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Mike Hinge - Elephant Trunk 1 of 4 (#4023). Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 25x31cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

Mike Hinge - Elephant Trunk 2 of 4 (#4023). Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 25x31cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

Mike Hinge - Elephant Trunk 3 of 4 (#4023). Marker pen on cream velum. Approximate size 25x31cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

Mike Hinge - Elephant Trunk 4 of 4 (#4023). Marker pen on cream velum. Approximate size 25x31cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

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Mike Hinge -Monkey Tails (#4023). Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 25x31cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

I tried to find something for valentines day today, however after checking it seems I have already posted all the suitable heart pictures I have. Anyway here are six cheeky monkeys that look as if they were drawn to be part of a game to hook the monkey tails together, i don't know, perhaps part of an advertising campaign. Next week I will post some more drawings that look to be part of this set as well. 

The top left monkey has a tick above his head, perhaps that was Mike's or the client's favourite. I like Monkey at the the bottom right .

Mike Hinge - Photograph at Lunacon possibly early 1970's

Mike Hinge - Photograph taken by Andrew Porter at Lunacon possibly early 1970's. Thanks very much for the excellent photo. Mike looks as if he's up to some mischief with that expression. Nice smart suit and snazzy wallpaper too! 

Mike Hinge - Witzend Cover 1969

Mike Hinge - front and back cover for Witzend magazine 1969. 

Below we have a rare treat of seeing the original cover artwork, sent in by a private collector, which they are happy to share, thank you very much. The artwork is the photostats that were pasted onto a board which is called the mechanical. The printer photographs themechanical as a film negative. The negative is then used to burn the printing plates.

01: Yellow plate mechanical (photostat of circuit diagram pasted on illustration board; the photostats shrank a bit)

 02: Red plate mechanical (photostat of cranks, shafts and gears pasted on illustration board)

03 and 04: Tissue overlay with instructions to the printer ("Drop two figures out of this plate" means the red robots are not printed over the yellow sphere; or one could say, the robots are in the foreground and the sphere is in the background.)

05: Robots artwork (ink drawing on Strathmore bristol board)