Spotlight On Uncle Quentin In The Books

[Moonraker]

If ever one needed an illustration to show how awful BM's illustrations were, this has to be among the worst. What on earth is Peter Sarstedt doing in the picture?

[Courtenay]

If ever one needed an illustration to show how awful BM's illustrations were, this has to be among the worst. What on earth is Peter Sarstedt doing in the picture?

And lest we forget, she originally drew him as a lighter-skinned Lionel Ritchie lookalike...

[pete9012S]

If ever one needed an illustration to show how awful BM's illustrations were, this has to be among the worst. What on earth is Peter Sarstedt doing in the picture?

Ha ha

But on a slightly jealous note Nigel, what a firm, pert, derriere he has!!

[TheAngryPixie]

If ever one needed an illustration to show how awful BM's illustrations were, this has to be among the worst. What on earth is Peter Sarstedt doing in the picture?

And lest we forget, she originally drew him as a lighter-skinned Lionel Ritchie lookalike...

Looks like he should be supporting Liverpool

[Viv of Ginger Pop]

The best laugh of my rotten day

[Bertie]

Looks like he should be supporting Liverpool

That young lad on the front row looks exactly like I did as a kid - without the curly black hair, that is!

[John Pickup]

When will Pete finally realise that Betty Maxey couldn't draw money from a hole in the wall. Nigel is right, her illustrations are awful.

[Barnard]

Totally inept illustrations.

[pete9012S]

I'm sensing a very slight thaw in the hostility towards Betty Maxey which has cheered me up no end!


Feast your eyes on the Betty Maxey Uncle Quentin variants guys!!


1974 Treasure Island UQ.




1974 Adventuring Again UQ.


1974 Smugglers Top UQ.


1974 Kirrin Island Again UQ.



1968 Get Into Trouble UQ.


1968 Fall Into Adventure UQ.


1968 Wonderful Time UQ.


1974 Five Have Plenty Of Fun UQ.


1974 Billycock Hill UQ



1974 Demons Rocks UQ.

[Moonraker]

I'm sensing a very slight thaw in the hostility towards Betty Maxey which has cheered me up no end

Dearest Pete, ever the optimist.

To add some quality in the thread, here is a proper illustration of the Kirrins:

[Lenoir]

Who does he look like now ? One of the old crooners popular at the time?

[Anita Bensoussane]

Interesting variants! I like Eileen Soper's portrayal of Uncle Quentin in Five on a Treasure Island (1942) but I also like Betty Maxey's depiction of him with glasses in Five Get Into Trouble (1968 edition). Having said that, does Enid Blyton ever describe him as wearing glasses?

[Courtenay]

What always amazes me is that Betty Maxey portrays him as looking COMPLETELY different in different books. Did she have such a gap between illustrating some of them that she forgot the "look" she'd given to a particular character earlier??