" target="_blank">The Frogmen</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p> This 1950s edition is signed "Dix" but I haven't been able to find out anything about them.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHT1Fc1_KYrg6-0GPk_RJo1rEZEViAxjk-gkUqougoayzlUDm6ZXwGoeB1oTcXKdvftHUBr1w4Tc2aJAG0N7o9V1IMYZXVc2i_rLWc11fYsZLf4cCJ9I80XsJrTdUKu2TPOQZxsOonmDS7V9AgudJRg3XmPTXwA1gNLcm5s4HiAQBOOT-oi3c4r6G/s1591/Frogmen%20Evans%20Brothers%20Ltd%20%201950%201955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1021" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHT1Fc1_KYrg6-0GPk_RJo1rEZEViAxjk-gkUqougoayzlUDm6ZXwGoeB1oTcXKdvftHUBr1w4Tc2aJAG0N7o9V1IMYZXVc2i_rLWc11fYsZLf4cCJ9I80XsJrTdUKu2TPOQZxsOonmDS7V9AgudJRg3XmPTXwA1gNLcm5s4HiAQBOOT-oi3c4r6G/w410-h640/Frogmen%20Evans%20Brothers%20Ltd%20%201950%201955.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lesliewoodartwork.com/about" target="_blank">Leslie Wood</a> (1920-1994), who painted this Quality Book Club cover, was a Cheshire-based artist best known for their work on the <i>Little Red Engine</i> series. He also produced <a href="http://unexa.org/walters/lesliewood/lesliewood.htm" target="_blank">covers</a> for Hugh Walters' science-fiction novels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSzjOAnq1N50DWgA1Xg-7PlXDOlcYmp2lxlRmqO_a3mHG6HpIwZQexGebbb4iE_6szpMXaTa2g4T6DWZEKb4HbyC0kNA_m9S-7eYTvLYge6zGdtIwrC1JLR4-hyhu0Gy8i1YzA6Y8Ny74f0sIyS_uErTojwQfUpiiSL1Hu0EnyX6LN7ED5Xhi04jg/s1427/Frogmen%20Quality%20Book%20Club.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSzjOAnq1N50DWgA1Xg-7PlXDOlcYmp2lxlRmqO_a3mHG6HpIwZQexGebbb4iE_6szpMXaTa2g4T6DWZEKb4HbyC0kNA_m9S-7eYTvLYge6zGdtIwrC1JLR4-hyhu0Gy8i1YzA6Y8Ny74f0sIyS_uErTojwQfUpiiSL1Hu0EnyX6LN7ED5Xhi04jg/w438-h640/Frogmen%20Quality%20Book%20Club.png" width="438" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This revised Pan paperback edition dates from 1970.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOb85EQ1YJn_op2De8HLNv0K-kFq_98AVif0blPYgDalp0Ll66Wm8yB6Aqm8_wwuDKQfx1VU0M9K0ZcgD3ZsZkSn2qDt5trTpH8VhMcc5ae3z74QjqsUCfptd06z3ybrl81w5aamzyhbbjJheg6_klkQFRrXvavoIoKX_FE4k_8pu9Oih3IwBJdA3/s1046/Frogmen-1-cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOb85EQ1YJn_op2De8HLNv0K-kFq_98AVif0blPYgDalp0Ll66Wm8yB6Aqm8_wwuDKQfx1VU0M9K0ZcgD3ZsZkSn2qDt5trTpH8VhMcc5ae3z74QjqsUCfptd06z3ybrl81w5aamzyhbbjJheg6_klkQFRrXvavoIoKX_FE4k_8pu9Oih3IwBJdA3/w416-h640/Frogmen-1-cover.png" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-71389299253997994952022-12-29T19:50:00.003+00:002022-12-29T19:52:33.843+00:00The Boy's Own Art of Diving<p>Here's a selection of covers from <i>The Boy's Own Paper </i>to finish off the year. (Click for larger images).</p><p><br /></p><p>1951. Art by Robert Hodgson.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8boPNQgirx8K3yDxkKnIsV5TdCzJJGbuvNU7TSdjerPK_hGspCMtirpIGpRwkc8r9kaGBBzPymvobufgU8M_G2c56qZePAo0zF1ki8mPvCvtymjJiueLo_JzK3nam7oi9jpU2cQaMZgpnHqIIcwCp5B4hVJlF_XeujL9EzF9xE9dLlJZPKSRkcKxd/s1394/BOP%20July%201951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8boPNQgirx8K3yDxkKnIsV5TdCzJJGbuvNU7TSdjerPK_hGspCMtirpIGpRwkc8r9kaGBBzPymvobufgU8M_G2c56qZePAo0zF1ki8mPvCvtymjJiueLo_JzK3nam7oi9jpU2cQaMZgpnHqIIcwCp5B4hVJlF_XeujL9EzF9xE9dLlJZPKSRkcKxd/w495-h640/BOP%20July%201951.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><br /><p>Robert Hodgson's design sketch for this issue was up for sale in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61FoEI05H8Gu_xkV0Q_myYwyfzNTsdGMX2mXWYPiXRa4h1zXC9d38THdbr7uehNxG2hJmrp_gL9Sy18BPlcyRbwzq-UA_TysJ5mxY3LR9aXm9-3qugEwBdwrEeaUiesw7EbfinYMEBgqxt9vO_eJGHWeAcassrDgp3C6eGb7iH4k2LpA5RUHmrHQI/s493/BOP%20Hodgson%20rough.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61FoEI05H8Gu_xkV0Q_myYwyfzNTsdGMX2mXWYPiXRa4h1zXC9d38THdbr7uehNxG2hJmrp_gL9Sy18BPlcyRbwzq-UA_TysJ5mxY3LR9aXm9-3qugEwBdwrEeaUiesw7EbfinYMEBgqxt9vO_eJGHWeAcassrDgp3C6eGb7iH4k2LpA5RUHmrHQI/s16000/BOP%20Hodgson%20rough.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>There doesn't seem to be a wealth of information available about Robert Hodgson but Steve Holland has some over on his <a href="https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/01/robert-hodgson.html" target="_blank">Bear Alley Blog</a>. Scroll down to see comments from his grandson and others who knew him.</p><p><br /></p><p>1955. Art by George Bowe.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfG0AIBcnT1LzCvdYjziV7nC_p8508ex63MJLcGnNmCtA8yMgPQ5bZ_EXuXCAPVS3MP2ry4wyYpmbQU-BpHU2wwIrBiT_9MmwSzg9X4H5sHPmE0iG5RRFkOwIsf9-wClzhKFpvTAvoEaEOtslPlmWgmDGfS2TYjI2E7EIecbQIbTTHwZzu7ncxttQ/s2518/BOP%20April%201955%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="1885" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfG0AIBcnT1LzCvdYjziV7nC_p8508ex63MJLcGnNmCtA8yMgPQ5bZ_EXuXCAPVS3MP2ry4wyYpmbQU-BpHU2wwIrBiT_9MmwSzg9X4H5sHPmE0iG5RRFkOwIsf9-wClzhKFpvTAvoEaEOtslPlmWgmDGfS2TYjI2E7EIecbQIbTTHwZzu7ncxttQ/w480-h640/BOP%20April%201955%20cover.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>The "Underwater Thrills" mentioned on the cover refers to an article on the making of Disney's <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. </i>Despite there being nothing about it in the magazine, the artwork looks to me like it's illustrating the incident where Jacques Cousteau fought off a shark with his camera, something which has appeared numerous times on this <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/search/label/Cousteau%20and%20the%20shark" target="_blank">blog</a>.</p><p>George Bowe is another mystery man but, again, Steve Holland has <a href="https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/11/george-bowe.html" target="_blank">some</a> information. Other publications he worked for include <i>Eagle, Lion </i>and<i> Boy's World</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>1963.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNJuPE0keQewkyT2ng9jsBuy1wlwyYFkMOLxRuxbn5K9iIVxAr-hb7ltPnUBm07CgBTxjIMvBIerfnsJDtjACo4sICBOLZuaugzayv6AKJ1GOJ05OOwj44CLRYBFemRW_sNdJIEepBwFod0LYmiGBVXM-oxzH1rBMU20Aa1IM5rhdx5GX81kSW4t8/s1355/BOP%20June%201963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1033" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNJuPE0keQewkyT2ng9jsBuy1wlwyYFkMOLxRuxbn5K9iIVxAr-hb7ltPnUBm07CgBTxjIMvBIerfnsJDtjACo4sICBOLZuaugzayv6AKJ1GOJ05OOwj44CLRYBFemRW_sNdJIEepBwFod0LYmiGBVXM-oxzH1rBMU20Aa1IM5rhdx5GX81kSW4t8/w488-h640/BOP%20June%201963.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p>I don't know the artist for this last cover but, like many others on this blog, he seems to not really understand how regulators work. This diver's hose appears to be connected directly to the manifold, without a regulator to reduce the pressure. Good luck with that!</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Boy's Own Paper</i> was first published in 1879. It was originated by the Religious Tracts Society and later taken over by the Lutterworth Press, Purnell and Sons Ltd, and BPC Publishing Ltd. Originally published weekly, it became a monthly in 1913 and finally ceased publication in 1967.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-68803106435760712712022-12-28T16:38:00.005+00:002023-08-10T18:28:44.771+01:00The Humorous Art of Diving - Crowther in Trouble<p><i>Look-in</i>, the "Junior TV Times", was a children's magazine that ran from 1971-1994. In addition to interviews, features and competitions, comic strips based on popular TV shows were an important part of its success. For the first two years of publication, the strip that greeted readers each issue was <i>Crowther in Trouble</i>. Instead of being based on a specific TV show, it featured popular TV presenter/actor/comedian Leslie Crowther and his accident-prone adventures, often featuring his real-life wife Jean and their children. Crowther had spent most of the sixties in the children's variety show <i>Crackerjack</i> and so was a popular face with younger viewers as well as adults. Going into the seventies he featured in <i>The Leslie Crowther Show,</i> followed by the sitcom <i>My Good Woman</i>.</p><p>During 1972, several issues of the Look-in strip featured the Crowthers on holiday in Spain. I recently acquired the original artwork for issues 15, 16 and 17 (Look-in reset the numbering each year). My motive for buying them was the strip for issue 17 which is presented here. (Click for a larger image).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCIGfDPPxBRJwBlEoAIZsFtXqSsOLL-BymYsNoNpB1nGru5UJKK3L_9VmVN3u0L-lNHW8wdURM2iULowTqekL-m3TezdCxqClyHQnY1PQwDUJiwUU2hSppU5-eyyhf5LL9EOswB9TQq1ScHPCtKosWbiiIB7Y-iDZbZ3P2XV70iH-tD5WDCnyST90/s3128/Crowther%20stitched%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3128" data-original-width="1741" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCIGfDPPxBRJwBlEoAIZsFtXqSsOLL-BymYsNoNpB1nGru5UJKK3L_9VmVN3u0L-lNHW8wdURM2iULowTqekL-m3TezdCxqClyHQnY1PQwDUJiwUU2hSppU5-eyyhf5LL9EOswB9TQq1ScHPCtKosWbiiIB7Y-iDZbZ3P2XV70iH-tD5WDCnyST90/w356-h640/Crowther%20stitched%20small.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The art is by Tom Kerr whose worked graced many publications. He was equally adept at adventure or humour strips and his style was easily recognisable in both. Fleetway/IPC sometimes used him as a fill-in artist and he was able to evoke the look of the regular artists while still retaining his own style. I have fond memories of <i>Kit Carter's Clarks Commandos</i>, an advertising strip that he drew from 1969-1972. A new story would appear every few months and would be published in multiple titles at the same time. Unfortunately, not a lot is known about Kerr but you can read a bit more about him <a href="https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/03/tom-kerr.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Finally, here's a look at the strip as published:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmiTYTxTv4GvJW_YTtJWhIJxrc5Yx7qX8tsKa0kOANPN-TlSvKV3ftY3TOgC0oFhqcqhR3S4LCMlcPl2Uo9WUH3VtXAuft8Vzzyi6nj-j9KCoqrfyxiIFuqG5BITH2XTT5QuvV5gGU9vzQdSQzRtpslcB2vl4xp263PlENRLFdjN0AW-duFe9GvfZ/s1800/Look-in%201972%2017%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmiTYTxTv4GvJW_YTtJWhIJxrc5Yx7qX8tsKa0kOANPN-TlSvKV3ftY3TOgC0oFhqcqhR3S4LCMlcPl2Uo9WUH3VtXAuft8Vzzyi6nj-j9KCoqrfyxiIFuqG5BITH2XTT5QuvV5gGU9vzQdSQzRtpslcB2vl4xp263PlENRLFdjN0AW-duFe9GvfZ/w456-h640/Look-in%201972%2017%2003.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-48213475408877062132022-12-22T17:43:00.003+00:002022-12-22T17:54:18.143+00:00The Art of DIYving<p> Today I'm bringing you two covers from <i>Practical Mechanics</i>, both of which were for articles on making your own underwater equipment. Unfortunately they didn't credit their artists so I don't know who painted these.</p><p>The first issue, from January 1955, gives details on how to make an aqualung. I wonder how many people successfully managed it?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3L9Mm3Hh4CwBpL59VmLiNoO-EiC9bfqpwn2Cv1E_njMhT841cek7QJjqwzVgFBVIDMOXsGJeBitwMbGSRTT0g-oyd5k7PTYII8IIRPCr9VErnPJH313AP_3_3GmlVXYxds4RAVQsUCwljl2uEbNCE_wq6fXXUYQIsBtPpax3ESJrV9zWfAuR_lY5/s1636/PM%20Jan%201955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3L9Mm3Hh4CwBpL59VmLiNoO-EiC9bfqpwn2Cv1E_njMhT841cek7QJjqwzVgFBVIDMOXsGJeBitwMbGSRTT0g-oyd5k7PTYII8IIRPCr9VErnPJH313AP_3_3GmlVXYxds4RAVQsUCwljl2uEbNCE_wq6fXXUYQIsBtPpax3ESJrV9zWfAuR_lY5/w506-h640/PM%20Jan%201955.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A year later, anyone who hadn't drowned themselves could make an underwater housing for their camera. I just had a flood during a trip to the Red Sea so perhaps I'll have a go at making a replacement!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGy2_27sVLBv4Fa9d9NiAJ1HVcnPPwH0Lwj_MqLSe7fn7HsuEQQEITRkuU_oqhspmzXzbgbUivKFfsLLmu8IxTAlYWYTHPOouo-VzdwWgrh0lRp1_o4pHt40sTMNscW2_QVFJgEJxQrO04EAxGr70WgzrYzZgI4Y0A2uJTeq1_499nTzEoikyNq-H/s3347/PM%20Jan%201956%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3347" data-original-width="2440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGy2_27sVLBv4Fa9d9NiAJ1HVcnPPwH0Lwj_MqLSe7fn7HsuEQQEITRkuU_oqhspmzXzbgbUivKFfsLLmu8IxTAlYWYTHPOouo-VzdwWgrh0lRp1_o4pHt40sTMNscW2_QVFJgEJxQrO04EAxGr70WgzrYzZgI4Y0A2uJTeq1_499nTzEoikyNq-H/w466-h640/PM%20Jan%201956%20Cover.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm afraid I don't have a copy of the first issue so if you want to make your own aqualung you'll have to look elsewhere. I do have a copy of the second though and you can see how to make your own camera housing <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/p/practical-mechanics-underwater.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dhJPcvVYgh2Rcb8fnQAWzYPNtKkknKczURXoNpKmRAQ_Ido0DXrJ6S_KXnBG7AWdu5hGo1GaiyHwLoHCD-CQitYxmb-hfWqRDULHM5jF7e8bvARMy_Yi6fwD-5kX7WpmeuUCRo1I-MNHaSymHRWspdefIEOtJPVYMqVxs0LEfoc4qpBlf3y8n7rB/s2360/PM%20Jan%201956%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2360" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dhJPcvVYgh2Rcb8fnQAWzYPNtKkknKczURXoNpKmRAQ_Ido0DXrJ6S_KXnBG7AWdu5hGo1GaiyHwLoHCD-CQitYxmb-hfWqRDULHM5jF7e8bvARMy_Yi6fwD-5kX7WpmeuUCRo1I-MNHaSymHRWspdefIEOtJPVYMqVxs0LEfoc4qpBlf3y8n7rB/w640-h306/PM%20Jan%201956%204.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-29600024904425561162022-12-05T05:22:00.000+00:002022-12-05T05:22:38.418+00:00The Seamless Art of Diving - More Nemrod<p>Following on from my recent <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/2022/11/the-seamless-art-of-diving.html" target="_blank">post</a> featuring one of their catalogues, here's a few Nemrod odds and ends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This box was for a mask but highlights the company's origin as a speargun manufacturer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xXU48rTY0yd9KMBDMc2PwMRZXiAzArqvykgTl-28qL87XpTiAKisGeUvS0OEwQvtlTzdMb3WN9B8MC8NAfrruM80f5ddbBhWoPzdEDOJoVZ3-aiAm3s0Q9VpIGDkOonfsZx22k0pBFSLSkBFiJwEchJ2xkXjtcA_qIDa9D0mJ03klDic2j4SGO0M/s2635/Nemrod%20Spanish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="2635" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xXU48rTY0yd9KMBDMc2PwMRZXiAzArqvykgTl-28qL87XpTiAKisGeUvS0OEwQvtlTzdMb3WN9B8MC8NAfrruM80f5ddbBhWoPzdEDOJoVZ3-aiAm3s0Q9VpIGDkOonfsZx22k0pBFSLSkBFiJwEchJ2xkXjtcA_qIDa9D0mJ03klDic2j4SGO0M/w640-h242/Nemrod%20Spanish.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>This 1967 catalogue is courtesy of <a href="https://blutimescubahistory.com/web/en/sezione-tecnica/cataloghi-completi?field_marca_ripetibile__value=&field_data_cat_com_value=&page=0" target="_blank">Blu Time Scuba History</a>, a wonderful virtual museum of scuba equipment. If you've any interest in the history of scuba gear it's well worth a visit.<div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqJ4CrLGFydEpl6Gnp-E3fEgg5lEHvPL3xVleJRporff7FUrYxyAmdzRa8o40Nva68HTGNqG4oG6qPfvqfMPabPbRlozd3yd78uFTZVmP6q2kxhY5NK1LkUbJoHxWXrEWyIyg4TZZvCTtS6PGhYihf6igl9cKztKRzghtgetFF9lo1flWmCW1_-JD/s1071/NEMROD%201967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqJ4CrLGFydEpl6Gnp-E3fEgg5lEHvPL3xVleJRporff7FUrYxyAmdzRa8o40Nva68HTGNqG4oG6qPfvqfMPabPbRlozd3yd78uFTZVmP6q2kxhY5NK1LkUbJoHxWXrEWyIyg4TZZvCTtS6PGhYihf6igl9cKztKRzghtgetFF9lo1flWmCW1_-JD/w488-h640/NEMROD%201967.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If anyone can identify the artist's signature on this next piece I'd love to hear from you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyUtd8yQuyr3UOp55cF1XO4JGoKcvj8mnOKEFwhARxtC7hBU_cHgLobaU42Lxx-RNkR1_Y-sPhztbcMwvI12vVV8NBCjHUwiR6hUR3tqzK_c9B21gOqFBrKhU7R4SfJNiEMYaDCNcmbT-1di1Uth3_KrivFT3voz94fqMwWHsBDhpv_1K_XvRP3xf/s915/Nemrod%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="721" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyUtd8yQuyr3UOp55cF1XO4JGoKcvj8mnOKEFwhARxtC7hBU_cHgLobaU42Lxx-RNkR1_Y-sPhztbcMwvI12vVV8NBCjHUwiR6hUR3tqzK_c9B21gOqFBrKhU7R4SfJNiEMYaDCNcmbT-1di1Uth3_KrivFT3voz94fqMwWHsBDhpv_1K_XvRP3xf/w504-h640/Nemrod%201.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, this sticker dates from the 1980s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFb268G_qEdfCGAkDOyQ6mOkkwRTtwp69K8UlPkpi9tEatcLZ7zywsmkWNpRtlpXmhGwCqarIflmzE7N6UULBY4vzV__BGf9CuKbvsddsCZJopbLVAvX8ukIfMgGeA3cc7FJhiyYpE4IdAHRFRw4fQT057nkMjDU01jerAdf6x3j80mBkWcJsCcB0C/s738/Nemrod%20sticker%201980s.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="644" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFb268G_qEdfCGAkDOyQ6mOkkwRTtwp69K8UlPkpi9tEatcLZ7zywsmkWNpRtlpXmhGwCqarIflmzE7N6UULBY4vzV__BGf9CuKbvsddsCZJopbLVAvX8ukIfMgGeA3cc7FJhiyYpE4IdAHRFRw4fQT057nkMjDU01jerAdf6x3j80mBkWcJsCcB0C/w558-h640/Nemrod%20sticker%201980s.png" width="558" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-77617230922084051912022-11-24T00:59:00.002+00:002022-11-24T23:19:05.777+00:00The Sporting Art of Diving<p> First published in February 1966 by Odham's Press, <i>Smash!</i> was a sister paper to <i>Wham!</i> and became part of the "Power Comics" line which featured reprints of various Marvel Comics characters. Odham's had been acquired by Fleetway Publications (formerly the Amalgamated Press) in 1961 and in 1963 became a subsidiary of the newly formed International Publishing Company (IPC). In 1969 IPC revamped their comics line and Smash! was relaunched as a more traditional boys' paper in the same vein as the likes of <i>Valiant</i> and <i>Lion</i>.</p><p>One of the strips created for the new Smash! was <i>His Sporting Lordship</i> drawn by Doug Maxted (1914-1999). Labourer Henry Nobbins was the heir to the title of the Earl of Ranworth but before he could inherit the family fortune he had to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and become a champion sportsman. If he failed the family home, Castle Plonkton, would be sold to Mr. Parkinson who wanted to turn it into a glue factory. One of Henry's tasks was to swim the English Channel and, in this sequence, Parkinson attempts to stop him with the aid of his henchman Fred Bloggs.</p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4Orkhy-42sMSLrgCP1xyUH5o8bjqG5--DDhnW8csE2UD4m6cLspowoZrY_pjG1cuot69KD-RcE_IykpNjgVxKXjn6PptIPlIvazeCwv54uxdGI2j4Gb2gtVnzwXrVoK3tiei4dP_HRSw5EwTWdJ2rHS8Uj2-2Zl9zSVWT618tYDhuXSfmT7qOsf6/s1561/HSL%201.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="1561" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4Orkhy-42sMSLrgCP1xyUH5o8bjqG5--DDhnW8csE2UD4m6cLspowoZrY_pjG1cuot69KD-RcE_IykpNjgVxKXjn6PptIPlIvazeCwv54uxdGI2j4Gb2gtVnzwXrVoK3tiei4dP_HRSw5EwTWdJ2rHS8Uj2-2Zl9zSVWT618tYDhuXSfmT7qOsf6/w640-h212/HSL%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3USFhVLSq-GnCTsWMfw81yUa73YNJwNTpVh6NFoFGhc4Nltnfj2wlMZkLaZgfh8N95ktIR69SbpHBily3-R8vO-_lWAIeaCirPGbKGRjEc4b97IqwHQ7UbXnLjkZORFypzqe3r3znhnwUY_muwG5UPzeu3n2ulHg4SUBUCYFbEquXvnL4w9O4qSU/s1562/HSL%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1562" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3USFhVLSq-GnCTsWMfw81yUa73YNJwNTpVh6NFoFGhc4Nltnfj2wlMZkLaZgfh8N95ktIR69SbpHBily3-R8vO-_lWAIeaCirPGbKGRjEc4b97IqwHQ7UbXnLjkZORFypzqe3r3znhnwUY_muwG5UPzeu3n2ulHg4SUBUCYFbEquXvnL4w9O4qSU/w640-h216/HSL%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaMRBGagmCIYEnCdJHQ6kiJB1FehBRPH4gYbxZmkplt6hnF6mLZUmmFwvP4FDoHQyGyHu_9RH8ZoOmlo08zFKxgISjVgiPUUq8_STCa0q0JK66kGEeIpqwrJ2iQIhiaDsdy22GoaDjRy-RswadskGG8n6g1wl-Bc8L3GPyIEP2Y3EbFhP8QsEjKd4/s2187/HSL%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1588" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaMRBGagmCIYEnCdJHQ6kiJB1FehBRPH4gYbxZmkplt6hnF6mLZUmmFwvP4FDoHQyGyHu_9RH8ZoOmlo08zFKxgISjVgiPUUq8_STCa0q0JK66kGEeIpqwrJ2iQIhiaDsdy22GoaDjRy-RswadskGG8n6g1wl-Bc8L3GPyIEP2Y3EbFhP8QsEjKd4/w464-h640/HSL%203.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUB2zPX6u6AjR7mRw6vT-N_AV_bb-GM3kluf1BS53UOKGliQ1l81gqhlDzJuZToqyI0IcDC08nEiloi_WaN0i0mqFg54OweIV-cnAIsX8Q41N2hSlpOSgpnkWL2FsxQeQp8l8vn7JrKYy-YRphmpwNVG87oE_28QJ6XuBuUfI5j-qgkXHH6SyUytPG/s1624/HSL%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUB2zPX6u6AjR7mRw6vT-N_AV_bb-GM3kluf1BS53UOKGliQ1l81gqhlDzJuZToqyI0IcDC08nEiloi_WaN0i0mqFg54OweIV-cnAIsX8Q41N2hSlpOSgpnkWL2FsxQeQp8l8vn7JrKYy-YRphmpwNVG87oE_28QJ6XuBuUfI5j-qgkXHH6SyUytPG/w606-h640/HSL%204.jpg" width="606" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm51JFOotGEmBuBjo4DnBjOkjvhEdDazaO_AQao_Ymvz8seO158lofmxJMqXD3PJCV17DfgnF1_O7JXGcEmdxJjFUZ-BKNeZOsQKbGH9usHToZbGcR21uSvL7YvPLTzDEovBLlCVi2XBDbUG3ckt6hz_n5sQPFJd-KgwPJl1yfOVpM4E8vGv4qlTR/s1523/HSL%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1523" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm51JFOotGEmBuBjo4DnBjOkjvhEdDazaO_AQao_Ymvz8seO158lofmxJMqXD3PJCV17DfgnF1_O7JXGcEmdxJjFUZ-BKNeZOsQKbGH9usHToZbGcR21uSvL7YvPLTzDEovBLlCVi2XBDbUG3ckt6hz_n5sQPFJd-KgwPJl1yfOVpM4E8vGv4qlTR/w640-h482/HSL%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Douglas Francis Maxted was born in London in 1914. Aged 11 he emigrated to Australia with his family. He began drawing comics in the 1940s and had his own publishing company for a time. In 1962 he returned to the UK and began drawing for various IPC comics. Most of the strips he drew had a humorous, sporting theme and included <i>Legge's Eleven</i> and <i>Yellowknife of the Yard</i> for Valiant and <i>Nutty Slack</i> and the <i>Sludgemouth Sloggers</i> in <i>Buster</i>. in 1983 he returned to Australia where he painted as a hobby in his retirement.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-47250897161893362022022-11-13T14:47:00.000+00:002022-11-13T14:47:01.910+00:00The Seamless Art of Diving<p>Nemrod were a pioneering Spanish manufacturer of diving equipment. They originally made spear-guns but soon expanded to produce a wide range of products. Their <i>Snark III</i> regulator remains the only three-stage regulator ever made. In the United States they were marketed by the Seamless Rubber Company who produced this lavishly illustrated catalogue for 1970. They used the cover again the following year and I'm assuming this also applies to the interior artwork. I'm afraid I don't know who the artist was but I really like the style they employed here.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbBRz0cmE9RyehfD8ehNbYfzJaYKiK36ixBcPT9PkNsZ7vrqJndGaZcsCpZPmGE8pekOhvVMIzwChPWYbU7Y8Lm6M7acV_106lNpMcqyyNc2tHluColn86M7onn1mrcc4yAjMzN5P88D6P6Sqs5pUUU3RZbSoKnDY5V-eXEF8VGMphOKV_v7i1Pdw/s821/Nemrod%201970%20patched.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbBRz0cmE9RyehfD8ehNbYfzJaYKiK36ixBcPT9PkNsZ7vrqJndGaZcsCpZPmGE8pekOhvVMIzwChPWYbU7Y8Lm6M7acV_106lNpMcqyyNc2tHluColn86M7onn1mrcc4yAjMzN5P88D6P6Sqs5pUUU3RZbSoKnDY5V-eXEF8VGMphOKV_v7i1Pdw/s16000/Nemrod%201970%20patched.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLZf2kbbYySQCM7E4q1T03_duBSbtOjOXWygmLtKJau0SWzRXTXtOQxvQBFoCOdRjn5FSxR9GDmxWMhgrlZ6HH17_wTNc4bnDI1RDv9z54kGEOrFDRBt4kfePGsVAwDWLm2-Ro9rs1_uqJW8Lz7PL9RTv7Czqo-M_biPTb2m4IBJUpL4OJV16z3hI/s822/Nemrod%201970a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The cover features a classic "diver and shark" illustration while the endpapers depict an equally classic scene.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmCNZ8NFw7vtcERxp_0YMkVq7wGcIqTBNdLbF91qIx8LlDBrTsL6Hi1oZq5MjeSC3rK5OhK0smkZqS4cwUeS4-gY-DNRqSGwMyC-sFsflcEZMh0UzpOHFTy2QtnMl347datF5hUO4GpJ2zP9kJOKKr-FI9l1yFPLJsepB3Z0elNMpsvu2k3GwnvmG/s1440/Collins%201960%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1119" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmCNZ8NFw7vtcERxp_0YMkVq7wGcIqTBNdLbF91qIx8LlDBrTsL6Hi1oZq5MjeSC3rK5OhK0smkZqS4cwUeS4-gY-DNRqSGwMyC-sFsflcEZMh0UzpOHFTy2QtnMl347datF5hUO4GpJ2zP9kJOKKr-FI9l1yFPLJsepB3Z0elNMpsvu2k3GwnvmG/w498-h640/Collins%201960%20cover.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirSvC_Aqe1aXkFD1xNn2WejEvBhrjWTcZEq_ybJtfEPQ_jPmdQ1dMmskUuXf8VzXAGX3MUm8Pmw0VG9H7mc6gygtG-fIj1YVinlXdMHHxxzCuQavUTzpYSzFPCGi8nRftrj7kpjdqjk4c-mZ0gNdtK5_LDHizP-S6gDe2b7Kun6M9XYfPV2v_K1tV/s1537/Collins%201960%20endpapers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1030" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtU61q--_zb073zfCf7RwjV1vwybD3CfjjmIcYsy70RWCNofZcPZYUNnMSSXdmlBEil7aJaf9SyWvV4fwn5OZUucCI9H6k51aDr1b481Jz-j7jnHeExvatw_SlvxxLLd4-sX4FQZMzvq28p6aKvir0tEbg7x9d6Iw-pNpv8flnk1i05dqldZ49BlEd/w412-h640/Ghosts%2089%207.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /><p>I particularly like the depiction of the ghost on page five.</p><p>Teny Henson (usually "Tenny" in US publications) is from The Philippines and worked for Filipino publishers in the fifties and sixties. From the mid-seventies until the mid-eighties, he worked for DC on their war and horror titles. He then moved into animation, working as a storyboard artist on shows such as <i>Animaniacs</i>, <i>X-Men </i>and <i>Tiny Toons</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1958 <i>Fantastic</i> cover is one of 32 painted by Edward Valigursky (1926-2009).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTPbiuFtVfiwfTpVziw1jlX6BaV2Ufa6CLpRnQ9seUTgJEy5ri_SMM4lFb1KxTdHEL7R9nGi6FVhaF1sIBkXhmGFjorZBBwREBfFgeqLcopUUdoF_Bl6GsC2vN5qdtK1jF1fF4F1v1Vh6nJX7dsp-qWj7ZMzsETzQvDa7g4IPl8NRmJYZcmC-KwCs/s2260/Edward%20Valigursky%20June-1958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2260" data-original-width="1616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTPbiuFtVfiwfTpVziw1jlX6BaV2Ufa6CLpRnQ9seUTgJEy5ri_SMM4lFb1KxTdHEL7R9nGi6FVhaF1sIBkXhmGFjorZBBwREBfFgeqLcopUUdoF_Bl6GsC2vN5qdtK1jF1fF4F1v1Vh6nJX7dsp-qWj7ZMzsETzQvDa7g4IPl8NRmJYZcmC-KwCs/w458-h640/Edward%20Valigursky%20June-1958.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>After serving in the US Navy, Valigursky studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Academy of Arts and the Art Institute of Pittsburg. He worked as an art director for Ziff-Davis, publishers of Fantastic, and Quinn Publishing before going freelance. He produced over 100 covers for Ace Books, particularly for their science-fiction titles (I featured one of them back in <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/2017/03/two-of-kind-key-out-of-time.html" target="_blank">2017</a>). He later moved into advertising and also produced work for the US Air Force and Air National Guard. Five of his paintings are on display in The Pentagon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, here's an item from a 1963 issue of Boy's World.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoECHhJD3Ne4j2adzyu-el9rWeZrXfIxDjNQGKL2JMoQ5P_Jy3LzuCuGqdO9FK0IvrHsOUBnbJjfn6QVTk3NTqFIk9ka-riEY8Wm52KgnmSImiK_LBFGhW6XwbnLBj4WxCiV7TXlWFM4IMbizcQbHrdSVBOSwHzN4aQDDOvxU_W_xu5JEqtbrzAJG/s1279/Boys%20World%20V1%2022%201963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1279" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoECHhJD3Ne4j2adzyu-el9rWeZrXfIxDjNQGKL2JMoQ5P_Jy3LzuCuGqdO9FK0IvrHsOUBnbJjfn6QVTk3NTqFIk9ka-riEY8Wm52KgnmSImiK_LBFGhW6XwbnLBj4WxCiV7TXlWFM4IMbizcQbHrdSVBOSwHzN4aQDDOvxU_W_xu5JEqtbrzAJG/w640-h397/Boys%20World%20V1%2022%201963.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-82439045905265640202022-10-28T15:36:00.001+01:002022-10-28T15:36:43.324+01:00The Recreational Art of Diving<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another quickie today. This book was published by the Underwater Unit of the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. Quite a fun cover I thought.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNe4l_4j0rfng_E9sHYpKUVUhD1nU8XmU3hCVaI3JJSglKA23hyAnnoQiyoKJmh6Q2gx2N3zH6QPlSOKuVzBrN4gyn5ph5Hs0PjqNc82DUAvt3X_7DaSaCUH7I5DHXFwQoxCV3dV9okss9cX_NY6C77xxzbGNcEF8bt82wP4IBBS5njPgmaikZ7j_/s1224/Underwater%20Recreation%201971.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNe4l_4j0rfng_E9sHYpKUVUhD1nU8XmU3hCVaI3JJSglKA23hyAnnoQiyoKJmh6Q2gx2N3zH6QPlSOKuVzBrN4gyn5ph5Hs0PjqNc82DUAvt3X_7DaSaCUH7I5DHXFwQoxCV3dV9okss9cX_NY6C77xxzbGNcEF8bt82wP4IBBS5njPgmaikZ7j_/w506-h640/Underwater%20Recreation%201971.png" width="506" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQbIvCll3WuPvKv-2XirTmE-0qXtU8zsIUMJeyrGtd_n9cp9lvJYydLtVqvo8vy3xbXqRtHJri_y_Atev1_0FN0wH2M7p1REU_YNVJNBbl45MkmrFVth1dXRMyK2NnHvaYvI1ZFpopelZnjnCbzBh-4dprcCOUTWwutsHX0mbTS8Vne7OA8BlF8yS/s1243/Underwater%20Recreation2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="964" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQbIvCll3WuPvKv-2XirTmE-0qXtU8zsIUMJeyrGtd_n9cp9lvJYydLtVqvo8vy3xbXqRtHJri_y_Atev1_0FN0wH2M7p1REU_YNVJNBbl45MkmrFVth1dXRMyK2NnHvaYvI1ZFpopelZnjnCbzBh-4dprcCOUTWwutsHX0mbTS8Vne7OA8BlF8yS/w496-h640/Underwater%20Recreation2.png" width="496" /></a></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-55654096151965635262022-10-22T05:00:00.002+01:002022-10-22T05:00:24.162+01:00Two of a Kind - Death Wore Fins<p> Just a quick one today - two editions of <i>Death Wore Fins </i>by Dale Clark. I'm glad Mr Clark chose "Fins" for the title; "Death Wore Flippers" wouldn't have sounded as good!</p><p><br /></p><p>1959 first edition:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNfUQxkHtm9BSJgOGlizmURhLgeiNQG48P10n0irWWlCRub73NyjKipAia0qOzz_XVN-iYmZjMRUkko7aqqul6glCZk7FDrZhRewzHYJDKxxAyt6rD4HRFQyZsZbi0TVY_YljJMsJJxD6IHfbghWP5xkstaqoyBFelSzutrju0nPUj86WhqDP8-3O/s755/Death%20wore%20fins%201959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNfUQxkHtm9BSJgOGlizmURhLgeiNQG48P10n0irWWlCRub73NyjKipAia0qOzz_XVN-iYmZjMRUkko7aqqul6glCZk7FDrZhRewzHYJDKxxAyt6rD4HRFQyZsZbi0TVY_YljJMsJJxD6IHfbghWP5xkstaqoyBFelSzutrju0nPUj86WhqDP8-3O/w422-h640/Death%20wore%20fins%201959.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><p>The first edition also had this image on the spine (on the dustjacket and the actual book).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwpaaVdMMgtSs6TulbXZ3UMGn6kwK1pcNHdkjcLj9nQp07Fd5G5ocn3jmK788Aem7xqgDgLRurad4BesW6-X7-tQYytwLCT2IkDN4Z6FaGOWDoDT8Z4AmAEaAt3y8mj-GM6W8YTNihQU5n2LxsBoE3wUc-gbHVj3lMETXkrL83bTz8lURM9ZhqB3Y/s319/Death%20wore%20fins%201959a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="218" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwpaaVdMMgtSs6TulbXZ3UMGn6kwK1pcNHdkjcLj9nQp07Fd5G5ocn3jmK788Aem7xqgDgLRurad4BesW6-X7-tQYytwLCT2IkDN4Z6FaGOWDoDT8Z4AmAEaAt3y8mj-GM6W8YTNihQU5n2LxsBoE3wUc-gbHVj3lMETXkrL83bTz8lURM9ZhqB3Y/w437-h640/Death%20wore%20fins%201959a.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>1962 paperback:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HdVAwOxpPtGU_Ln6Wnxi1T9rolAoxbmeSEE6p-PnxY4ZmITp3GUbKd42g3HumepQC6rMb0AajiaxQ9q5AxHhfGYvlAzY6iDcGiz28mvioHRQzEMpwclM04o79zowxvctRWhVI1fvMhRGF-sWRX9GfqxWN67DRcP4h-Hl77m85zc9pcM9OY1VNBTw/s1442/Deat%20wore%20fins%201962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HdVAwOxpPtGU_Ln6Wnxi1T9rolAoxbmeSEE6p-PnxY4ZmITp3GUbKd42g3HumepQC6rMb0AajiaxQ9q5AxHhfGYvlAzY6iDcGiz28mvioHRQzEMpwclM04o79zowxvctRWhVI1fvMhRGF-sWRX9GfqxWN67DRcP4h-Hl77m85zc9pcM9OY1VNBTw/w428-h640/Deat%20wore%20fins%201962.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-56992879391659377102022-09-15T19:30:00.004+01:002023-09-09T21:44:16.334+01:00The Art of Keith Watson<p>When I featured the <a href="https://www.artofdiving.co.uk/search/label/The%20Sky%20Shark" target="_blank">Sky Shark</a> strip earlier this year, I promised more from artist Keith Watson so here's a couple of nice examples.</p><p>In January 1969, City Magazines Ltd launched a companion title to their Gerry Anderson-themed <i>TV Century 21 </i>(aka<i> </i>TV21). The new comic was <i>Joe 90, </i>based on Anderson's latest Supermarionation series which had appeared on UK TV screens in the autumn of 1968. Some people insist on calling it <i>Joe 90 Top Secret </i>but I maintain that the "top secret" stamp on the masthead was simply a nod to the spy-themed nature of Joe's adventures. At the bottom of each page the comic is identified simply as "Joe 90".</p><p>The first issue featured Joe in some underwater exploits. The interior art is by Watson but the art on the cover is by Frank Bellamy.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vKU_2MCpENEy5EToOaqSYGFuQ67eCHZtRr8ijWeXGj6ZiRJpioCCtZGVjwv2eYfWn1o2tYubK8RJD_6-3WRvAFoNGKw2sMXTQlgwRDLrvBf7l5YEYm2XEqnPKgrpNRwHdJ8oXfNAsocg1mHBsAlmzIqdKAAbCBCWVzLN1XFueeHLeLQTJLchT3jS/s1592/Joe%2090%2001%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vKU_2MCpENEy5EToOaqSYGFuQ67eCHZtRr8ijWeXGj6ZiRJpioCCtZGVjwv2eYfWn1o2tYubK8RJD_6-3WRvAFoNGKw2sMXTQlgwRDLrvBf7l5YEYm2XEqnPKgrpNRwHdJ8oXfNAsocg1mHBsAlmzIqdKAAbCBCWVzLN1XFueeHLeLQTJLchT3jS/w498-h640/Joe%2090%2001%2001.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU5DFAh_EuJw1TUo6Cb3vw2GAt7zEd-KG3s8MrXMiONeCTMPcMxUXjeCYj0fytqaTNQ9Nwk6Sc0BkjwvOtUXgJjmPS-OJxm6VFzrzVXlegS25ia479rg_sTeuNWcsLqVPS23t5gQQyTAsH7RTXjh89iFvRGX77UggSH33VnSXfTCpcQLupEORp2EF/s1557/Joe%2090%2001%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Keith Watson was born in Ormesby in England in 1935. He joined Frank Hampson's studio in 1958, working on </span><i style="text-align: left;">Dan Dare</i><span style="text-align: left;"> for </span><i style="text-align: left;">Eagle</i><span style="text-align: left;">. When Hampson left the strip Watson worked on </span><i style="text-align: left;">Captain Condor</i><span style="text-align: left;"> for </span><i style="text-align: left;">Lion</i><span style="text-align: left;">. In 1962 he returned to Eagle to work as the sole artist on Dan Dare. When he took over the strip it had been relegated to the inside of the comic in black and white but during his time it reverted to colour and regained its place on the front cover.</span></div><p>As Eagle's sales declined, they ceased publishing new Dan Dare strips and began featuring reprints. Watson moved to TV21 where he drew <i>Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons</i> before being assigned to the Joe 90 strip (he also wrote some of the Joe 90 stories). Other work includes <i>The Space Girls</i> in <i>Tina</i>, <i>Battle of the Planets</i> in <i>TV Comic</i> and filling-in for Mike Noble on <i>The Famous Five</i> in <i>Look-in</i>. He also produced advertising art for companies such as Mobil, Raleigh, Volvo and Vauxhall.</p><p>In the 1980s he worked on the football strip <i>Roel Dijkstra</i> in the Dutch publication <i>Eppo</i> before reviving the original Dan Dare for the Eagle in 1989 (IPC had launched a new version of the comic in 1982). Sadly, he died of cancer in 1994 aged just 59.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-5536147595278817352022-05-24T11:31:00.001+01:002022-05-24T11:31:09.507+01:00The Archaeological Art of Diving<p>Here are some covers I managed to dig up!</p><p><br /></p><p>1955</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplXA5hbH1j8VO8Uso3rdBl25wOIg4dM0JB65n71n5TuCqun6oZPj-9h5PqT-lIxDRexbCXPLmuxHvXbQZcdDmlA1CRYB0K7X2EEJ59noonEx4ZrWuIzFkbZOXrGG0wRMOz15ootuDU3BzEoVPJ0E8sOkGzQNWpwe-f8eCSAgHn1RrZDcVjkR2D1mD/s942/Undersea-Diole%CC%81-2-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="611" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplXA5hbH1j8VO8Uso3rdBl25wOIg4dM0JB65n71n5TuCqun6oZPj-9h5PqT-lIxDRexbCXPLmuxHvXbQZcdDmlA1CRYB0K7X2EEJ59noonEx4ZrWuIzFkbZOXrGG0wRMOz15ootuDU3BzEoVPJ0E8sOkGzQNWpwe-f8eCSAgHn1RrZDcVjkR2D1mD/w415-h640/Undersea-Diole%CC%81-2-cover.png" width="415" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>1957, art by Sam "Peff" Peffer (1921-2014)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24YRedNvJl4h4vUCS8VAhnToysdovVYEqTFZPB2-rlVCix0GTCAzrovSD3EmLNsXtt2J64HU5o-dQ6AotZngRbz47PnPfgTnBJVORVN7_u5nFFz7yknbI3R7ryDzKmFXR02DJ-JRmjliJ-qJTVQleCBLDlTPxL11pegyCo6pfDBKgxI92ej3qOHjL/s1589/Sam%20Peffer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="1005" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24YRedNvJl4h4vUCS8VAhnToysdovVYEqTFZPB2-rlVCix0GTCAzrovSD3EmLNsXtt2J64HU5o-dQ6AotZngRbz47PnPfgTnBJVORVN7_u5nFFz7yknbI3R7ryDzKmFXR02DJ-JRmjliJ-qJTVQleCBLDlTPxL11pegyCo6pfDBKgxI92ej3qOHjL/w405-h640/Sam%20Peffer.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Sam Peffer was a prolific cover artist for Pan Books, including a number of James Bond novels. He later moved into film posters and then video sleeves before retiring in 1985. You can see more of his work <a href="https://the-art-of-peff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>1961, art by Alex Schomburg (1905-1998)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4E2UrdG47jow803qbkDQubVvglHzB0f_f8lqdCkTxZq2IOlIRlJ69FqCBvnTXpskztyPlmRBsKRIfm4afokFTFvfr2gkCfG1A4xRaVzoj-kgNbpjf7F0QE21rrnNh1HFdcFUQX3o2YJEIDr9Iw3n0w2l1xlIjo70fAxG2muUjebabyYXdDkyEPdn/s1535/SS&A%201%201961.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1018" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4E2UrdG47jow803qbkDQubVvglHzB0f_f8lqdCkTxZq2IOlIRlJ69FqCBvnTXpskztyPlmRBsKRIfm4afokFTFvfr2gkCfG1A4xRaVzoj-kgNbpjf7F0QE21rrnNh1HFdcFUQX3o2YJEIDr9Iw3n0w2l1xlIjo70fAxG2muUjebabyYXdDkyEPdn/w424-h640/SS&A%201%201961.png" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAt_pcVF4GncOiPMeuI_rJ5r2Ug941Tt2siYgIv7uW-fFtFNk7Cyx4yV1ew4JUXcz2HH-7ljpJh8Z8K4Iru8-DcDLH_7TZWWr5W-4h7Jyx9fIsD_0PAc50Qi62XNTTTlRgaXr0mO4A2U7WwCxAf7VyjQNp9siSf8mXk7d5ZLyuYx4HARZ6bQ5Z8SH/s1551/SS&A%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1025" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAt_pcVF4GncOiPMeuI_rJ5r2Ug941Tt2siYgIv7uW-fFtFNk7Cyx4yV1ew4JUXcz2HH-7ljpJh8Z8K4Iru8-DcDLH_7TZWWr5W-4h7Jyx9fIsD_0PAc50Qi62XNTTTlRgaXr0mO4A2U7WwCxAf7VyjQNp9siSf8mXk7d5ZLyuYx4HARZ6bQ5Z8SH/w422-h640/SS&A%202.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><p>Alejandro Schomburg y Rosa was born in Puerto Rico, moving to the United States in 1917. In the 1930s he worked for pulp magazines and in the following decade he became the primary cover artist for Timely Comics. Characters he illustrated include Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch. From the early 1950s onwards he worked in science-fiction and astrology magazines as well as book covers.</p><p><br /></p><p>1971</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzYrTdkhQFlEw8pzk9AI9jkrRilJSrHZJZzCJzQbNm_4VOzmzUetuWfwHh4hwgWbqTbcV1wL-wMmwRYU_cJJA8qzGWRbFzTM-zrXPScPD724ALqkIa7lrFM-fUEi-Z7EobvBVo54dP1amdjSWKjt33iaJLn6wL2u8xjHEXcDFpNZgQMphkJuJdTCd/s913/ShipwrecksArch%201971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzYrTdkhQFlEw8pzk9AI9jkrRilJSrHZJZzCJzQbNm_4VOzmzUetuWfwHh4hwgWbqTbcV1wL-wMmwRYU_cJJA8qzGWRbFzTM-zrXPScPD724ALqkIa7lrFM-fUEi-Z7EobvBVo54dP1amdjSWKjt33iaJLn6wL2u8xjHEXcDFpNZgQMphkJuJdTCd/w420-h640/ShipwrecksArch%201971.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-1061146970378736202022-05-16T00:56:00.001+01:002022-05-16T00:56:00.202+01:00The Caribbean Art of Diving<p> Here's a nice selection of postage stamps originating from the Caribbean.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jamaica 1979</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99f_Yf_8UyVynPU2LEL9Hr-CGmqPzqGQNtRUo7ElSGhu-JlgfLICvARmkEQZk5eLEegUncURsWQT0TIDSb92_BF-vjB8BUN70FIeXDOU6EA57t1QLImEKD6w-bSwtcYpOysQVYv8Opk8NfdNpFEhY4SNouZ59IAk_hvRuyeKPIyNki_H-uKwo-YeK/s530/1979%20jamaica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99f_Yf_8UyVynPU2LEL9Hr-CGmqPzqGQNtRUo7ElSGhu-JlgfLICvARmkEQZk5eLEegUncURsWQT0TIDSb92_BF-vjB8BUN70FIeXDOU6EA57t1QLImEKD6w-bSwtcYpOysQVYv8Opk8NfdNpFEhY4SNouZ59IAk_hvRuyeKPIyNki_H-uKwo-YeK/s16000/1979%20jamaica.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Antigua 1968</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-DRx8qIsfcewbHuGO62AeYHOlfyuAi4F9xINo_F7-583idCu3ROJcKhrhdRMU5Oxq3luWp2j13lZVGGA6PIg8DLq5H34GjqVFMCiJ1xUe8Nc5WeDdmmA3mekgxsJL2jZL1KDERJCRntC-auW6qBWxd1XPPY6y0N2gTIIBFpN6yMuISVrYKv-ECCp/s536/1968%20antigua.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-DRx8qIsfcewbHuGO62AeYHOlfyuAi4F9xINo_F7-583idCu3ROJcKhrhdRMU5Oxq3luWp2j13lZVGGA6PIg8DLq5H34GjqVFMCiJ1xUe8Nc5WeDdmmA3mekgxsJL2jZL1KDERJCRntC-auW6qBWxd1XPPY6y0N2gTIIBFpN6yMuISVrYKv-ECCp/s16000/1968%20antigua.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>1976</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb8lTnA2YNSQMWIGWY3Edm_MaTZDVTzmqXRuiXHF5w2I63UGEBE8KwDdlp55Wz0pdis0ZV_xO03AjTpjUgAVafSfLs6SrmRSS4vKvSY4IcjghwqwcPE08nr7ZZ4ax3jWusSEIenocRz8G5bbVeY34LNIatfXIK93A0hdwo2Dmy0DFxn3VU1QxIDbI/s508/1976%20antigua.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="508" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb8lTnA2YNSQMWIGWY3Edm_MaTZDVTzmqXRuiXHF5w2I63UGEBE8KwDdlp55Wz0pdis0ZV_xO03AjTpjUgAVafSfLs6SrmRSS4vKvSY4IcjghwqwcPE08nr7ZZ4ax3jWusSEIenocRz8G5bbVeY34LNIatfXIK93A0hdwo2Dmy0DFxn3VU1QxIDbI/w640-h424/1976%20antigua.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Barbados 1971</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeGhf-nKCnQ6BAyUWDS-sBd4Clnlrm5arhTZPus9DBp1H1YyBT1sYrswcZC6FgvKXTnh7nOfYorSe-2VnE6gTkZ8ER3MaNP5_pAPPpYjRj0zMvgvg1y8ypr3mEZu7vQ1-B6pE058mXhlrv-rRkYjqy4HzqqozwJURSDqwqtrHoEOzANtKLlrWN5oa/s513/Barbados%201977_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="513" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeGhf-nKCnQ6BAyUWDS-sBd4Clnlrm5arhTZPus9DBp1H1YyBT1sYrswcZC6FgvKXTnh7nOfYorSe-2VnE6gTkZ8ER3MaNP5_pAPPpYjRj0zMvgvg1y8ypr3mEZu7vQ1-B6pE058mXhlrv-rRkYjqy4HzqqozwJURSDqwqtrHoEOzANtKLlrWN5oa/w640-h422/Barbados%201977_001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Turks and Caicos Islands 1973</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLXg9fRI_tz4IEhgpgOon3XaeWDnfq4ZKkag98ZCkGYx5OfvGFCC320j2piHz9py8I-fG69bNv4V4st1Q4_dh-3ye8hKIhAz1kG_NDNsBLa0XPpVLPQL0Zig6PGoDYSzN6KBxquOk-IqUruzEM1YNq56l8Jdle6HmTiRWBiVE_SPpmq8OdNXa3-VL/s688/Turks%20&%20Caicos%201973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLXg9fRI_tz4IEhgpgOon3XaeWDnfq4ZKkag98ZCkGYx5OfvGFCC320j2piHz9py8I-fG69bNv4V4st1Q4_dh-3ye8hKIhAz1kG_NDNsBLa0XPpVLPQL0Zig6PGoDYSzN6KBxquOk-IqUruzEM1YNq56l8Jdle6HmTiRWBiVE_SPpmq8OdNXa3-VL/s16000/Turks%20&%20Caicos%201973.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Date unknown</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0V1SUKG3K8lJ5ciY610XH1yyUuAoJ9C9FvmJ59ZBxODc35VEb60KySzj8mU01HKz6MqHhaj7q3op2DEjkrXqM0YKA7hOdJ9iFBYaA9_1A2kMQb4ovpLSqCuedIOUqAx9LEtQsFKfPG-j98V2t7ecwL2Y2lOHLAgpelfLA3OA9BkB0mUjSf2iK9Cm/s498/caicos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0V1SUKG3K8lJ5ciY610XH1yyUuAoJ9C9FvmJ59ZBxODc35VEb60KySzj8mU01HKz6MqHhaj7q3op2DEjkrXqM0YKA7hOdJ9iFBYaA9_1A2kMQb4ovpLSqCuedIOUqAx9LEtQsFKfPG-j98V2t7ecwL2Y2lOHLAgpelfLA3OA9BkB0mUjSf2iK9Cm/s16000/caicos.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Cuba 1990</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNx-OO2PyKgG-ohvwdRBCkW1CLSeKlOkjN6gEq8nWXYicOZ2degjmE2lWADsM8MRfxnkcTWaZ_Dk0mfOWJZpxeCbPHLuXuiWLBYjMDy9s4FWHPTVwrPQToi83PiYnaYujFIbmn8lD5GaTUDUs3SfGumvtIV-qw7TqoXNbvWbfjdJCl8HFFYBSqeTI/s16000/2010%20belize.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-42454552145431543092022-05-12T09:00:00.011+01:002022-05-12T09:00:00.175+01:00The Masked Art of Diving<p> Okay, I was really struggling to think of a title for this one! I think it's obvious what the link is between these pieces!</p><p>This 1980 <i>Ghosts</i> cover is by comics legend Joe Kubert. (Perhaps I'll post the accompanying story at Halloween).</p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4J3MZ9LEz9NqgVsLC2jWmXuvSrIW_T49ehUEgU7X7aWDYUdTvccojf2CacRGLpBw1Xe3wIS32MggBMt6hDsUpGAlxeRof2h7ERRPwmkBMutf3KoS42bRurvU5pp7xY7YPqprPL2og4mWWvcfOLUrda5UKcAvTSaZ00bfFjv_VtZygiQ7GArSpf8G/s1600/Ghosts%2089%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4J3MZ9LEz9NqgVsLC2jWmXuvSrIW_T49ehUEgU7X7aWDYUdTvccojf2CacRGLpBw1Xe3wIS32MggBMt6hDsUpGAlxeRof2h7ERRPwmkBMutf3KoS42bRurvU5pp7xY7YPqprPL2og4mWWvcfOLUrda5UKcAvTSaZ00bfFjv_VtZygiQ7GArSpf8G/w428-h640/Ghosts%2089%201.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p>Art by Yanick Paquette, 2011</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqZnjXT84RU_QQH5Q-aMzbDkQdFFdHyF8ilmZZqcM0X_lXyqf-AegNJ3wS7G666-bhWo-oZMj4rOwMTvhGAP_Ek54MmgVaYrg7XU25Z5TevrG8LwAOwWAa6aNhrraxrTRNctjAtEVlUZxDDTvlPSLkhekXEiwxXj-opOJ_Z_9Q5_GWERC7Gmm3ezL/s2214/SwampThing_04_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2214" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqZnjXT84RU_QQH5Q-aMzbDkQdFFdHyF8ilmZZqcM0X_lXyqf-AegNJ3wS7G666-bhWo-oZMj4rOwMTvhGAP_Ek54MmgVaYrg7XU25Z5TevrG8LwAOwWAa6aNhrraxrTRNctjAtEVlUZxDDTvlPSLkhekXEiwxXj-opOJ_Z_9Q5_GWERC7Gmm3ezL/w416-h640/SwampThing_04_0001.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Polish cover for <i>The Freedom Trap</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OgN1UO9gHzKoqNbexm4eOfEzKLCZcGHKLa9fo8_4NsTOoG6BjTqOt4Jg58WX90oE1oS1IzVVo2wENegEYyaOo5UcKmwDsj3ZMQfFPRW4QDmWq9TntnDPpu1LQEBfYXUs3axGEaTYnvRvzpIaGyzfa7XGO3rgyDuRJc0K2CBXQgbHSui_osWjV2jQ/s1276/The%20Freedom%20Trap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OgN1UO9gHzKoqNbexm4eOfEzKLCZcGHKLa9fo8_4NsTOoG6BjTqOt4Jg58WX90oE1oS1IzVVo2wENegEYyaOo5UcKmwDsj3ZMQfFPRW4QDmWq9TntnDPpu1LQEBfYXUs3axGEaTYnvRvzpIaGyzfa7XGO3rgyDuRJc0K2CBXQgbHSui_osWjV2jQ/w402-h640/The%20Freedom%20Trap.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1977</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLe32DQjwaWoGAUtdXgCU0QssJDJ8CCYh7y34RHIvD95E6m4syqqOVbC3twSSDr0HdOFIcD3R6SMxHsWqMIXPWtjxTUR6zvKWngVs6TDnh8PbAtdRmQgCjcPo8izrCjHShja5WOwpvrU2i5gcDlJFp1Wp28YnnGbx3CitoggGqJjGgfw0t_6J_IPm/s1579/1990%20Pressure%20Drop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="1042" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLe32DQjwaWoGAUtdXgCU0QssJDJ8CCYh7y34RHIvD95E6m4syqqOVbC3twSSDr0HdOFIcD3R6SMxHsWqMIXPWtjxTUR6zvKWngVs6TDnh8PbAtdRmQgCjcPo8izrCjHShja5WOwpvrU2i5gcDlJFp1Wp28YnnGbx3CitoggGqJjGgfw0t_6J_IPm/w422-h640/1990%20Pressure%20Drop.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-48408602234034301882022-05-09T09:00:00.001+01:002022-05-09T09:00:00.166+01:00The Cracked Art of Diving<p><i>Cracked</i> was a humour magazine that ran from 1958 - 2007. Of all the <i>Mad</i> imitators it was undoubtedly the most successful. These two items date from 1979 and 1988 respectively.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPyprdXneHiF6ZA5gEiuQkE3gmGI3pA10ijKuJt4r7EBXJLjasUv6eBPPuXo1BhRNdHFATj_OlDMtqBIIDd75pJIIpwt2Ef1UG52qKzdcxQKp4Bb_UjaV1X5BwVE6nlgjrwRmj250EJo34eEafU6KCl-wts_W5nYL8-sFDryC3GQ3d3EaPmTG7YcH/s2176/Cracked159-033%201979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2176" data-original-width="1666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPyprdXneHiF6ZA5gEiuQkE3gmGI3pA10ijKuJt4r7EBXJLjasUv6eBPPuXo1BhRNdHFATj_OlDMtqBIIDd75pJIIpwt2Ef1UG52qKzdcxQKp4Bb_UjaV1X5BwVE6nlgjrwRmj250EJo34eEafU6KCl-wts_W5nYL8-sFDryC3GQ3d3EaPmTG7YcH/w490-h640/Cracked159-033%201979.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><p>Howard Nostrand was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1929. In 1948, after spending a single semester at Art Career School, Nostrand got a job as an assistant to comic book artist Bob Powell who worked for Harvey Comics and Fiction House. He left Powell in 1952 and began drawing for various Harvey horror titles. When work dried up following the formation of the Comics Code he moved into advertising. In the 1960s he won an award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for his subway poster showing a cigar-smoking gangster.</p><p>In 1959-60 he drew the newspaper strip <i>Bat Masterson</i>, based on the TV series starring Gene Barry. He was assisted by future comics legend Neal Adams. In 1975 he returned to comics and worked for Atlas/Seaboard and Marvel before moving on to <i>Cracked</i> and <i>National Lampoon</i>. He died in 1984 aged just 55.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNJxU-EFIkQS3bOICoTlZpFe0PLxKDGiJdfAIBR8HtfpQ8upimO8LlJ6iIn1olDAq94ksne1g3QLQBzOnDdCOTkxX6XAxx6a_nyiB0GMm4G_UHKkR7_o1wEERayO0sla-PWUyH2X2dOEox5UJ20exck4XvQSzTyxtLzYcjn1PAsNPohjRAtEbOSgk/s2427/Cracked%20240%201988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2427" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNJxU-EFIkQS3bOICoTlZpFe0PLxKDGiJdfAIBR8HtfpQ8upimO8LlJ6iIn1olDAq94ksne1g3QLQBzOnDdCOTkxX6XAxx6a_nyiB0GMm4G_UHKkR7_o1wEERayO0sla-PWUyH2X2dOEox5UJ20exck4XvQSzTyxtLzYcjn1PAsNPohjRAtEbOSgk/w640-h422/Cracked%20240%201988.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Bo Badman is a pseudonym for Rurik Tyler who also uses the name <i>Madman</i>. He's worked for various publishers including Marvel. He's also worked for DC as a writer on <i>Scooby-Doo</i>.</p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-20057489614348685612022-05-05T09:00:00.002+01:002022-05-08T20:54:36.956+01:00The Rainy Day Art of Diving<p> I've become used to finding material for this blog in unusual places but I must admit that when I decided to have a quick look at the <i>Bunty Summer Special 1972</i> my hopes weren't high! Lo and behold though, there on the back page was this game. So, next time your diving or other plans are blown out by the weather you'll have something to do! I'm afraid you'll have to supply your own dice and counters. (Click for a larger image).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQa3ASlP6YpnaapfwtEbKhf-wM5iPI08pKdinqpMPeEwVVvURd640flAovxr0NawsCy64iXUr5S2ezfNYSnei2f908wdt1Gbw9tJU5sefQDDZYvx7mQqx2qsl4vQsFKjoC0VrmJHvewg-j8dYmFuiF694oXslHuj5Hj4tqMsCDZEcg2KOlejBclsy/s3501/031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="2415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQa3ASlP6YpnaapfwtEbKhf-wM5iPI08pKdinqpMPeEwVVvURd640flAovxr0NawsCy64iXUr5S2ezfNYSnei2f908wdt1Gbw9tJU5sefQDDZYvx7mQqx2qsl4vQsFKjoC0VrmJHvewg-j8dYmFuiF694oXslHuj5Hj4tqMsCDZEcg2KOlejBclsy/w441-h640/031.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Keep checking out the blog and, who knows, I might have some more Bunty material in the future!</p><p><br /></p>Robert Mouberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05237519673539279531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298336508549472368.post-38522200882430973372022-05-02T09:00:00.001+01:002022-05-02T09:00:00.195+01:00Three of a Kind - The Sea Hunters<p> Just a quick one today - three covers from one of Clive Cussler's non-fiction titles.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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