Monster Fun

A few days ago I showed some cartoons by Norman Thelwell, a popular British cartoonist. Today we've got more British humor, MONSTER FUN, published in 1975.

I really enjoy the funny, wacky drawing. I have a couple more issues from this series, and hope to show those at some time in the near future.

MONSTER FUN #1, Copyright © 1975 IPC Magazines, Ltd.

Thelwell's Top Dog

Norman Thelwell, a British cartoonist born in 1923, was known for many years for his excellent cartoons of animals, especially horses. He drew for PUNCH for 25 years, but he also published 32 books, which sold over 2 million copies in the UK.

TOP DOG was published in 1964, and like the other animals he drew, he understood the essence of the canine, and its relationship to people.

These cartoons are from the first section of the book, "Choosing Your Dog."

Thelwell died at age 80, in 2004.

Copyright © 1964 the Estate of Norman Thelwell

Incredible Pulps

INCREDIBLE PULPS, with some fine covers from pulp magazines, came out in 2006 from Collectors Press. As far as I know it's now out of print, but copies can be found, and I highly recommend them. The only complaint I have about the book is its small size, 5 1/4" x 6 1/2". It doesn't do justice to some of the artwork presented, so I've enlarged some excerpted pages from the book.

Copyright © 2006 Collectors Press, Inc.