It's no exaggeration to say that most of these covers have never been seen by other than a small and dedicated coterie of collectors and it's a real pleasure to be able to share more of these with you today.
A very big thank you is owed by me to Steven Taylor who has been such a source of help with locating and scanning some of these hitherto unseen treasures.
Steven has a really helpful website where he is attempting to list all the Boardman Books featuring McLoughlin artwork. He's still looking for more material so if you can help, give him a shout.
Incredible stuff, and as you say Peter I'm sure most of it was previously unknown to most of us (with the possible exception of some of the Fredric Brown covers). I'd love to know more about his lettering techniques as the titles are startlingly inventive (a shame he never worked for Hammer Films!).
ReplyDeleteGetting the chance to enjoy them like this definitely ranks as one of those 'Cortez' moments!
What's a Cortez moment Phil?
ReplyDeleteHis lettering which is truly inspired is a great testimony to the in house training he received when he was working at The Ward and Copley Studio in Manchester, prior to the outbreak of war.
It's from Keats' poem 'On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer':
ReplyDelete"...Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific - and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise -
Silent, upon a peak in Darien."
Luverly Phil, I'm elucidated and educated - many thanks.
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