Comments on: Jim Cawthorn, 1929–2008

By: Sanford Allen » Blog Archive » Remembering James Cawthorn

Sanford Allen » Blog Archive » Remembering James Cawthorn — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:35:19 +0000

[...] John Picacio and John Coulthart have written pieces eloquently remembering Cawthorn and his contribution to sf/fantasy art. A [...]

By: Márcio Salerno

Márcio Salerno — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:01:28 +0000

Hi, John

That’s exactly what it was, I’ve researched it when I got home.
Thanks.

By: John

John — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:44:43 +0000

I think the final Hawkmoon book was pretty much finished although I can’t recall now whether I saw all the artwork for it. The crucial question is whether Savoy has money to put it out; Crystal and the Amulet appeared in the days when the company had more shops and a lot more money. I’ve mentioned before how there’s a lot of planned Savoy works currently stalled due to lack of funds.

By: Swan

Swan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:48:24 +0000

It amazes me how much the deaths of people I have never met has affected me this year. I was so looking forward to his third Hawkmoon adaptation THE SWORD AND THE RUNESTAFF. Would you happen to know how far along he was? Would you ever consider finishing his work if it was far enough along? I suppose not with all of your own projects. But so is the greed of an audience. My condolences and apologies both.

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:06:37 +0000

Márcio: that picture you’re thinking of may be Dorian Hawkmoon’s entry into Londra from Jewel in the Skull which I’ve added to the examples above.

Hi John and thanks, mutual admiration all round.

Hi Mike, I should have mentioned his earlier work. Most of what I know of the pre-NW period comes from Dave’s interview and conversations with Dave, of course. We might also mention his work for fantasy magazine AMRA.

I’m glad to see a couple of other places (including Ballardian) have picked up this news. (Links below the comments.)

By: Mike Moorcock

Mike Moorcock — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:42:29 +0000

Thanks for that, John. Jim and I were friends from 1955. He first improved my fanzine Burroughsania (and others I did in those years) with his astonishing stencil technique and then went on to pep up Tarzan Adventures and did work for Sexton Blake when I went to work there. He began scripting and writing features for Fleetway around this time and regularly illustrated New Worlds until 1979. He also illustrated many of my books in the UK, US and Germany. We remained in touch until his last letter, which I received about ten days ago. He was a highly valued friend.

By: John Picacio

John Picacio — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:42:37 +0000

John –

We never get to talk, but I’ve admired your art and design for a long while. Great post here on a sad occasion — a very sad day for all Moorcock fans and all Elric fans especially. Mike just gave me the news a while ago, and I found your post here via Google. I’ll do a blog post today as well dedicated to Jim Cawthorn, and link to your excellent post here. Very best, John

By: Márcio Salerno

Márcio Salerno — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:44:58 +0000

Death toll hasn’t close up for the year yet, good Lord!
I know Cawthorn’s art from long ago, I have that issue of Savoy Books on which he drew the opening pages (something took from an illustration he made for a Michael Moorcock story, if memory does not fail me).
Well…R.I.P., Jim.

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:01:35 +0000

I’ve no idea how far he got with PoM. Adapting books into comic form takes a while and Jim worked slower than most. Dave and I have always been disappointed he never did the full-length Elric adaptation he was planning in the Eighties. He sketched out the whole thing then for some reason never got started on it.

By: RIP Jim Cawthorn (1919 - 2008) « Jahsonic

RIP Jim Cawthorn (1919 - 2008) « Jahsonic — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:53:07 +0000

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By: Ballardian » James Cawthorn, RIP: 1929-2008

Ballardian » James Cawthorn, RIP: 1929-2008 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:32:05 +0000

[...] more on Cawthorn and his work with New Worlds and Savoy Books, see John Coulthart’s commemorative post. BALLARD OF A WHALER by Jim [...]

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:24:17 +0000

I’ve loved his work for Savoy- what horrible loss to the art world and anyone who knew him/his work.
Do you know if he finished his adaptation of Princess of Mars?