![]() Nowadays it’s become common for prominent cartoonists to be called upon as illustrators, a trend which I naturally approve of. Seuss, and Sylvia Plath*, and afforded him an actual knighthood, but I guess I’ll never be a fan. Seuss is a 10).īlake’s illustrious career has afforded him with opportunities to draw for the likes of William Steig, Dr. Aside from the chimneys, Blake’s factory design is just a big gray block with windows on it, and even the chimneys would barely register a 2 on the Whimsy Scale (where Dr. Charlie has had a few different Blake covers at this point, but I selected this one because I think it highlights the main weakness of Blake’s approach: his designs tend to be kind of bland. ![]() As an adult I have a bit more respect than I used to, knowing as I do now that this kind of effortless look is actually fairly difficult to pull off, but I still don’t think these are that great. As a kid I didn’t have much respect for Blake’s drawings, as I thought they looked like they’d been dashed off in an hour. And, not to put too fine a point on it, I don’t like them. Exactly how Blake became so closely tied to Dahl I’m not sure, but he has at this point produced illustrations for most (if not all) Dahl’s children’s books, and these editions are by far the most common. ![]() No discussion of Roald Dahl is complete without touching on his frequent co-conspirator, Mr. Like any book that’s been in print for decades, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has seen a large number of cover designs come and go. A Cavalcade of Covers Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ![]()
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