Mandrake the Magician Cover Gallery

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 .
Mandrake the Magician #20-#40
Mandrake the Magician #41- #60
Mandrake the Magician #61 - #80
Mandrake the Magician  #81 - #95
Mandrake the Magician #96 - #130

Selection of Mandrake the Magician cover #132 -  #160 featured below.

John Santry Illustrations #3

Another selection of Australian cartoonist and illustrator John Santry (1910 - 1990) Illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly.


John Santry Illustrations #1 
John Santry Illustrations #2
John Santry newspaper strip The Conways with Betty Roland.

 

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

Te Pikitia tumblr

I'm aiming to be more active on Te Pikitia tumblr this year, trying to work through piles of material in Te Pikitia Archive. later in the year this blog will migrate to a site proper but in the meantime Te Pikitia blog will feature more text heavy posts & small galleries and Te Pikitia tumblr will focus on showcasing art. Here's a round up of recent tumblr posts.

 Charles Nuttall's Pip Squips

Kath King - Phil Belbin and Sydney Ockenden

 Noel Cook Gag Cartoons

June Mendoza - Belle of the Ballet in Crazy Day

Maurice Bramley Splashes

 Brodie Mack - Kazanda

Diana and Debbie are Dieticians written by Marguerite Mincher and drawn by June Mendoza

 World Patrol Adventures of Mark Steel and Dawn Randal

 

The Space Patrol by Reginald Ernest Hicks

Korero Vol 2 No 8

Selection of Illustrations from New Zealand wartime publication AEWS Background Bulletin Korero Vol 2 No 8, April 24th, 1944. Artwork is credited to Korero staff artists. Possible contributors may have been Conrad Freiboe, Ken Alexander and Russell Clark.


Illustrations and cartoons from Korero Vo2 No 9
Illustrations and cartoons from Korero Vol 2 No 17.  
Illustrations and cartoons from Korero Vol 2 No 4.