[projectaon] Re: Book 22 and Good News
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:05:09 -0500
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 23/05/2009 21:59, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Simon Osborne<outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> (er) 290: city guards -> City Guards [??] [jb: It seems generic
>>> like "city watch"
>>> above. OK as-is.]
>>>
>>> So, conversely, should the following be implemented:
>>>
>>> 42, 53, 64 [x2]: City Guards -> city guards
>>>
>>> 42, 53, 136, 210, 221: City Guard -> city guard
>>
>> Hmm, I guess that changes things. :) Please make the suggested change in
>> 290.
>
> Cheers, done (also in 52 and 148).
>
> I've revised Book 22 accordingly:
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/22tbos/title.htm>
>
> I also updated Trevor Newton's bio and added his pics to the dscplnz page.
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/21votm/discplnz.htm>
>
> I guess now is as good a time as any to make this announcement:
>
> About 10 days ago, I was contacted by an editor at Random House whom Joe
> Dever had put us in touch
> with about 3 months ago. I'd assumed she'd forgotten about our request for
> help contacting Mr
> Newton, but apparently she's been very busy, but found time to send a letter
> out asking him to
> contact us. A day or so later we received an E-mail from Mrs Anita Newton
> saying:
>
>> Maeve Banham from Random House has sent me your letter enquiring about my
>> husband, Trevor
>> Newton. I am sorry to tell you that he died in 2002 but I very well
>> remember the enjoyment he got
>> from illustrating Mr Dever's book.
>
> We offered our (belated) condolences and explained to Mrs Newton the reason
> why we were attempting
> to contact her husband and asked whether she was amenable to us using her
> husband's work as part of
> Project Aon, to which she replied:
>
>> Of course you have my blessing. I am sure Trevor would have been
>> delighted to hear that Joe
>> Dever's (and , incidentally, his own) work is being preserved. Good luck
>> with the project.
>
> So there you have it--we have permission to use Trevor Newton's
> illustrations! :-)
Thats awesome. Seems like he is the same guy mentioned on Steve
Holland's blog, its cool that he a pilot and also got involved in war
comics too.
S
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