The Art of Leonard Cornwall Mitchell

 L. C. Mitchell’s painted cover for the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, August 1949

Previous posts on the work of New Zealand artist Leonard Cornwall Mitchell:

New Zealand Tourism paintings and gag cartoons by L. C. Mitchell.

Illustrations and gag cartoons from the New Zealand Artist's Annual 1931.

L. C. Mitchell in his studio and New Zealand Tourism Illustrations.

Mitchell contributed numerous designs for New Zealand stamps. Images below are original artwork drawn to commemorate the 1949 Royal Visit of King George VI. both Illustrations were drawn on thick paper with pen and ink at 168mm by 201mm.

 

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In 1944 Hereford Printing Co Ltd in Wellington published a collection of cartoons and sketches by Mitchell with verse by Ian MacKay.

British and Australian currency was used in New Zealand prior to 1933. New Zealand's first coinage was launched late that year with designs created by British numismatic artist George Kruger-Gray. Mitchell contributed designs for the halfpenny and penny coins launched in 1939 (dated 1940). These remained legal tender until New Zealand's currency was decimalised on 10th July, 1967.

 

Sources: New Zealand Journal of Agriculture,August 1949 Nancy Swarbrick. 'Rural media - Radio', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-Nov-12 URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/document/18029/listening-to-the-radio, http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=9429.0 , http://grosvenorauctions.com

Des Condon

Des Condon illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly circa 1939-1942.

Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

Mandrake the Magician Cover Gallery - Feature Productions

Feature Productions produced 222 issues of Mandrake the Magician from the late 1940's until the early 1960's. The Phantom, another creation of Falk is the only other New Zealand published comic to surpass Mandrake the Magician with 556 issues produced by Feature Productions.

Notes on New Zealand comics publisher Feature Productions and covers of first twenty issues of Mandrake the Magician here, #20-#40 here, #41- #60 here,  and #61 - #80 here,  and #81 - #95 here, and covers for a selection from #96 - #130 from FP editions of Lee Falk's long enduring character, Mandrake the Magician, featured below.

Stan Pitt Science Fiction Illustration

 

Selection of Stanley Pitt Science Fiction Illustrations for Thrills Incorporated and Novel covers.

Stanley Pitt Sci-Fi Novel Covers.

Examples of Stanley & Reginald Pitt's story Only Skin Deep for Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery #33.