Find-Outers Illustrators Comparisons

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Some more Find Outers Cover comparisons


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" Popett! Hey, Popett! Where are you? Come here now! "
Popett immediately disappeared under a bush. Hiding as well as she could, she waited without moving. The children watched his amusement, amused.
"Where the devil is this dog?" Said the voice.
There was a trampling sound of footsteps and Bob Larkin appeared....
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I love the second cover where they're hiding behind the tree. Is that a book cover or a record cover? Though its cartoony, I'm a fan of that sort of style, and its dramatic and quite adult. Love the colours and the man running away! 8)
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Looking at the bottom picture in Pete's World Tour reminds me that I do like some of the French internal colour illustrations and it would be really nice to get some into the Cave. I have numerous illustrations of foreign editions on my computer which nobody ever sees and I feel that perhaps I should be less idle and do something about it.

You could also have fun trying to guess what some of the books are, as some are far from obvious even when both the language and the series are. Easy to cheat, but how about this one!

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Ah yes, the Formidable Boys of the Secret Seven! Er, what about the girls???
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Just catching up with this thread. It's interesting to see all the different representations of the characters and events.
Rob Houghton wrote:I love the second cover where they're hiding behind the tree. Is that a book cover or a record cover? Though its cartoony, I'm a fan of that sort of style, and its dramatic and quite adult. Love the colours and the man running away!
Yes, it's extremely eye-catching and dramatic. I don't much like the cover to the left of that one though. It looks bland and wishy-washy with its grey background, plain-looking timbered cottage/workhouse and pinky-orange flames.
Tony Summerfield wrote:Looking at the bottom picture in Pete's World Tour reminds me that I do like some of the French internal colour illustrations and it would be really nice to get some into the Cave. I have numerous illustrations of foreign editions on my computer which nobody ever sees and I feel that perhaps I should be less idle and do something about it.
You're anything but idle, Tony - in fact you're something of an idol! :wink: - but it would be lovely to see more illustrations from foreign editions. I'm very fond of the more romantic-looking French illustrations like the bottom picture in Pete's last post. Beautiful and atmospheric.
Fiona1986 wrote:Ah yes, the Formidable Boys of the Secret Seven! Er, what about the girls???
I see from the Cave that it's Good Old Secret Seven, the 12th book of the series. I can't remember whether the girls play a big part but maybe it's one of those books in which they're left out of the adventurous happenings! :(
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Rob Houghton wrote:I love the second cover where they're hiding behind the tree. Is that a book cover or a record cover? Though its cartoony, I'm a fan of that sort of style, and its dramatic and quite adult. Love the colours and the man running away! 8)
It was used as cover of a record and an audio cassette, Rob. It reminds me that I own 6 cassettes or records of the series. I know though that there are more available, but the prices are usually beyond my budget if I happen to come across one.
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Thanks Wolfgang - really like the style of it. I thought it looked too 'flat' for a book. :-D
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Strange Bundle illustration comparisons




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Treyer Evans & Dylan Roberts

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Jenny Chapple & Rodney Sutton

Another scene from the same book:


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Treyer Evans & Rodney Sutton
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Jenny Chapple

And finally - many years before he appeared on the big screen Jenny Chapple makes Goon look like Darth Vader!

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Surely even Jenny's firmest knockers would be impressed with this comparison.
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:lol:

Treyer Evans every time, in the selections above. :-)
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Treyer Evans for me too.
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Dylan Roberts really has copied the original illustration very closely, hasn't he!

While Bets now looks like a 1970s glamour girl - at least sixteen! thanks to Rodney Sutton.
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Treyer Evans for me as well - though I also like the Rodney Sutton illustrations as they're bold and full of action/emotion.
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Yes, Treyer Evans for me too.
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Treyer Evans for me. I tend to favour the hardback illustrators as I grew up with them.
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I think it is entirely understandable that we like best the illustrations we first meet. We identify with them and it takes quite a shift of mind, to feel that (in my case) later illustrations are in any way a true representation of the characters. In the case of the Find-Outers, however, that is a bit different, but perhaps fortunately for me, I didn't take too much notice of the illustrations as a child. I'm not sure that I even noticed the difference between them back then! Of course we didn't have the opportunity to read a complete series in succession when they were first published, so the impact would be negligible I think.
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