tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289256621546551155.post7125336899180515194..comments2024-03-18T17:48:11.856+00:00Comments on Frank Bellamy Checklist Website and Blog: Frank Bellamy - Sight UnseenNorman Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15786362698394605291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289256621546551155.post-82566081873890948982015-10-15T19:49:50.046+01:002015-10-15T19:49:50.046+01:00Yup - have to agree that your assessment as to the...Yup - have to agree that your assessment as to the positioning of the dragon's head sounds spot on to me Norman (you should be working in forensics mate!)which suggests that the Nixon portrait would have originally been a side-on view perhaps which would have made him less instantly recognisable. We know that Frank was no slouch when it came to caricatures and for my money the McGovern face looks like it may have been redone also - it stands out against the rest of the image in the same way as Nixon's face does - no subtle shading or stipples, just a straight line drawing - so maybe both the original caricatures were considered less instantly recognisable to a uk audience than a straight line art representation would be. I wonder if the McGovern character had a knight's helmet on originally - knowing FB's attention to detail that wouldn't surprise me and btw doesn't that pose look familiar to you? http://www.frankbellamy.co.uk/notes/looklearn485.htm<br />That said, FB obviously considered this and wrote the actual names on each figure to allow for it but maybe the editor went for a belt-and-braces approach. After all it's not exactly the first time FB had to re-draw a face, is it lol!<br />I wonder if John Allard might know about it.<br />Thax again mate!<br />Bill (even tho it comes up as Mike in the header because as explained I still can't get the system to accept my hotmail ID but it's likely my fault for being a computer dumb-ass as my kids say hah!!)Mike Nicollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735674336496864606noreply@blogger.com