{"id":7933,"date":"2019-12-30T06:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=7933"},"modified":"2019-12-30T06:55:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:55:29","slug":"happy-new-year-paddington-bear-plus-a-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2019\/12\/30\/happy-new-year-paddington-bear-plus-a-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Happy New Year&#8217;, Paddington Bear plus a greeting."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt2.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt2-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wishing all PANFans a Happy 2020 and here&#8217;s to many more blogs about PAN Books, their artists and anything else that comes to light.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PadTV2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PadTV1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PadTV1.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PadTV1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PadTV1-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After watching &#8216;Paddington 2&#8217; which is still one of my favourite recent films there was a documentary on the author of &#8216;Paddington&#8217;, Michael Bond. They visited his daughter, Karen, and on the wall was a portrait of Michael holding a book and I was surprised to see it not not what I would have expected but rather &#8216;Olga da Polga&#8217; with a cover by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/HansHelweg\/HansHelweg.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hans Helweg<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. PAN also published several of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2017\/Assorted\/Paddington.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;Paddington&#8217; titles<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Also on over the holiday was another of my favourite films &#8216;Small Soldiers&#8217; written by fellow PANFan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gavin-Scott\/e\/B001HO5B70\/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1458547734&amp;sr=8-1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gavin Scott<\/span><\/strong>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scutt-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was really nice to get a call out of the blue last Tuesday from artist David Scutt who wished me a &#8216;Happy Christmas&#8217; I&#8217;ve mentioned David before as he painted <a href=\"https:\/\/tikit.net\/2019\/DavidScutt.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">four PAN covers<\/span><\/strong><\/a> but also many more for other publishers including the Phillip Pullman covers for &#8216;His Dark Materials&#8217; series as serialised on BBC TV recently.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/his-dark-materials-covers-829675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/his-dark-materials-covers-829675.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/his-dark-materials-covers-829675-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wishing all PANFans a Happy 2020 and here&#8217;s to many more blogs about PAN Books, their artists and anything else that comes to light. After watching &#8216;Paddington 2&#8217; which is still one of my favourite recent films there was a documentary on the author of &#8216;Paddington&#8217;, Michael Bond. 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