An interesting item that was up for sale recently at auctioneers Anderson & Garland [lot 433 in their sale of 5th March 2025] is this signature list from the first open meeting of the SSI - look at the list of people present! I've tried to decipher their signatures but there's a few I'm unsure of - any help gratefully received
Names in the left hand column then...
Fred Robinson
Roy Wilson
Ron Embleton
Gordon Wells
Don Lawrence
Dennis Hooper
???
Dick Millington
Manny Curtis
Mick McMahon
Dave Gibbons
??? [Brian Lewis??]
Jon Davis
Mike Tregenza
???
Names in the right hand column then...
Leo Baxendale
Denis Gifford
Les Lilley
Sally Artz
Martin Asbury
John M Burns
Brian Bolland
Kev O'Neill
Nick Landau
Mal Burns
Paul Neary
John Bolton
Trevor Goring
Barrie Mitchell
Mike Dorey
Ian Kennedy [an unusual instance of signing his full name of Chas Ian Kennedy]
All other mentions of the SSI on the blog can be found here
Sally Artz top right and perhaps Jon Davis lower left.
ReplyDeleteBetween Les Lilley and Martin Asbury is Sally Artz, former VP of the British Cartoonists' Association.
ReplyDeleteThird up from the bottom on the left is Jon Davis, who did Ladybird books and also the Gerry Anderson strips in TV Century 21, Lady Penelope and Countdown.
ReplyDeleteMr Kennedy is signing as Chas Ian not Charles Ian
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