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This is an email I received from Sandy Meschkow, one of Mike Hinge's close friends, clarifying about where Mike lived before he died.

Dear Ivan,

   I think Mike fell out of direct communication with a lot of his New York contacts while he was in Philadelphia, so there is some confusion about where he was living after he left New York for Philadelphia. While he did spend the last few years of his life in a rented room just over the Philadelphia city line in Upper Darby, PA, he lived there alone. For about two years previous to that he lived with my wife, Marian, and I about ten miles west of Philadelphia in a little town called Havertown. In fact, the cover painting for George Allen Effinger’s novel, When Gravity Fails, was done in our back bedroom.

                                                                                                                                             Sandy Meschkow

 A3 photocopy of a prelim for the cover of George Allen Effinger’s novel, When Gravity Fails

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Mike Hinge - The Way West 9. Collage and mixed media. Approximate size 50x40cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

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Mike Hinge - The Way West 7. Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 50x40cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

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Mike Hinge - The Way West 3. Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 50x40cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

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Mike Hinge G.I Joe Action Pack advertising illustration (large gun). Enamel paint on white card. Approximate size 40x50cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.


UPDATE: 04/02/2011 - I now know that the G.I Joe images were actually used by Hasbro Toys circa 1977. G.I Joe was now renamed Super Joe and Mike produced at least 11 colour paintings for the packaging. 

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Mike Hinge G.I Joe Action Pack advertising illustration. Enamel paint on white card. Approximate size 40x50cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

Does anyone know if this was used for G.I Joe?

UPDATE: 04/02/2011 - I now know that the G.I Joe images were actually used by Hasbro Toys circa 1977. G.I Joe was now renamed Super Joe and Mike produced at least 11 colour paintings for the packaging.

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Mike Hinge - G.I Joe #9 Treacherous Dive Action Pack. Enamel paint on white card. Approximate size 40x50cm. Date unkown. Unsigned.

Mike Hinge - Prelim sketch, G.I Joe #9 Treacherous Dive Action Pack. Pencil on white paper. Approximate size 40x50cm. Date unkown. Unsigned.

Does anyone know if this was reproduced and published?

UPDATE: 04/02/2011 - I now know that the G.I Joe images were actually used by Hasbro Toys circa 1977. G.I Joe was now renamed Super Joe and Mike produced at least 11 colour paintings for the packaging.

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Mike Hinge - Policeman with Tasser Gun. Pencil on white paper. Approximate size 70x60cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.

Analog July/77, interior illustration, pages 10&11. Illustrating short story Nation without Walls by David Drake.

The published image is the same composition but is rendered in pen & ink instead of pencil with some slight variation in detail.

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Mike Hinge - "The Way West". Marker pen on white paper. Approximate size 50x40cm. Date unknown. Unsigned.