John Millar Watt (14 October 1895 - 13 December 1975) |
Áûë õóäîæíèêîì, èëëþñòðàòîðîì è ñîçäàòåëåì êîìèêñîâ. Åãî ó÷åáà íà÷àëàñü ñ èçó÷åíèÿ ìåòàëëîêîíñòðóêöèé â Èíñòèòóòå, à ïî âå÷åðàì ñòàíîâèëñÿ ó÷åíèêîì îäíîãî èç ðåêëàìíûõ àãåíòñòâ, íàáðàâøåãî êóðñ â Westminster School of Art.  1915 ã. åãî îáó÷åíèå áûëî ïðåðâàíîé âîéíîé, îí çàïèñàëñÿ ðåêðóòîì â Artists' Rifles. Ïîñëå äåìîáèëèçàöèè, àâòîð îêîí÷èë óñêîðåííûé êóðñ â Slade School of Art, ïîñëå ÷åãî íà÷àë çàíèìàòüñÿ ðåêëàìîé. Ê òîìó æå äîïîëíèòåëüíî ðàáîòàë, ðèñóÿ êîìèêñû äëÿ Daily Chronicle iè ñîçäàâàÿ èëëþñòðàöèè äëÿ The Sphere. Çàòåì ïîÿâèëèñü êîìèêñû äëÿ Daily Sketch. Òàê îí ðàáîòàë äî 1949 ã, à çàòåì ñòàë çàíèìàòüñÿ èñêëþ÷èòåëüíî ðåêëàìîé è èëëþñòðàöèåé. Îäíàêî â 1950-õ îí íà÷èàíàåò ñîçäàâàòü Amalgamated Press 's Thriller Comics Library. È ïðîäîëæàÿ âûïóñêàòü Áèáëèîòåêó Êîìèêñîâ, çàíèìàåòñÿ, ïî ïðåæíåìó, èíòåðåñóþùåé åãî èëëþñòðàöèåé. Àâòîð ñîçäàë ðàáîòû íà òåìû ê èñòîðèÿì î Ðîáèí Ãóäå è ìíîæåñòâó äðóãèõ ïðîèçâåäåíèé. Óìåð Watt â âîçðàñòå 80-òè ëåò.

The Grand Ballroom Wedding

Napoleon and Pauline

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Mary Queen of Scots and Princess Elizabeth

Joan of Arc

Twenty Years After. The Capture of D'Artagnan

The Three Musketeers

Charles II reading the London Gazette

Hiram (from The Bible Story)

Cleopatra

Lola Montez

Richelieu, the Great Cardinal
Three Wise Men
The Rivals
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
The Christmas Story: The Shepherds' Tale
Robin Hood the Triumphant
Big Claus and Little Claus
Coral Island
Treasure Island
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Dick Turpin
Robinson Crusoe
'To Celia'
Charles VI of France, utterly mad, lunges with his sword at his followers
Unidentified men duelling with swords in moonlight
Fact-Finder: When did Queen Cleopatra die?
So That's Why... Sailors Drink 'Grog'
So That's Why... 'Looty' was a Pekingese
So That's Why... We Call Them Taxicabs
So That's Why... A Limousine was Called a Limousine
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the duke of guise returns to paris in triumph

the master musician handel

robin hood being chased by norman soldiers

adventures in archaeology the table of the sun god
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