{"id":13472,"date":"2023-03-06T06:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T06:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2023-03-06T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:07:33","slug":"faith-jaques-leon-garfield-artwork-as-seen-on-and-rip-christopher-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2023\/03\/06\/faith-jaques-leon-garfield-artwork-as-seen-on-and-rip-christopher-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Jaques &#038; Leon Garfield, Artwork, &#8216;As seen on &#8230;.&#8217; and RIP Christopher Fowler."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Having made a bid on some pen and ink drawings by Faith Jaques I was most surprised to find nobody else was interested. They were the illustrations for a couple of stories in Leon Garfield&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tikit.net\/2023\/FaithJaques\/FaithJaques.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>&#8216;London Apprentices&#8217;<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/a>series namely <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>&#8216;The Fool&#8217;<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>and &#8216;<em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Rosy Starling&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/em> They were originally used in the Heinemann editions of 1976 and then in the four books published by PAN Piccolo in 1979. Her obituary in &#8216;The Independent&#8217; stated &#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Obituary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Obituary.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13475\" width=\"473\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Obituary.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Obituary-300x58.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was amused, or is that amazed, to see some of the prices being asked for Book 4.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prices1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prices1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13474\" width=\"477\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prices1.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prices1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prices1-768x313.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interestingly PAN spells Faith Jaques name incorrectly as Jacques.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/377138790b874e5637172706b674377424c4145_v5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/377138790b874e5637172706b674377424c4145_v5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/377138790b874e5637172706b674377424c4145_v5.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/377138790b874e5637172706b674377424c4145_v5-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A while ago I was sent photos of the artwork for two covers, one from Sam &#8216;PEFF&#8217; Peffer featuring Kitty Peffer as confirmed by Sam and the other was by J Oval (ben Ostrick) I&#8217;ve added it to the pages for &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/PANG118.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Case of the Negligent Nymph<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a>&#8216; by Erle Stanley Gardner and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/PAN%202006\/G%20Series\/PANG620.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;Where The Boys Are&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Glendon Swathout<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Always on the look out for PAN covers in different places and this week we have two examples and one with a PAN connection. The first of the two from films is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Strictly-for-the-birds.jpg\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;Strictly For The Birds&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> a 1964 British comedy film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Tony Tanner, Joan Sims and Graham Stark The second is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/PAN%202010a\/PANX714.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;Poor Cow&#8217;<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/a>a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and starring Carol White and Terence Stamp.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Birds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Birds.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"13497\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Birds.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=13497\" class=\"wp-image-13497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Birds.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Birds-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cow.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"13498\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cow.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=13498\" class=\"wp-image-13498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cow.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Cow-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The third reference is to the &#8216;Hooded Swan&#8217; as used in the three covers for the Brian Stableford trilogy by Angus McKee. The particular cover shown as&nbsp; a backdrop for Ballet Zoom in Spain is the one used for &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2016\/Stableford.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Promised Land<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hooded-Swan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hooded-Swan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13508\" width=\"477\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hooded-Swan.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hooded-Swan-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hooded-Swan-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>I was sorry to hear of the passing of Christopher Fowler (26\/03\/1953 to 02\/03\/2023) He was the multi award-winning author of many novels and short story collections and his first bestseller was <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8216;Roofworld&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. Subsequent novels include &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Spanky&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>&#8216;Disturbia<\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8216;, &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Psychoville<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8216; and &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Calabash<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8216;. He is probably most well know for his 20 or so <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>&#8216;Bryant and May&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/span> detective titles. He also wrote a story that appeared in <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Horror\/HorrorStories.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The 28th PAN Book of Horror Stories&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13514\" width=\"512\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF1.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2-1024x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13515\" width=\"512\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2-1024x311.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2-768x233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CF2.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having made a bid on some pen and ink drawings by Faith Jaques I was most surprised to find nobody else was interested. They were the illustrations for a couple of stories in Leon Garfield&#8217;s &#8216;London Apprentices&#8217; series namely &#8216;The Fool&#8217; and &#8216;Rosy Starling&#8217; They were originally used in the Heinemann editions of 1976 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}