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Message: [QUOTE="Bob Godfrey, post: 60722, member: 136612"] Matania artwork in the [i]Eagle[/i] was used to illustrate true tales of historical adventure. I doubt that he ever did any of the strips, but he would have been up for the Mekon - earlier in his career he had illustrated [i]Pirates of Venus[/i] for Edgar Rice Burroughs! I recently saw an [i]Eagle[/i] annual from the '70s at an auction site, complete with recycled Matania artwork of a mediaeval battle on the cover. He also did great posters for the LMS railway in the 30s, advertising the exotic delights of Blackpool and Southport with no less enthusiasm than he showed when illustrating the great events of history or the antics of the Pirates of Venus. PS: We are both in our prime, Monica! 'Of an age' simply means 'the same age'. [/QUOTE]