We Learn to Play (Part 2)
Since images from the 1954 book We Learn to Play made us all so deliriously giddy yesterday, why wait for more giddyness?
Well, there ain't no good reason whynot. So here's more!
Above: (Page 40) Please look at this drawing and tell me why Al Wiseman is not universally worshipped for his cartooning genius. Will everyone please get with the program already!Oh, the horse's hide is branded "H/K" for "Hank Ketcham"! (And you just know Al really wanted to write "A/W".)
Hey, what's this:
Above: The cover for a 1965 reprint of We Learn to Play. This version was part of an eight-book series of (unrelated) kids' books published under the umbrella title of "Compton's Beginner's Bookshelf". The only copyright appearing in this book is the original date of 1954. But since a few other books in this series have a 1965 copyright, I'm going with that date...And, no, the drawing on this version of the cover is not by Al Wiseman. I suppose the editors decided that the Wiseman art was way too dynamic for the youngsters and had to be dulled down by at least 75%.
2 Comments:
I was recently telling a couple of good friends about this book. I was looking at these illustrations this summer and just about fainting at how good they are. Perfect 2-color drawing! Even the illustrations with no people in them, that just show how to a craft... Wow. Thanks for the link, that's a nice surprise, too.
Steven,
Yes, the images in this book are shockingly good! And his perfect perspective in the technical drawings makes them mighty swell, too.
Thanks for the link on your page, also!
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