Long before Don Ecker, Cecil Lamont-Dwiggins or Steve Genier came on the scene, witty wags were busy amusing the public with satires of "Bishop Bonkers". I received a batch of vintage satiric drawings via email today, and I am told they were penned by an artist named Roy Barclay whom it is rumoured disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The subject is, of course, our Bonkers Bishop, and the artwork is quite good, however most all of the drawings are crowded with dense notes and barely comprehensible verbiage. A sample:"...Stockings, sussies, stillettoes (sic) - the truth is just shocking - worse, we believe it's a scandal! See for yourself what Sean's been keeping under cover of his holy robes all these years - yes folks, it's the real Rocky Horror Picture Show on the streets of London N6...I don't know about you, but we're "disgustipated" at another holy man of the cloth's dirty little secret...!"
It's a pity the scans are not of high enough quality to show the minute detail put into these sketches. I can imagine the fellow (or lady) who penned these put a lot of effort into them.
3 comments:
The pictures arent so old your purryness, the most recent only 8 years at the most, as I have explained the artist disappeared--literally! I wont say any more but David knows all about it and that I have always wondered what happened to the artist--maybe he just got fed up of the whole carry-on--he had been a victim---I don't know, maybe he fell ill, maybe he was threatened,who knows, maybe he "went over" but I doubt that very much!
lol great blog, Cat! Looking forward to more... XD
"American Psycho"
Never mind Cat's Blog, American Psycho! Where have you been? haven't seen you for ages.
Now, if you've found Cat's Blog, you must know about mine! Get on there and post lady!
David
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