ex-Eagle artists on show in Ladybird exhibition (2)

The work of a number of ex-Eagle artists can be seen at a new exhibition which has just opened at Reading Museum

The second ex-Eagle artist to be featured is a highly prolific contributor to the series, Martin Aitchison. Martin drew a number of strips for Eagle - the best known would probably be 'Luck of the legion' but he also drew 'Hornblower' and 'the Lost World' - two literary adaptations.

His work here is from the books 'Boys & Girls' and 'Things we like'...

Here's one of Martin's covers for Eagle Times (showing the 'Luck of the Legion' gang plus at least one very recognisable dictator trussed up like a Christmas turkey), this is from the Winter 1993 issue of Eagle Times, volume 6, issue 4.

Here are 2 unpublished  illustrations he drew as reference material for the strip 'Justin Tyme' ; one of Justin and one of his local pub...

The Eagle Society dinner in 1996 featured as its star guests the Luck of the Legion team - writer Geoffrey Bond (left) and artist Martin Aitchison (centre).

They were also persuaded to sign books for society members...

Another of Martin's paintings, this was also turned into a centrespread illustration for Eagle Times (as it featured CS Forester's character Lieutenant Hownblower - whose adventures he also illustrated in Eagle).

More details of the Eagle Society can be found here

http://eagle-times.blogspot.co.uk/